Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, rural, second quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
36
Highest
53.9%
Mali
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
14.4%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
394
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, rural, second quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 53.9% in Mali; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.4%, and the mean is 20.1%.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 701.7%), 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 | Mali | 53.9% | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 2 | Benin | 51.2% | 2021 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 3 | Mozambique | 49.7% | 2022 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 4 | Senegal | 46.6% | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 5 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 46.5% | 2020 | up 701.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 45.5% | 2021 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 7 | Zambia | 43.8% | 2023 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 8 | Honduras | 43.3% | 2023 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 9 | Guatemala | 39.5% | 2015 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 10 | Nigeria | 34.0% | 2021 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 33.1% | 2022 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 29.6% | 2019 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 13 | Gambia | 23.1% | 2020 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 14 | Cameroon | 21.9% | 2018 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 15 | Sierra Leone | 19.8% | 2019 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 16 | Lesotho | 19.5% | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 17 | El Salvador | 16.0% | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 18 | Malawi | 14.8% | 2020 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 14.0% | 2022 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 20 | Mexico | 12.7% | 2022 | up 38.0% | falling |
| 21 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 11.1% | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 22 | Ghana | 9.3% | 2022 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Nepal | 7.4% | 2022 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 24 | Colombia | 5.6% | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 5.1% | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Ecuador | 4.3% | 2023 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Paraguay | 4.3% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 28 | Egypt | 4.2% | 2022 | down 66.8% | falling |
| 29 | Jordan | 3.7% | 2023 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 3.0% | 2023 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Panama | 2.4% | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.3% | 2023 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Brazil | 1.2% | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Chile | 0.5% | 2022 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 0.5% | 2023 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release