Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, urban, middle quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
34
Highest
41.0%
Mali
Lowest
0.3%
Uruguay
Median
7.1%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
409
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, urban, middle quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 41.0% in Mali; the lowest is 0.3% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.1%, and the mean is 12.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 137.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 694.4%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 94.4%).
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 41.0% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 2 | Senegal | 36.1% | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 3 | Benin | 35.7% | 2021 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 28.9% | 2022 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 5 | Guatemala | 28.4% | 2015 | up 59.7% | falling |
| 6 | Zambia | 27.3% | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | 26.4% | 2022 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 8 | Mozambique | 25.0% | 2022 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 9 | Gambia | 21.4% | 2020 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 10 | Malawi | 19.5% | 2020 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Honduras | 15.3% | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 12 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 14.3% | 2020 | up 694.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Cameroon | 12.9% | 2018 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 14 | Lesotho | 12.7% | 2023 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 15 | Nigeria | 10.2% | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | 8.9% | 2019 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 17 | El Salvador | 7.7% | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 18 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 6.6% | 2024 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 19 | Nepal | 6.1% | 2022 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Ghana | 6.0% | 2022 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 21 | Mexico | 3.9% | 2022 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 3.0% | 2024 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 2.8% | 2023 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Colombia | 2.8% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 25 | Argentina | 2.7% | 2023 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 26 | Ecuador | 2.4% | 2023 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Egypt | 2.3% | 2022 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Jordan | 1.8% | 2023 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 29 | Paraguay | 1.7% | 2024 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Peru | 1.1% | 2023 | down 26.7% | flat |
| 31 | Panama | 0.9% | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Chile | 0.8% | 2022 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Brazil | 0.3% | 2023 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Uruguay | 0.3% | 2023 | down 94.4% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release