Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, urban, male (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
46
Highest
35.4%
Gambia
Lowest
0.7%
Chile
Median
6.2%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
503
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, urban, male (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 35.4% in Gambia; the lowest is 0.7% in Chile.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.2%, and the mean is 9.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 51.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Russian Federation (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 84.0%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gambia | 35.4% | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 2 | Senegal | 32.7% | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 3 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31.6% | 2022 | up 52.2% | falling |
| 4 | Cambodia | 27.4% | 2020 | up 283.2% | rising |
| 5 | Benin | 24.9% | 2021 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 6 | Guatemala | 20.3% | 2024 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 19.6% | 2022 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 8 | Mali | 18.9% | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 18.4% | 2022 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 10 | Honduras | 16.5% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 11 | Zambia | 16.1% | 2023 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 12 | Mozambique | 13.7% | 2022 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 13 | Lesotho | 13.6% | 2023 | up 80.3% | flat |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 12.2% | 2019 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 15 | Uganda | 11.4% | 2023 | down 36.6% | flat |
| 16 | Nigeria | 10.4% | 2024 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 17 | Togo | 8.1% | 2021 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 7.6% | 2018 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 7.6% | 2019 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 20 | Colombia | 7.3% | 2024 | up 61.9% | falling |
| 21 | Jordan | 6.9% | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 22 | South Africa | 6.4% | 2024 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 23 | Mexico | 6.4% | 2022 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 24 | Malawi | 6.0% | 2020 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 25 | Ghana | 5.9% | 2024 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Rwanda | 5.3% | 2020 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 27 | El Salvador | 4.9% | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 28 | Nepal | 4.9% | 2022 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 4.1% | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 3.6% | 2024 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 3.2% | 2024 | up 127.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Egypt | 3.1% | 2022 | down 65.1% | falling |
| 33 | Paraguay | 2.6% | 2024 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 34 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.5% | 2024 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Kenya | 2.4% | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.0% | 2023 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Ecuador | 1.9% | 2024 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Panama | 1.5% | 2023 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 38 | Argentina | 1.5% | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 40 | Russian Federation | 1.3% | 2022 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Armenia | 1.0% | 2023 | up 120.6% | falling |
| 42 | Peru | 1.0% | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 43 | Mongolia | 0.8% | 2022 | down 72.9% | falling |
| 44 | Brazil | 0.7% | 2024 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Uruguay | 0.7% | 2024 | down 84.0% | falling |
| 46 | Chile | 0.7% | 2022 | down 12.5% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release