Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, rural, middle quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
36
Highest
49.8%
Mali
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
10.6%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
394
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, rural, middle quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 49.8% in Mali; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.6%, and the mean is 16.6%.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 1,181.6%), and the largest decrease in Chile (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 | Mali | 49.8% | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 2 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 48.7% | 2020 | up 1,181.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Benin | 43.3% | 2021 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 4 | Senegal | 43.1% | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 5 | Mozambique | 41.2% | 2022 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 40.9% | 2021 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 7 | Honduras | 40.2% | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 8 | Zambia | 32.6% | 2023 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 9 | Guatemala | 28.6% | 2015 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 10 | Côte d'Ivoire | 26.7% | 2022 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 22.3% | 2019 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 12 | Gambia | 21.9% | 2020 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 13 | Nigeria | 19.5% | 2021 | up 69.4% | falling |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 16.4% | 2019 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 15 | Cameroon | 14.5% | 2018 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 16 | Lesotho | 14.2% | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 17 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 11.5% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 18 | Mexico | 10.6% | 2022 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 10.6% | 2022 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 20 | Malawi | 8.9% | 2020 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 21 | Colombia | 7.3% | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 7.0% | 2024 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 23 | El Salvador | 6.8% | 2023 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 24 | Ghana | 5.1% | 2022 | up 46.0% | falling |
| 25 | Nepal | 4.2% | 2022 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 26 | Jordan | 4.0% | 2023 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 3.9% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Ecuador | 3.7% | 2023 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Peru | 2.1% | 2023 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Egypt | 2.0% | 2022 | down 76.3% | falling |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.6% | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 32 | Brazil | 1.4% | 2023 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Paraguay | 1.1% | 2024 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Panama | 0.8% | 2023 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Chile | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release