Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
71
Highest
72.1%
Zimbabwe
Lowest
1.2%
Portugal
Median
12.8%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
848

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 72.1% in Zimbabwe; the lowest is 1.2% in Portugal.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.8%, and the mean is 21.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 61.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 337.7%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 79.9%).

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zimbabwe 72.1% 2019 up 31.9% rising
2 Mali 63.1% 2024 down 3.1% falling
3 Benin 60.9% 2021 up 30.8% flat
4 Zambia 57.4% 2023 up 13.6% rising
5 Lesotho 55.3% 2023 up 34.6% rising
6 Senegal 54.6% 2023 down 5.5% falling
7 Mozambique 53.7% 2022 down 0.8% flat
8 Cambodia 53.4% 2020 down 1.5% falling
9 Uganda 52.7% 2023 down 10.7% flat
10 Côte d'Ivoire 50.4% 2022 down 18.3% falling
11 Guatemala 49.4% 2024 down 2.2% falling
12 Gambia 43.8% 2023 down 18.7% falling
13 Rwanda 43.7% 2020 down 14.8% falling
14 Honduras 43.3% 2024 down 8.6% flat
15 Nigeria 42.1% 2024 down 7.5% flat
16 Ethiopia 41.6% 2022 down 12.2% falling
17 Togo 38.1% 2021 down 8.3% falling
18 Bangladesh 37.7% 2022 down 29.5% falling
19 Cameroon 37.5% 2018 down 20.5% falling
20 Malawi 33.8% 2020 down 23.2% falling
21 Sierra Leone 27.3% 2019 down 33.5% falling
22 Ghana 25.1% 2024 down 37.3% falling
23 Mexico 24.0% 2024 down 4.7% falling
24 El Salvador 21.7% 2023 down 30.4% falling
25 Switzerland 19.6% 2021 up 35.3% rising
26 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 18.2% 2014 down 4.2% falling
27 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 18.1% 2024 down 31.7% falling
28 Jordan 17.6% 2023 up 11.1% flat
29 South Africa 17.1% 2024 down 17.6% falling
30 Nepal 16.1% 2022 down 18.1% falling
31 Kyrgyzstan 15.4% 2023 down 28.7% falling
32 Kenya 14.3% 2024 down 30.0% falling
33 Ecuador 14.0% 2024 down 13.9% falling
34 Armenia 13.0% 2023 up 14.8% falling
35 Dominican Republic 13.0% 2024 up 24.9% falling
36 Colombia 12.8% 2023 down 26.9% falling
37 Paraguay 12.8% 2024 down 39.0% falling
38 Egypt 12.2% 2022 down 55.9% falling
39 Türkiye 12.2% 2022 down 38.4% falling
40 China 11.7% 2020 down 59.0% falling
41 Romania 11.4% 2021 down 9.8% falling
42 Costa Rica 11.3% 2024 up 7.8% falling
43 Brazil 10.7% 2024 down 31.6% falling
44 Norway 10.7% 2021 up 75.7% falling
45 Luxembourg 10.5% 2021 up 337.7% volatile
46 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 9.0% 2024 down 45.7% falling
47 Panama 8.6% 2023 down 50.3% falling
48 Germany 8.6% 2021 up 134.4% rising
49 Denmark 8.4% 2021 down 11.8% falling
50 Croatia 8.1% 2021 down 9.1% falling
51 Peru 7.8% 2023 down 49.0% falling
52 Uruguay 7.5% 2024 down 62.8% falling
53 Mongolia 7.2% 2022 down 53.3% falling
54 Slovenia 7.2% 2021 up 145.9% falling
55 Poland 7.1% 2021 up 151.6% rising
56 Estonia 6.5% 2021 up 51.0% falling
57 Lithuania 6.3% 2021 up 116.2% falling
58 Hungary 6.2% 2021 up 86.7% rising
59 Bulgaria 5.8% 2021 down 36.5% falling
60 Finland 5.2% 2021 down 3.0% falling
61 Spain 4.7% 2021 down 62.6% volatile
62 Israel 4.4% 2016 flat
63 Sweden 3.8% 2021 down 16.2% falling
64 Cyprus 3.8% 2021 down 10.3% falling
65 United States of America 3.4% 2024 down 48.5% falling
66 France 3.0% 2021 down 13.7% rising
67 Chile 2.1% 2022 down 66.7% falling
68 Latvia 2.0% 2021 down 72.4% volatile
68 Greece 2.0% 2021 down 50.1% falling
70 Canada 1.2% 2018 down 60.8% falling
71 Portugal 1.2% 2021 down 79.9% volatile

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (household survey data) (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
71 places, 848 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release