Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, urban, richest quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
37
Highest
48.6%
Côte d'Ivoire
Lowest
0.0%
Brazil
Median
4.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
424
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, urban, richest quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 48.6% in Côte d'Ivoire; the lowest is 0.0% in Brazil.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.0%, and the mean is 7.6%.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 800.0%), 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 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.6% | 2022 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 2 | Mali | 29.9% | 2024 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 26.4% | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 4 | Senegal | 21.8% | 2023 | up 37.9% | falling |
| 5 | Benin | 19.3% | 2021 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 6 | Honduras | 16.0% | 2023 | up 540.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 13.5% | 2019 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 8 | Gambia | 13.1% | 2020 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 9 | Zambia | 9.9% | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Mozambique | 9.3% | 2022 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 11 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9.0% | 2020 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Lesotho | 7.3% | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 6.8% | 2022 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 6.4% | 2019 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 15 | Nigeria | 6.3% | 2021 | up 97.3% | falling |
| 16 | Guatemala | 5.5% | 2015 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 17 | Cameroon | 4.9% | 2018 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 18 | Malawi | 4.5% | 2020 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 4.0% | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 20 | El Salvador | 3.3% | 2023 | up 230.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Ghana | 2.4% | 2022 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Egypt | 1.8% | 2022 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 23 | Argentina | 1.8% | 2023 | up 260.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Nepal | 1.5% | 2022 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 1.4% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Mexico | 1.1% | 2022 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Jordan | 0.8% | 2023 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 28 | Colombia | 0.7% | 2023 | down 78.1% | falling |
| 28 | Chile | 0.7% | 2022 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Peru | 0.4% | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 0.4% | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3% | 2023 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Panama | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Brazil | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release