Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, fourth quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
36
Highest
29.5%
Senegal
Lowest
0.0%
Panama
Median
2.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
406
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, fourth quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 29.5% in Senegal; the lowest is 0.0% in Panama.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.0%, and the mean is 5.1%.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Mexico (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Panama (down 100.0%).
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, fourth: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal | 29.5% | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 24.9% | 2021 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 3 | Mali | 21.7% | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 4 | Mozambique | 13.8% | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 5 | Gambia | 12.3% | 2020 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 6 | Benin | 10.3% | 2021 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 7 | Nigeria | 9.0% | 2021 | up 153.0% | falling |
| 8 | Zambia | 8.3% | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 9 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 7.8% | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 6.1% | 2022 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 5.7% | 2019 | down 72.0% | falling |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 4.5% | 2019 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 13 | Malawi | 3.6% | 2020 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 14 | Honduras | 3.2% | 2023 | up 60.0% | falling |
| 15 | Cameroon | 3.1% | 2018 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 16 | Guatemala | 2.5% | 2015 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 17 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.4% | 2023 | up 121.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Nepal | 2.1% | 2022 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 19 | Egypt | 1.9% | 2022 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 20 | Ghana | 1.8% | 2022 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Colombia | 1.7% | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 22 | El Salvador | 1.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 23 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.2% | 2014 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 1.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Mexico | 0.9% | 2022 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Chile | 0.7% | 2022 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Peru | 0.5% | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Uruguay | 0.5% | 2023 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.5% | 2021 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Jordan | 0.5% | 2023 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Lesotho | 0.4% | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Paraguay | 0.3% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 0.3% | 2023 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Ecuador | 0.3% | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Brazil | 0.2% | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Panama | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release