Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, second quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
37
Highest
54.2%
Mali
Lowest
0.5%
Chile
Median
10.7%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
410
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, second quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 54.2% in Mali; the lowest is 0.5% in Chile.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.7%, and the mean is 18.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 108.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 1,142.1%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 77.3%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 54.2% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 2 | Mozambique | 49.2% | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 3 | Benin | 48.9% | 2021 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 4 | Senegal | 46.3% | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 45.3% | 2021 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 6 | Zambia | 42.1% | 2023 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 7 | Guatemala | 38.5% | 2015 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 8 | Nigeria | 32.8% | 2021 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 9 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31.4% | 2022 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 10 | Honduras | 30.4% | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 29.6% | 2019 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 12 | Gambia | 28.0% | 2020 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 13 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 23.6% | 2020 | up 1,142.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Cameroon | 22.8% | 2018 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 15 | Lesotho | 19.7% | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | 19.1% | 2019 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 17 | Malawi | 14.7% | 2020 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 14.6% | 2022 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 19 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 10.7% | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 20 | Ghana | 8.8% | 2022 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Mexico | 8.2% | 2022 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 22 | Jordan | 6.2% | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 23 | Nepal | 6.1% | 2022 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 24 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 5.9% | 2014 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 25 | El Salvador | 5.6% | 2023 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 26 | Egypt | 5.3% | 2022 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 27 | Colombia | 4.8% | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 28 | Costa Rica | 3.2% | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Paraguay | 2.8% | 2024 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 30 | Ecuador | 2.7% | 2023 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.6% | 2023 | up 90.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 1.9% | 2023 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Panama | 1.8% | 2023 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Peru | 1.0% | 2023 | down 77.3% | falling |
| 35 | Brazil | 0.9% | 2023 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Uruguay | 0.7% | 2023 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Chile | 0.5% | 2022 | down 16.7% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release