Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, urban, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
35
Highest
1.51 GPIA
Mali
Lowest
0.1934 GPIA
Dominican Republic
Median
0.8125 GPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
430

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, urban, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 1.51 GPIA in Mali; the lowest is 0.1934 GPIA in Dominican Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8125 GPIA, and the mean is 0.888 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 877.8%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 76.9%).

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 1.51 GPIA 2024 down 2.6% flat
2 Togo 1.49 GPIA 2021 down 0.8% falling
3 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.4 GPIA 2024 up 16.2% falling
4 Kenya 1.38 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% falling
5 Kyrgyzstan 1.37 GPIA 2023 up 24.2% rising
6 Cameroon 1.29 GPIA 2018 up 4.1% flat
7 Chile 1.22 GPIA 2022 up 877.8% rising
8 Côte d'Ivoire 1.2 GPIA 2022 down 19.4% falling
9 Benin 1.2 GPIA 2021 down 6.9% falling
10 Uruguay 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 39.6% falling
11 Ghana 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 7.0% falling
12 Guatemala 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 16.8% falling
13 Nepal 1 GPIA 2022 down 29.6% rising
14 Brazil 0.9968 GPIA 2024 up 32.9% falling
15 Nigeria 0.9722 GPIA 2024 down 23.5% falling
16 Zambia 0.878 GPIA 2023 down 24.2% falling
17 Ecuador 0.8517 GPIA 2024 up 76.0% falling
18 Mexico 0.8125 GPIA 2022 down 1.6% falling
19 Senegal 0.8123 GPIA 2023 down 24.6% falling
20 Paraguay 0.7949 GPIA 2024 up 63.2% flat
21 Colombia 0.7652 GPIA 2024 down 6.9% flat
22 Honduras 0.7561 GPIA 2024 down 14.7% falling
23 Panama 0.7333 GPIA 2023 up 46.7% falling
24 Peru 0.7 GPIA 2023 down 26.7% falling
25 El Salvador 0.6531 GPIA 2023 down 33.8% falling
26 Ethiopia 0.6482 GPIA 2022 down 50.3% falling
27 Costa Rica 0.6047 GPIA 2024 down 48.6% falling
28 Bangladesh 0.602 GPIA 2022 down 29.8% falling
29 Argentina 0.6 GPIA 2023 down 47.2% rising
30 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.5923 GPIA 2024 up 14.8% falling
31 South Africa 0.5454 GPIA 2024 down 32.3% falling
32 Gambia 0.4855 GPIA 2023 down 45.6% falling
33 Lesotho 0.4763 GPIA 2023 down 61.7% falling
34 Armenia 0.3795 GPIA 2023 down 76.9% volatile
35 Dominican Republic 0.1934 GPIA 2024 down 73.7% falling

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, urban, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
35 places, 430 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release