Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, richest quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
37
Highest
47.6%
Côte d'Ivoire
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
4.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
410
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, richest quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 47.6% in Côte d'Ivoire; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.0%, and the mean is 7.7%.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 710.0%), and the largest decrease in Panama (down 100.0%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 47.6% | 2022 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 2 | Mali | 32.3% | 2024 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 26.5% | 2021 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 4 | Senegal | 24.2% | 2023 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 5 | Benin | 19.4% | 2021 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 6 | Honduras | 14.9% | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 7 | Gambia | 13.1% | 2020 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 8 | Zimbabwe | 13.0% | 2019 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 9 | Zambia | 10.0% | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 10 | Mozambique | 9.0% | 2022 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 11 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.1% | 2020 | up 710.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 6.9% | 2022 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 13 | Lesotho | 6.7% | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 6.4% | 2019 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 15 | Nigeria | 5.9% | 2021 | up 63.4% | falling |
| 16 | Malawi | 5.7% | 2020 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 17 | Guatemala | 4.9% | 2015 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 4.6% | 2018 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 19 | El Salvador | 4.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 20 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 3.9% | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 21 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3.6% | 2014 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 22 | Ghana | 2.2% | 2022 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Mexico | 1.7% | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 24 | Egypt | 1.5% | 2022 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 25 | Nepal | 1.4% | 2022 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Paraguay | 1.2% | 2024 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 1.2% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Colombia | 0.9% | 2023 | down 73.5% | falling |
| 29 | Jordan | 0.8% | 2023 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 30 | Chile | 0.6% | 2022 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Ecuador | 0.6% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Peru | 0.4% | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 0.3% | 2023 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2% | 2023 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Panama | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Brazil | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release