Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, rural, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
34
Highest
1.47 GPIA
Peru
Lowest
0 GPIA
Uruguay
Median
1.02 GPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
399

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, rural, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 1.47 GPIA in Peru; the lowest is 0 GPIA in Uruguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.02 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9673 GPIA.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 59.4%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 100.0%).

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Peru 1.47 GPIA 2023 up 33.3% falling
2 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.39 GPIA 2024 down 16.5% flat
3 Panama 1.37 GPIA 2023 up 53.4% rising
4 Cameroon 1.34 GPIA 2018 down 3.2% falling
5 Togo 1.29 GPIA 2021 down 1.8% falling
6 Chile 1.26 GPIA 2020 up 0.9% rising
7 Nepal 1.24 GPIA 2022 down 20.7% falling
8 Paraguay 1.24 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% falling
9 South Africa 1.18 GPIA 2024 up 1.7% falling
10 Benin 1.16 GPIA 2021 down 7.2% falling
11 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.14 GPIA 2024 down 22.0% falling
12 Colombia 1.14 GPIA 2024 up 59.4% falling
13 Armenia 1.1 GPIA 2023 down 4.9% rising
14 Côte d'Ivoire 1.05 GPIA 2022 down 18.6% falling
15 Mali 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 5.8% falling
16 Kenya 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% flat
17 Zambia 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 21.0% falling
18 Guatemala 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 21.2% falling
19 Nigeria 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 15.4% falling
20 Ecuador 0.9927 GPIA 2024 down 14.6% falling
21 Ghana 0.969 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% flat
22 Kyrgyzstan 0.936 GPIA 2023 down 12.7% volatile
23 Ethiopia 0.9062 GPIA 2022 up 5.4% falling
24 Honduras 0.8748 GPIA 2024 down 13.5% flat
25 Senegal 0.8034 GPIA 2023 down 22.0% falling
26 El Salvador 0.7778 GPIA 2023 down 33.4% falling
27 Dominican Republic 0.7418 GPIA 2024 up 39.3% volatile
28 Mexico 0.6903 GPIA 2022 down 33.1% falling
29 Gambia 0.6712 GPIA 2023 down 46.0% falling
30 Costa Rica 0.6269 GPIA 2024 up 0.0% falling
31 Lesotho 0.5442 GPIA 2023 down 2.7% falling
32 Bangladesh 0.4948 GPIA 2022 down 22.8% falling
33 Brazil 0.3773 GPIA 2024 down 58.1% falling
34 Uruguay 0 GPIA 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, rural, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
34 places, 399 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release