Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, urban, female (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
46
Highest
39.7%
Côte d'Ivoire
Lowest
0.4%
Armenia
Median
5.4%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
503
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, urban, female (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 39.7% in Côte d'Ivoire; the lowest is 0.4% in Armenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.4%, and the mean is 9.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 103.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 800.0%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 77.4%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 39.7% | 2022 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 2 | Mali | 38.6% | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 3 | Cambodia | 31.8% | 2020 | up 70.3% | falling |
| 4 | Benin | 31.1% | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 5 | Senegal | 26.6% | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 6 | Guatemala | 20.5% | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 19.7% | 2019 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 8 | Mozambique | 18.6% | 2022 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 9 | Gambia | 17.2% | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 10 | Togo | 15.9% | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 11 | Zambia | 14.1% | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 12 | Uganda | 13.8% | 2023 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 12.7% | 2022 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 14 | Honduras | 12.5% | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 15 | Rwanda | 11.1% | 2020 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 11.0% | 2022 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 17 | Cameroon | 10.7% | 2018 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 18 | Nigeria | 10.2% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 8.0% | 2019 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 20 | Lesotho | 6.5% | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 21 | Ghana | 6.1% | 2024 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 6.1% | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 23 | Colombia | 5.6% | 2024 | up 50.7% | falling |
| 24 | Mexico | 5.2% | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 25 | Jordan | 5.0% | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 26 | Nepal | 4.9% | 2022 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Malawi | 4.7% | 2020 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Egypt | 4.6% | 2022 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 29 | Kenya | 3.9% | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 30 | South Africa | 3.5% | 2024 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.2% | 2023 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 32 | El Salvador | 3.2% | 2023 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 33 | Paraguay | 2.1% | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 1.9% | 2024 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Ecuador | 1.6% | 2024 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 1.5% | 2022 | up 89.9% | rising |
| 37 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.5% | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Panama | 1.1% | 2023 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Argentina | 0.9% | 2023 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 39 | Chile | 0.9% | 2022 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 0.8% | 2024 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Uruguay | 0.8% | 2024 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Brazil | 0.7% | 2024 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Peru | 0.7% | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 45 | Mongolia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Armenia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 70.4% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release