Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
179
Highest
89.0%
Niger
Lowest
0.1%
Ireland
Median
18.1%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
3,929
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female (%) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 89.0% in Niger; the lowest is 0.1% in Ireland.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.1%, and the mean is 25.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 702.
Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 2,943.9%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 94.8%).
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 89.0% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 2 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 86.1% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | Chad | 83.6% | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 4 | Mauritania | 81.9% | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 5 | Mali | 80.4% | 2018 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 6 | Senegal | 77.8% | 2024 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 7 | Guinea | 76.7% | 2014 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 73.5% | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 72.8% | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 10 | Yemen | 72.3% | 2016 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 11 | Benin | 71.7% | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 12 | Malawi | 70.4% | 2024 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 69.7% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 14 | Madagascar | 69.0% | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 15 | Tokelau | 68.7% | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 16 | Burundi | 68.3% | 2025 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 17 | Mozambique | 67.8% | 2022 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 67.8% | 2018 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 19 | Cameroon | 67.3% | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 20 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 66.9% | 2025 | up 38.4% | falling |
| 21 | Ghana | 66.7% | 2024 | up 45.5% | falling |
| 22 | Guatemala | 65.1% | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 23 | Papua New Guinea | 62.8% | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 24 | San Marino | 62.0% | 2024 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 25 | Iraq | 60.3% | 2007 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 26 | Togo | 58.9% | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 27 | Honduras | 58.2% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 28 | Lesotho | 53.7% | 2024 | up 56.4% | falling |
| 29 | Tajikistan | 51.4% | 2011 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 50.0% | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 31 | Eritrea | 49.3% | 2022 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 32 | Kenya | 49.2% | 2023 | up 37.5% | falling |
| 33 | Maldives | 49.2% | 2024 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 34 | Lebanon | 47.5% | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 35 | Suriname | 47.4% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 36 | Côte d'Ivoire | 47.3% | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 37 | El Salvador | 46.6% | 2024 | up 38.8% | falling |
| 38 | Russian Federation | 46.5% | 2023 | up 439.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Liberia | 46.2% | 2022 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 40 | Cambodia | 44.5% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 41 | Comoros | 42.2% | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 42 | India | 40.0% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 37.4% | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 44 | Tuvalu | 36.8% | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 45 | Belize | 34.3% | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 46 | Guyana | 34.0% | 2023 | up 48.7% | falling |
| 47 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 33.7% | 2024 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 48 | Solomon Islands | 33.5% | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 49 | Gambia | 33.1% | 2025 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 50 | Malaysia | 31.8% | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 51 | Egypt | 31.7% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 52 | Oman | 30.8% | 2024 | up 2,943.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Myanmar | 30.0% | 2018 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | 29.4% | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 55 | Botswana | 28.1% | 2022 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Indonesia | 26.8% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 57 | Vanuatu | 26.6% | 2024 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 26.4% | 2024 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 26.3% | 2024 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 60 | Romania | 26.2% | 2023 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 61 | Paraguay | 26.0% | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 62 | Tonga | 25.8% | 2024 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Panama | 25.8% | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 64 | Rwanda | 25.7% | 2024 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 65 | Brunei Darussalam | 24.7% | 2024 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Puerto Rico | 24.5% | 2024 | up 32.8% | flat |
| 67 | Mexico | 24.4% | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 68 | Sierra Leone | 24.2% | 2024 | down 66.0% | falling |
| 69 | Serbia | 24.0% | 2024 | up 164.1% | rising |
| 70 | Timor-Leste | 23.9% | 2020 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 71 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 23.7% | 2024 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 23.3% | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 73 | Anguilla | 22.6% | 2022 | up 250.4% | rising |
| 74 | Cuba | 21.7% | 2024 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 75 | Eswatini | 21.1% | 2022 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 20.7% | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 77 | Kuwait | 20.4% | 2021 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 78 | Saint Lucia | 20.4% | 2024 | up 82.8% | falling |
| 79 | Philippines | 20.3% | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 80 | Namibia | 20.1% | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 81 | Seychelles | 20.0% | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 82 | Cook Islands | 19.7% | 2024 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 19.7% | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 84 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.5% | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 85 | Bahamas | 19.5% | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 86 | Jamaica | 19.2% | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 87 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 19.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 88 | Iceland | 18.9% | 2023 | up 49.2% | falling |
| 89 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 18.6% | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 90 | Sao Tome and Principe | 18.1% | 2015 | down 70.5% | falling |
| 91 | Palestine, State of | 17.9% | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 92 | Samoa | 17.1% | 2024 | up 77.5% | falling |
