Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female (modelled data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
204
Highest
100.0%
Afghanistan
Lowest
0.0%
Saudi Arabia
Median
16.1%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
5,356
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female (modelled data) (%) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0.0% in Saudi Arabia.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.1%, and the mean is 24.7%.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 133 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 2,216.7%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 100.0%).
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 100.0% | 2025 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 2 | Niger | 86.9% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 3 | Mali | 80.5% | 2025 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 4 | Madagascar | 79.0% | 2025 | up 33.0% | flat |
| 5 | Chad | 78.8% | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 6 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 78.7% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 7 | Equatorial Guinea | 77.0% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 76.5% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 9 | Cameroon | 74.4% | 2025 | up 32.9% | flat |
| 10 | Uganda | 73.4% | 2025 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 73.1% | 2025 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 12 | Guinea | 72.5% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 13 | Benin | 72.3% | 2025 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 14 | Burundi | 72.2% | 2025 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 15 | Syrian Arab Republic | 70.3% | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 16 | Malawi | 68.6% | 2025 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 17 | Tokelau | 68.2% | 2025 | up 92.1% | rising |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 66.6% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 19 | Papua New Guinea | 65.0% | 2025 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 20 | Djibouti | 64.9% | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 21 | South Sudan | 64.7% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 22 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 64.3% | 2025 | up 25.6% | falling |
| 23 | Guatemala | 63.7% | 2025 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 24 | Yemen | 63.5% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 25 | San Marino | 62.8% | 2025 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Congo | 61.9% | 2025 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 27 | Togo | 59.4% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 58.8% | 2025 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 29 | Mozambique | 58.6% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 30 | Suriname | 55.4% | 2025 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 31 | Honduras | 55.2% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 32 | Lesotho | 54.8% | 2025 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 33 | Sudan | 52.6% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 34 | Zambia | 52.5% | 2025 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 35 | Eritrea | 51.9% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 35 | Gabon | 51.9% | 2025 | up 48.7% | flat |
| 37 | Libya | 49.6% | 2025 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 38 | Liberia | 49.0% | 2025 | up 34.6% | falling |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 48.9% | 2025 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 40 | Guyana | 47.8% | 2025 | up 50.8% | falling |
| 41 | Senegal | 47.5% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 41 | Solomon Islands | 47.5% | 2025 | up 54.7% | flat |
| 43 | Mauritania | 46.8% | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 44 | Angola | 46.6% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 45 | Comoros | 46.1% | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | 45.2% | 2025 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 47 | India | 43.1% | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 48 | El Salvador | 43.0% | 2025 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 49 | Lebanon | 42.8% | 2025 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 50 | Pakistan | 42.6% | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 51 | Cambodia | 42.5% | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 52 | British Virgin Islands | 38.1% | 2025 | up 150.7% | falling |
| 53 | Malaysia | 36.0% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 54 | Oman | 35.9% | 2025 | up 238.7% | rising |
| 55 | Nigeria | 35.0% | 2025 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 56 | Rwanda | 34.6% | 2025 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 57 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 32.9% | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 58 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.6% | 2025 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 59 | Botswana | 32.1% | 2025 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 59 | Nicaragua | 32.1% | 2025 | up 64.6% | falling |
| 61 | Ghana | 32.0% | 2025 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 62 | Paraguay | 31.3% | 2025 | up 40.4% | falling |
| 63 | Vanuatu | 29.3% | 2025 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 64 | Iraq | 27.7% | 2025 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 65 | Jamaica | 27.6% | 2025 | up 38.7% | falling |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 27.1% | 2025 | up 41.1% | falling |
| 66 | Romania | 27.1% | 2025 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 68 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 25.7% | 2025 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Mexico | 25.2% | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 70 | Tuvalu | 25.1% | 2025 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 71 | Panama | 24.1% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 72 | Bangladesh | 24.0% | 2025 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 73 | Egypt | 23.4% | 2025 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 74 | Dominica | 23.0% | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 75 | Indonesia | 22.5% | 2025 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 76 | Mauritius | 22.0% | 2025 | up 43.8% | falling |
| 77 | Viet Nam | 21.7% | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 78 | Nepal | 21.5% | 2025 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 79 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 20.9% | 2025 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 20.8% | 2025 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 81 | Ecuador | 20.6% | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 82 | Bahamas | 20.3% | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 83 | Bhutan | 19.9% | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Bermuda | 19.8% | 2025 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 84 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19.8% | 2025 | up 253.6% | falling |
| 86 | Gambia | 19.7% | 2025 | down 65.1% | falling |
| 86 | Tonga | 19.7% | 2025 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 88 | Belize | 19.3% | 2025 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 88 | Naoero | 19.3% | 2025 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 90 | Hungary | 19.1% | 2025 | up 138.8% | rising |
| 90 | Kenya | 19.1% | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 92 | Saint Lucia | 18.6% | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 18.4% | 2025 | down 73.9% | falling |
| 94 | Cuba | 18.1% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 95 | Morocco | 18.0% | 2025 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 95 | Philippines | 18.0% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 17.4% | 2025 | up 155.9% | rising |
| 98 | Brunei Darussalam | 17.2% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 99 | Montserrat | 16.8% | 2025 | down 62.6% | rising |
