Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, urban, fourth quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
37
Highest
32.6%
Burkina Faso
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
5.3%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
424
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, urban, fourth quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 32.6% in Burkina Faso; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.3%, and the mean is 8.9%.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 700.0%), 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 | Burkina Faso | 32.6% | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31.5% | 2022 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 3 | Senegal | 28.8% | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 4 | Mali | 26.7% | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 5 | Benin | 24.3% | 2021 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 6 | Mozambique | 21.0% | 2022 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 20.2% | 2019 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 8 | Zambia | 15.4% | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 14.2% | 2022 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 10 | Gambia | 11.9% | 2020 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 11 | Guatemala | 11.8% | 2015 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 9.0% | 2019 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 13 | Nigeria | 9.0% | 2021 | up 248.0% | falling |
| 14 | Cameroon | 7.5% | 2018 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 15 | Lesotho | 7.3% | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 16 | Honduras | 7.1% | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 17 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.1% | 2023 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 18 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 5.9% | 2024 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 19 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.3% | 2020 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Malawi | 5.1% | 2020 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Nepal | 3.1% | 2022 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Mexico | 3.0% | 2022 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 23 | Ghana | 2.9% | 2022 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Paraguay | 2.6% | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Egypt | 2.5% | 2022 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 2.4% | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 27 | Jordan | 1.9% | 2023 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 28 | Costa Rica | 1.8% | 2024 | up 154.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Colombia | 1.7% | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 30 | Argentina | 1.5% | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 1.4% | 2023 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Ecuador | 1.3% | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Peru | 0.8% | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Chile | 0.3% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Brazil | 0.1% | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Panama | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release