Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, rural, female (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
45
Highest
52.5%
Benin
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
10.7%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
473
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, rural, female (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 52.5% in Benin; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.7%, and the mean is 16.5%.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 99.5%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (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 | Benin | 52.5% | 2021 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 2 | Mali | 50.9% | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 3 | Senegal | 43.2% | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 4 | Mozambique | 42.1% | 2022 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 5 | Zambia | 39.3% | 2023 | up 29.7% | falling |
| 6 | Côte d'Ivoire | 35.6% | 2022 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 7 | Nigeria | 34.0% | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 8 | Cambodia | 32.2% | 2020 | up 34.4% | falling |
| 9 | Honduras | 32.1% | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 31.5% | 2022 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 11 | Guatemala | 30.8% | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 12 | Cameroon | 30.7% | 2018 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 13 | Gambia | 28.3% | 2023 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 14 | Togo | 25.3% | 2021 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 25.2% | 2019 | up 28.3% | flat |
| 16 | Uganda | 25.0% | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 16.1% | 2019 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 18 | Lesotho | 14.3% | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 19 | Ghana | 13.4% | 2024 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 20 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.9% | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 21 | Rwanda | 12.4% | 2020 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Malawi | 12.0% | 2020 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 23 | Mexico | 10.7% | 2022 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 24 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9.5% | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 25 | El Salvador | 9.1% | 2023 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 9.0% | 2022 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 27 | Colombia | 8.8% | 2024 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Ecuador | 7.7% | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Kenya | 6.6% | 2024 | up 63.7% | falling |
| 30 | Nepal | 5.7% | 2022 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 31 | Paraguay | 4.7% | 2024 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 32 | Jordan | 4.6% | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 33 | Egypt | 4.3% | 2022 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Panama | 3.8% | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 3.6% | 2024 | up 99.5% | volatile |
| 36 | South Africa | 3.5% | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 37 | Peru | 3.4% | 2023 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 3.2% | 2024 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.5% | 2023 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Chile | 1.1% | 2022 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Russian Federation | 1.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Mongolia | 1.0% | 2022 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Brazil | 0.6% | 2024 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Armenia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release