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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, rural, female (household survey data) (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
45 places, 473 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release