Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted location parity index (household survey data) (LPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
50
Highest
1.93 LPIA
Uruguay
Lowest
0.28 LPIA
Armenia
Median
1.3 LPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
505
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted location parity index (household survey data) (LPIA) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 1.93 LPIA in Uruguay; the lowest is 0.28 LPIA in Armenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.3 LPIA, and the mean is 1.27 LPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 121.3%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 81.2%).
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 1.93 LPIA | 2024 | up 71.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 1.84 LPIA | 2022 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 3 | Niger | 1.8 LPIA | 2021 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 4 | Cameroon | 1.77 LPIA | 2018 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 5 | Togo | 1.73 LPIA | 2021 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 6 | Panama | 1.72 LPIA | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 7 | Nigeria | 1.72 LPIA | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 8 | Ghana | 1.69 LPIA | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 9 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.69 LPIA | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 1.67 LPIA | 2022 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 1.62 LPIA | 2019 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 12 | Mali | 1.62 LPIA | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 13 | Mozambique | 1.62 LPIA | 2022 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 14 | Malawi | 1.61 LPIA | 2020 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 15 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.6 LPIA | 2022 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 16 | Zambia | 1.59 LPIA | 2023 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 17 | Benin | 1.57 LPIA | 2021 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 18 | Senegal | 1.55 LPIA | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 19 | Mongolia | 1.54 LPIA | 2022 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 20 | Rwanda | 1.53 LPIA | 2020 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 21 | Kenya | 1.52 LPIA | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 22 | Lesotho | 1.49 LPIA | 2023 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 23 | Mauritania | 1.46 LPIA | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 24 | Paraguay | 1.34 LPIA | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 25 | Uganda | 1.3 LPIA | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 26 | Peru | 1.3 LPIA | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 27 | Mexico | 1.27 LPIA | 2022 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 28 | Gambia | 1.27 LPIA | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 1.23 LPIA | 2019 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 30 | Jordan | 1.21 LPIA | 2023 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 31 | Ecuador | 1.18 LPIA | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 32 | Guatemala | 1.17 LPIA | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 33 | Honduras | 1.17 LPIA | 2024 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 34 | Cambodia | 1.13 LPIA | 2021 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.13 LPIA | 2023 | up 121.3% | flat |
| 36 | Egypt | 1.08 LPIA | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 37 | Chile | 1 LPIA | 2022 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 38 | Nepal | 0.9106 LPIA | 2022 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 39 | Tunisia | 0.9009 LPIA | 2024 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 40 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.8947 LPIA | 2021 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 41 | El Salvador | 0.875 LPIA | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 0.7707 LPIA | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 43 | Russian Federation | 0.7112 LPIA | 2022 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 44 | Brazil | 0.706 LPIA | 2024 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 45 | South Africa | 0.6634 LPIA | 2024 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 0.6193 LPIA | 2024 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 0.5028 LPIA | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 48 | Colombia | 0.4826 LPIA | 2024 | down 65.1% | falling |
| 49 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.4667 LPIA | 2021 | down 70.6% | falling |
| 50 | Armenia | 0.28 LPIA | 2023 | down 81.2% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release