| 100 | Cayman Islands | 16.4% | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 101 | Haiti | 16.2% | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 101 | Macau, China | 16.2% | 2025 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.0% | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 103 | Timor-Leste | 16.0% | 2025 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 105 | Canada | 15.1% | 2025 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 106 | Maldives | 14.8% | 2025 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 106 | Myanmar | 14.8% | 2025 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | 14.6% | 2025 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 109 | Switzerland | 14.3% | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 110 | Singapore | 13.9% | 2025 | up 2,216.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Eswatini | 13.8% | 2025 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 112 | Iceland | 13.6% | 2025 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.6% | 2025 | down 48.9% | flat |
| 114 | Bulgaria | 13.4% | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 114 | Jordan | 13.4% | 2025 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 116 | China | 13.3% | 2025 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.2% | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 118 | Palestine, State of | 13.1% | 2025 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 119 | South Africa | 12.8% | 2025 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 120 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 12.7% | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 121 | Anguilla | 12.2% | 2025 | up 306.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Albania | 11.8% | 2025 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Tunisia | 11.8% | 2025 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | 11.8% | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 125 | Qatar | 11.6% | 2025 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 126 | Grenada | 11.4% | 2025 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 127 | Algeria | 11.2% | 2025 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 128 | North Macedonia | 11.0% | 2025 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 129 | Malta | 10.8% | 2025 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Fiji | 10.5% | 2025 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 131 | Germany | 10.4% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 132 | Hong Kong, China | 10.0% | 2025 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Tajikistan | 9.7% | 2025 | down 73.2% | falling |
| 133 | Samoa | 9.7% | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 135 | Armenia | 9.4% | 2025 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 135 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 9.4% | 2025 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 137 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 9.3% | 2025 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 138 | Cape Verde | 9.2% | 2025 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 139 | Colombia | 9.1% | 2025 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 140 | Serbia | 9.0% | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 141 | Niue | 8.9% | 2025 | up 34.8% | falling |
| 142 | Luxembourg | 8.6% | 2025 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 143 | Palau | 8.2% | 2025 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 144 | Seychelles | 8.0% | 2025 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Andorra | 7.9% | 2025 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 146 | Cook Islands | 7.7% | 2025 | down 76.1% | falling |
| 147 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.5% | 2025 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Kiribati | 7.4% | 2025 | down 79.8% | falling |
| 149 | Slovakia | 7.3% | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 150 | Barbados | 7.2% | 2025 | up 554.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Estonia | 6.9% | 2025 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 152 | Peru | 6.7% | 2025 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 153 | Spain | 6.5% | 2025 | up 41.3% | falling |
| 154 | Italy | 6.1% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 155 | Liechtenstein | 5.7% | 2025 | down 72.9% | falling |
| 156 | Austria | 5.5% | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 156 | Monaco | 5.5% | 2025 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Denmark | 5.3% | 2025 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 158 | Thailand | 5.3% | 2025 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Namibia | 5.2% | 2025 | down 80.6% | falling |
| 161 | Belarus | 5.1% | 2025 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Norway | 4.6% | 2025 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 163 | Kazakhstan | 4.4% | 2025 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 164 | Costa Rica | 4.3% | 2025 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.3% | 2025 | down 85.8% | falling |
| 166 | Uruguay | 4.2% | 2025 | down 75.1% | falling |
| 167 | United States of America | 4.1% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 168 | Mongolia | 4.0% | 2025 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Curaçao | 3.7% | 2025 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 169 | Czechia | 3.7% | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 171 | Brazil | 3.6% | 2025 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 172 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.3% | 2025 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 173 | Croatia | 3.2% | 2025 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 174 | Greece | 3.1% | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 175 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.0% | 2025 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Republic of Moldova | 3.0% | 2025 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Israel | 2.6% | 2025 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 177 | Marshall Islands | 2.6% | 2025 | down 88.0% | falling |
| 179 | Finland | 2.5% | 2025 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 180 | New Zealand | 2.3% | 2025 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Korea | 2.2% | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 182 | Türkiye | 1.9% | 2025 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Cyprus | 1.6% | 2025 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 184 | Argentina | 1.3% | 2025 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Belgium | 1.2% | 2025 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Chile | 1.2% | 2025 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Sweden | 1.2% | 2025 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 188 | Netherlands | 1.1% | 2025 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Slovenia | 1.1% | 2025 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 190 | Montenegro | 1.0% | 2025 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 190 | Russian Federation | 1.0% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 190 | Ukraine | 1.0% | 2025 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 193 | France | 0.7% | 2025 | down 85.1% | falling |
| 194 | Poland | 0.6% | 2025 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 195 | Bahrain | 0.4% | 2025 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Lithuania | 0.4% | 2025 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Aruba | 0.3% | 2025 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 197 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3% | 2025 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 199 | Australia | 0.2% | 2025 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 199 | Georgia | 0.2% | 2025 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 201 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2025 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 202 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release