Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, rural, fourth quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
36
Highest
45.1%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Lowest
0.0%
Chile
Median
9.2%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
392
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, rural, fourth quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 45.1% in Bolivia, Plurinational State of; the lowest is 0.0% in Chile.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.2%, and the mean is 13.6%.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 802.0%), and the largest decrease in Panama (down 80.6%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 45.1% | 2020 | up 802.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Senegal | 39.4% | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 36.4% | 2021 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 4 | Benin | 34.7% | 2021 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 5 | Mali | 32.5% | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 6 | Honduras | 30.5% | 2023 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 7 | Mozambique | 27.3% | 2022 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 26.4% | 2022 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 9 | Zambia | 25.4% | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 21.1% | 2019 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 11 | Gambia | 18.3% | 2020 | down 67.4% | falling |
| 12 | Guatemala | 15.7% | 2015 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 13 | Cameroon | 14.7% | 2018 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 14 | Mexico | 13.4% | 2022 | up 116.1% | falling |
| 15 | Nigeria | 11.0% | 2021 | up 116.3% | falling |
| 16 | El Salvador | 10.2% | 2023 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 17 | Uruguay | 10.0% | 2023 | up 44.9% | falling |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 9.3% | 2022 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 9.1% | 2019 | down 72.0% | falling |
| 20 | Lesotho | 8.7% | 2023 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 21 | Malawi | 8.0% | 2020 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 22 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 7.7% | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 23 | Colombia | 7.0% | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Nepal | 4.0% | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 25 | Ecuador | 3.1% | 2023 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Costa Rica | 2.9% | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Egypt | 2.6% | 2022 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 28 | Ghana | 2.3% | 2022 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.2% | 2023 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Peru | 2.2% | 2023 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 2.1% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Paraguay | 2.1% | 2024 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Brazil | 1.2% | 2023 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Jordan | 1.1% | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 35 | Panama | 0.7% | 2023 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Chile | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release