Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (modelled data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
205
Highest
85.8%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Median
18.2%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
5,356
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes (modelled data) (%) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 85.8% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Sint Maarten (Dutch part).
The median across all reporting countries is 18.2%, and the mean is 25.1%.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 134 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 2,633.3%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 100.0%).
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 85.8% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 82.1% | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 3 | Madagascar | 78.1% | 2025 | up 35.6% | flat |
| 4 | Mali | 77.0% | 2025 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 5 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 76.9% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 6 | Equatorial Guinea | 76.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 7 | Chad | 74.6% | 2025 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 8 | Burundi | 73.8% | 2025 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 9 | Syrian Arab Republic | 73.3% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 10 | Cameroon | 71.9% | 2025 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 71.9% | 2025 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 12 | Uganda | 71.6% | 2025 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 13 | Central African Republic | 71.5% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 68.9% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 15 | Benin | 68.4% | 2025 | up 26.4% | flat |
| 15 | Malawi | 68.4% | 2025 | up 29.8% | falling |
| 17 | Tokelau | 67.7% | 2025 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 18 | Guinea | 64.3% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 19 | Congo | 63.7% | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 20 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 63.3% | 2025 | up 33.0% | flat |
| 21 | Djibouti | 62.6% | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 21 | Guatemala | 62.6% | 2025 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 23 | Papua New Guinea | 61.9% | 2025 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 24 | Honduras | 58.9% | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 25 | San Marino | 58.5% | 2025 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 26 | South Sudan | 57.8% | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 27 | Lesotho | 57.7% | 2025 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 28 | Suriname | 57.2% | 2025 | up 22.7% | flat |
| 29 | Mozambique | 56.7% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 30 | Togo | 56.4% | 2025 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 31 | Yemen | 55.3% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 32 | Sudan | 54.1% | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 33 | Gabon | 53.4% | 2025 | up 43.2% | falling |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 52.3% | 2025 | up 31.1% | falling |
| 35 | Senegal | 52.2% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 36 | Libya | 51.0% | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 37 | Liberia | 49.6% | 2025 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 37 | Solomon Islands | 49.6% | 2025 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 39 | Lebanon | 49.4% | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 49.0% | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 41 | Mauritania | 48.4% | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 42 | Guyana | 47.7% | 2025 | up 38.7% | falling |
| 43 | Eritrea | 47.5% | 2025 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 44 | Zambia | 46.7% | 2025 | up 37.0% | flat |
| 45 | El Salvador | 45.8% | 2025 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | 45.4% | 2025 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 47 | Comoros | 45.1% | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 48 | India | 43.4% | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 49 | Angola | 42.9% | 2025 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 50 | Cambodia | 42.4% | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 51 | Malaysia | 40.1% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 52 | Rwanda | 36.3% | 2025 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 53 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 35.9% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 35.2% | 2025 | up 60.0% | falling |
| 55 | Nigeria | 35.0% | 2025 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 56 | Oman | 34.6% | 2025 | up 220.4% | falling |
| 57 | Pakistan | 34.5% | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 58 | British Virgin Islands | 33.7% | 2025 | up 151.5% | falling |
| 59 | Paraguay | 33.2% | 2025 | up 40.1% | falling |
| 60 | Botswana | 32.1% | 2025 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 31.9% | 2025 | up 61.1% | falling |
| 61 | Vanuatu | 31.9% | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 63 | Trinidad and Tobago | 31.7% | 2025 | up 23.3% | flat |
| 64 | Ghana | 31.1% | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 65 | Montserrat | 30.8% | 2025 | down 42.6% | rising |
| 66 | Tuvalu | 30.5% | 2025 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 67 | Bangladesh | 30.3% | 2025 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 68 | Mexico | 29.6% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 69 | Tonga | 29.2% | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 70 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 28.1% | 2025 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Romania | 27.7% | 2025 | up 47.3% | flat |
| 72 | Bhutan | 27.6% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 73 | Gambia | 27.2% | 2025 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 74 | Panama | 25.4% | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 75 | Iraq | 25.0% | 2025 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 76 | Bahamas | 24.4% | 2025 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 76 | Mauritius | 24.4% | 2025 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 78 | Jamaica | 24.3% | 2025 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 79 | Viet Nam | 24.1% | 2025 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 23.4% | 2025 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 81 | Saint Lucia | 23.2% | 2025 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 82 | Kiribati | 22.9% | 2025 | down 47.5% | rising |
| 82 | Naoero | 22.9% | 2025 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 84 | Indonesia | 22.5% | 2025 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 85 | Ecuador | 22.4% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 86 | Egypt | 21.8% | 2025 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 87 | Myanmar | 21.6% | 2025 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 88 | Kenya | 21.3% | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 88 | Maldives | 21.3% | 2025 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 88 | Timor-Leste | 21.3% | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 91 | Nepal | 21.1% | 2025 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 92 | Bermuda | 20.9% | 2025 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 93 | Belize | 20.7% | 2025 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 93 | Brunei Darussalam | 20.7% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 93 | Tunisia | 20.7% | 2025 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 96 | Cuba | 20.1% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 97 | Hungary | 19.7% | 2025 | up 137.3% | rising |
| 98 | Palestine, State of | 19.6% | 2025 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 99 | Turkmenistan | 19.4% | 2025 | down 73.2% | falling |