| 93 | Morocco | 16.5% | 2024 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 94 | Canada | 15.9% | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritius | 15.6% | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 96 | Algeria | 15.6% | 2025 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Qatar | 15.5% | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 98 | Nepal | 14.4% | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 99 | Marshall Islands | 14.3% | 2024 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Thailand | 13.3% | 2025 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 13.2% | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 102 | British Virgin Islands | 12.8% | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 103 | Dominica | 12.7% | 2023 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 104 | Grenada | 12.1% | 2021 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 12.0% | 2022 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 106 | Colombia | 11.9% | 2022 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 107 | Cayman Islands | 11.9% | 2024 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 108 | Andorra | 11.7% | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 109 | Bhutan | 11.6% | 2024 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Albania | 11.6% | 2023 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Republic of Moldova | 11.6% | 2024 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 112 | Germany | 11.4% | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 113 | Ukraine | 11.3% | 2024 | up 1,018.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Montenegro | 11.2% | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 115 | South Africa | 11.2% | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 116 | Fiji | 11.0% | 2024 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 117 | Ecuador | 10.3% | 2023 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 10.0% | 2024 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 119 | Armenia | 9.8% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 120 | Estonia | 9.6% | 2024 | up 100.1% | rising |
| 121 | Macau, China | 9.4% | 2024 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 122 | Montserrat | 9.4% | 2021 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Hungary | 9.4% | 2024 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 124 | Naoero | 9.3% | 2025 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Switzerland | 9.2% | 2024 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 126 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.1% | 2023 | up 35.2% | falling |
| 127 | Malta | 8.8% | 2023 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Luxembourg | 8.6% | 2024 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 129 | Denmark | 8.2% | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 130 | Uruguay | 7.9% | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 131 | Slovakia | 7.6% | 2024 | down 14.4% | flat |
| 132 | Czechia | 7.4% | 2023 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 133 | Aruba | 7.4% | 2009 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 134 | Brazil | 7.3% | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 135 | Austria | 7.0% | 2024 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 136 | Norway | 6.7% | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 137 | Georgia | 6.5% | 2024 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Türkiye | 6.4% | 2022 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Palau | 6.4% | 2024 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Latvia | 6.3% | 2024 | up 54.8% | falling |
| 141 | Peru | 5.9% | 2024 | down 72.7% | falling |
| 142 | Uzbekistan | 5.5% | 2024 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Kiribati | 5.5% | 2024 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Italy | 5.5% | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 145 | Jordan | 5.2% | 2024 | down 68.5% | falling |
| 146 | Korea | 5.0% | 2024 | up 62.9% | falling |
| 147 | Bahrain | 5.0% | 2019 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Spain | 5.0% | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 149 | New Zealand | 4.8% | 2024 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 150 | Finland | 4.8% | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 151 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4.3% | 2023 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.2% | 2024 | down 83.7% | falling |
| 153 | Australia | 4.2% | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 154 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.1% | 2024 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Poland | 4.0% | 2020 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 156 | Barbados | 3.9% | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.8% | 2020 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Lithuania | 3.6% | 2024 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 159 | Croatia | 3.5% | 2023 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 160 | United States of America | 3.5% | 2022 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 161 | France | 3.5% | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 162 | Belarus | 3.4% | 2024 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 163 | Greece | 3.2% | 2023 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Slovenia | 3.0% | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 165 | Argentina | 2.9% | 2023 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Sweden | 2.8% | 2024 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 167 | Japan | 2.2% | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 168 | Netherlands | 2.1% | 2023 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 169 | Hong Kong, China | 1.8% | 2024 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Chile | 1.7% | 2024 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 171 | Belgium | 1.5% | 2023 | up 156.1% | rising |
| 172 | Kazakhstan | 0.9% | 2024 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Cyprus | 0.8% | 2022 | down 91.5% | falling |
| 174 | Israel | 0.7% | 2024 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 175 | Singapore | 0.6% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 176 | United Arab Emirates | 0.4% | 2024 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Portugal | 0.4% | 2018 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2022 | down 18.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 59.0%
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 58.7%
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 58.3%
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 57.7%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 52.3%
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 50.0%
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 48.6%
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 47.0%
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 43.6%
- SDG: Southern Asia 40.6%
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 40.3%
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 40.0%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 39.9%
- GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 39.4%
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 38.2%
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 34.9%
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 34.1%
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 33.0%
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 32.6%
- SDG: Oceania 31.8%
- SDG: World 30.3%
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 29.8%
- SDG: Northern Africa 27.5%
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 26.1%
- SDG: Western Asia 24.9%
- GPE: East Asia & Pacific Wb Fy24, December 2024 23.8%
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 23.0%
- SDG: South-eastern Asia 22.1%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 16.1%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 14.9%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 14.7%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 12.6%
- SDG: Central Asia 10.7%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 8.6%
- SDG: Europe 5.3%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 5.2%
- SDG: Northern America 5.1%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 4.6%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 0.9%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release