Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, rural, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
34
Highest
1.22 GPIA
Cameroon
Lowest
0 GPIA
Armenia
Median
0.8213 GPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
395

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, rural, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 1.22 GPIA in Cameroon; the lowest is 0 GPIA in Armenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8213 GPIA, and the mean is 0.7886 GPIA.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 69.6%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).

Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, rural: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cameroon 1.22 GPIA 2018 down 2.6% flat
2 Panama 1.21 GPIA 2023 up 8.9% rising
3 Benin 1.17 GPIA 2021 down 3.2% falling
4 Nigeria 1.15 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% falling
5 Ghana 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% rising
6 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.06 GPIA 2024 down 13.9% falling
7 Guatemala 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 23.0% falling
8 Kenya 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% falling
9 Mali 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 5.6% falling
10 Togo 1.02 GPIA 2021 down 13.5% falling
11 Peru 1 GPIA 2023 up 17.6% falling
12 Nepal 0.9198 GPIA 2022 down 40.6% falling
13 Honduras 0.897 GPIA 2024 down 12.1% flat
14 Ethiopia 0.8956 GPIA 2022 down 9.2% falling
15 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.879 GPIA 2022 up 4.9% flat
16 Senegal 0.8763 GPIA 2023 down 4.6% falling
17 Kyrgyzstan 0.8279 GPIA 2023 up 65.4% falling
18 Zambia 0.8146 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% falling
19 Costa Rica 0.7787 GPIA 2024 down 35.1% rising
20 Ecuador 0.7372 GPIA 2024 down 32.4% rising
21 Dominican Republic 0.7025 GPIA 2024 up 15.0% rising
22 Mexico 0.6923 GPIA 2022 up 13.7% falling
23 El Salvador 0.68 GPIA 2023 up 25.4% falling
24 Colombia 0.6625 GPIA 2024 down 36.9% rising
25 Gambia 0.6598 GPIA 2023 down 26.7% falling
26 Bangladesh 0.6192 GPIA 2022 down 14.7% falling
27 South Africa 0.5777 GPIA 2024 down 19.8% falling
28 Brazil 0.5586 GPIA 2024 down 47.4% falling
29 Uruguay 0.5227 GPIA 2024 down 70.5% volatile
30 Chile 0.4444 GPIA 2022 down 51.5% falling
31 Lesotho 0.4229 GPIA 2023 up 69.6% flat
32 Paraguay 0.3058 GPIA 2024 down 78.7% falling
33 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.2727 GPIA 2021 down 76.8% falling
34 Armenia 0 GPIA 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, rural, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
34 places, 395 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release