| 100 | Philippines | 18.8% | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 101 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 18.6% | 2025 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 102 | Haiti | 18.3% | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 103 | Morocco | 18.2% | 2025 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 104 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.1% | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 105 | Jordan | 17.2% | 2025 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 106 | China | 17.0% | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 16.9% | 2025 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 108 | Azerbaijan | 16.8% | 2025 | up 143.5% | rising |
| 109 | Singapore | 16.4% | 2025 | up 2,633.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Macau, China | 16.3% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 111 | Cayman Islands | 15.8% | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 112 | Samoa | 15.7% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 113 | Algeria | 15.6% | 2025 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 114 | South Africa | 15.3% | 2025 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 115 | Iceland | 15.0% | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 116 | Cape Verde | 14.3% | 2025 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 117 | Dominica | 14.1% | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 118 | Switzerland | 14.0% | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 118 | Qatar | 14.0% | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.4% | 2025 | down 54.1% | flat |
| 121 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 13.3% | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 122 | Eswatini | 12.7% | 2025 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 123 | Canada | 12.6% | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 124 | Cook Islands | 12.2% | 2025 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 12.0% | 2025 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 125 | Uzbekistan | 12.0% | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 127 | Anguilla | 11.9% | 2025 | up 271.9% | rising |
| 128 | Seychelles | 11.8% | 2025 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Fiji | 11.7% | 2025 | down 59.9% | falling |
| 130 | Bulgaria | 11.5% | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 130 | Malta | 11.5% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 132 | Serbia | 11.3% | 2025 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 133 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 10.9% | 2025 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 134 | Germany | 10.8% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 135 | Armenia | 10.3% | 2025 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 136 | Andorra | 9.9% | 2025 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 137 | Grenada | 9.8% | 2025 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.6% | 2025 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 139 | Colombia | 9.4% | 2025 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 139 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 9.4% | 2025 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 141 | Luxembourg | 9.2% | 2025 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 142 | Thailand | 8.0% | 2025 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Barbados | 7.9% | 2025 | up 426.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.9% | 2025 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 145 | Hong Kong, China | 7.7% | 2025 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Albania | 7.6% | 2025 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Marshall Islands | 7.5% | 2025 | down 71.9% | falling |
| 147 | Slovakia | 7.5% | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 149 | Estonia | 7.4% | 2025 | up 27.6% | flat |
| 150 | Peru | 7.0% | 2025 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 151 | Spain | 6.7% | 2025 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 6.5% | 2025 | down 73.9% | falling |
| 153 | Palau | 6.4% | 2025 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 154 | Niue | 6.3% | 2025 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 155 | Austria | 6.2% | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 156 | Mongolia | 6.1% | 2025 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Italy | 6.0% | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 158 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.9% | 2025 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 159 | Denmark | 5.8% | 2025 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 160 | Belarus | 5.7% | 2025 | up 216.7% | rising |
| 160 | Uruguay | 5.7% | 2025 | down 72.1% | falling |
| 162 | Croatia | 5.5% | 2025 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 163 | Curaçao | 5.4% | 2025 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 164 | Namibia | 5.3% | 2025 | down 79.0% | falling |
| 165 | Monaco | 5.1% | 2025 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Norway | 5.0% | 2025 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 167 | Kazakhstan | 4.8% | 2025 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 168 | Czechia | 4.7% | 2025 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 169 | Costa Rica | 4.6% | 2025 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 169 | United States of America | 4.6% | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 171 | Brazil | 4.2% | 2025 | down 70.2% | falling |
| 172 | Argentina | 3.9% | 2025 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 173 | Liechtenstein | 3.8% | 2025 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 174 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.7% | 2025 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Israel | 3.6% | 2025 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 176 | Republic of Moldova | 3.5% | 2025 | down 86.1% | falling |
| 177 | Greece | 3.4% | 2025 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 178 | New Zealand | 3.2% | 2025 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Finland | 2.9% | 2025 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 180 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.8% | 2025 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.5% | 2025 | down 91.6% | falling |
| 182 | Ukraine | 2.2% | 2025 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Türkiye | 1.9% | 2025 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Korea | 1.8% | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Cyprus | 1.4% | 2025 | down 78.8% | falling |
| 185 | Russian Federation | 1.4% | 2025 | down 80.3% | falling |
| 187 | Belgium | 1.3% | 2025 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 187 | Bahrain | 1.3% | 2025 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Netherlands | 1.3% | 2025 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 190 | Slovenia | 1.2% | 2025 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 191 | France | 1.1% | 2025 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 192 | Chile | 1.0% | 2025 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 192 | Latvia | 1.0% | 2025 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Sweden | 1.0% | 2025 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 195 | Montenegro | 0.9% | 2025 | down 73.5% | falling |
| 196 | Australia | 0.8% | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 196 | Poland | 0.8% | 2025 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 198 | Aruba | 0.7% | 2025 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Lithuania | 0.5% | 2025 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 200 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3% | 2025 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 201 | Georgia | 0.2% | 2025 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 201 | Saudi Arabia | 0.2% | 2025 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 203 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2025 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 204 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release