Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, poorest quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
38
Highest
62.3%
Benin
Lowest
1.0%
Brazil
Median
18.8%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
416
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, poorest quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 62.3% in Benin; the lowest is 1.0% in Brazil.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.8%, and the mean is 24.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 62.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 817.3%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 84.3%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benin | 62.3% | 2021 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 2 | Mali | 61.7% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 59.1% | 2021 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 4 | Nigeria | 58.5% | 2021 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 5 | Senegal | 56.9% | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 6 | Mozambique | 54.9% | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 7 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 47.7% | 2020 | up 817.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Zambia | 44.8% | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 9 | Guatemala | 43.9% | 2015 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 10 | Côte d'Ivoire | 41.0% | 2022 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 11 | Honduras | 40.4% | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 37.7% | 2019 | up 42.0% | falling |
| 13 | Cameroon | 37.0% | 2018 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 14 | Gambia | 36.7% | 2020 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 15 | Lesotho | 35.2% | 2023 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 16 | Ghana | 26.7% | 2022 | up 40.3% | falling |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 25.0% | 2019 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 20.1% | 2022 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 19 | Malawi | 19.5% | 2020 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 20 | Jordan | 18.2% | 2023 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 21 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 15.0% | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 22 | Mexico | 13.0% | 2022 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 23 | El Salvador | 10.1% | 2023 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 24 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 7.0% | 2014 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 25 | Nepal | 6.5% | 2022 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Colombia | 6.3% | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 27 | Egypt | 5.8% | 2022 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Ecuador | 5.6% | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Paraguay | 5.3% | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.5% | 2023 | up 357.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Panama | 4.3% | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 3.8% | 2022 | up 256.6% | rising |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 3.3% | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Uruguay | 2.5% | 2023 | down 84.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Peru | 1.7% | 2023 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 1.7% | 2023 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Chile | 1.4% | 2022 | up 180.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Brazil | 1.0% | 2023 | down 65.5% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release