Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male (modelled data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
205
Highest
84.8%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Median
20.2%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
5,356
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male (modelled data) (%) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 84.8% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.2%, and the mean is 25.6%.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 132 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 3,033.3%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 100.0%).
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 84.8% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 2 | Madagascar | 77.2% | 2025 | up 38.6% | flat |
| 3 | Syrian Arab Republic | 76.1% | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 4 | Equatorial Guinea | 75.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 5 | Burundi | 75.3% | 2025 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 6 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 75.2% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 7 | Mali | 73.6% | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 71.0% | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 70.7% | 2025 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 10 | Chad | 70.5% | 2025 | up 33.3% | flat |
| 11 | Uganda | 69.9% | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 12 | Cameroon | 69.5% | 2025 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 13 | Malawi | 68.3% | 2025 | up 43.8% | flat |
| 14 | Tokelau | 67.4% | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 15 | Central African Republic | 66.5% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 16 | Congo | 65.5% | 2025 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 17 | Afghanistan | 65.0% | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 18 | Benin | 64.7% | 2025 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 19 | Honduras | 62.3% | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 19 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 62.3% | 2025 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 21 | Guatemala | 61.5% | 2025 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 22 | Lesotho | 60.5% | 2025 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 23 | Djibouti | 60.3% | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 24 | Papua New Guinea | 59.0% | 2025 | up 84.4% | rising |
| 24 | Suriname | 59.0% | 2025 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 26 | Senegal | 56.5% | 2025 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 27 | Guinea | 56.3% | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 28 | Lebanon | 55.7% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 29 | Sudan | 55.5% | 2025 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 30 | Mozambique | 54.9% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 31 | Gabon | 54.8% | 2025 | up 38.0% | falling |
| 32 | San Marino | 54.3% | 2025 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Togo | 53.4% | 2025 | up 35.2% | falling |
| 34 | Libya | 52.3% | 2025 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 35 | Solomon Islands | 51.6% | 2025 | up 77.9% | rising |
| 36 | South Sudan | 51.0% | 2025 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 37 | Liberia | 50.2% | 2025 | up 82.5% | rising |
| 38 | Mauritania | 50.1% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 49.2% | 2025 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 40 | El Salvador | 48.5% | 2025 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 41 | Guyana | 47.5% | 2025 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 41 | Yemen | 47.5% | 2025 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 43 | Montserrat | 46.1% | 2025 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 44 | Guinea-Bissau | 45.9% | 2025 | up 37.0% | falling |
| 45 | Côte d'Ivoire | 45.6% | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 46 | Comoros | 44.3% | 2025 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 47 | Malaysia | 43.9% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 48 | India | 43.6% | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 49 | Eritrea | 43.1% | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 50 | Cambodia | 42.3% | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 51 | Zambia | 40.8% | 2025 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 52 | Angola | 39.3% | 2025 | up 45.6% | falling |
| 53 | Kiribati | 39.1% | 2025 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 54 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 38.8% | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 54 | Tonga | 38.8% | 2025 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Nicaragua | 38.2% | 2025 | up 56.6% | falling |
| 57 | Rwanda | 37.9% | 2025 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 36.4% | 2025 | up 77.6% | falling |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 36.1% | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 60 | Tuvalu | 35.2% | 2025 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 61 | Paraguay | 35.1% | 2025 | up 40.4% | falling |
| 62 | Nigeria | 35.0% | 2025 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 63 | Bhutan | 34.6% | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 63 | Gambia | 34.6% | 2025 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 65 | Vanuatu | 34.4% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 66 | Mexico | 34.0% | 2025 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 67 | Oman | 33.4% | 2025 | up 206.4% | falling |
| 68 | Botswana | 32.1% | 2025 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 30.9% | 2025 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 70 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 30.4% | 2025 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Ghana | 30.3% | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 72 | British Virgin Islands | 29.4% | 2025 | up 155.7% | falling |
| 73 | Tunisia | 29.1% | 2025 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 74 | Bahamas | 28.4% | 2025 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 75 | Romania | 28.3% | 2025 | up 46.6% | falling |
| 76 | Myanmar | 28.2% | 2025 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 77 | Saint Lucia | 27.6% | 2025 | up 30.8% | falling |
| 78 | Mauritius | 27.0% | 2025 | up 27.4% | falling |
| 79 | Maldives | 26.9% | 2025 | down 49.3% | flat |
| 80 | Pakistan | 26.7% | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 81 | Panama | 26.6% | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 82 | Viet Nam | 26.5% | 2025 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 83 | Timor-Leste | 26.4% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 84 | Naoero | 26.2% | 2025 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 85 | Palestine, State of | 26.1% | 2025 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 85 | Sierra Leone | 26.1% | 2025 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 87 | Ecuador | 24.2% | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 88 | Brunei Darussalam | 23.9% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 89 | Kenya | 23.5% | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 90 | Iraq | 22.5% | 2025 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 91 | Indonesia | 22.4% | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 92 | Belize | 22.0% | 2025 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 93 | Bermuda | 21.9% | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 93 | Cuba | 21.9% | 2025 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 95 | Samoa | 21.4% | 2025 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 96 | Jamaica | 21.1% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 97 | Jordan | 21.0% | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 98 | Nepal | 20.7% | 2025 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 99 | Egypt | 20.4% | 2025 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 99 | Haiti | 20.4% | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 99 | Hungary | 20.4% | 2025 | up 134.5% | rising |
| 99 | Turkmenistan | 20.4% | 2025 | down 72.5% | falling |
| 103 | China | 20.2% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 104 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.1% | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Algeria | 19.8% | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 106 | Philippines | 19.6% | 2025 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 19.2% | 2025 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 108 | Cape Verde | 19.1% | 2025 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 109 | Singapore | 18.8% | 2025 | up 3,033.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Morocco | 18.4% | 2025 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 111 | South Africa | 17.8% | 2025 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 112 | Cook Islands | 16.5% | 2025 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 113 | Iceland | 16.4% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 113 | Macau, China | 16.4% | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 115 | Qatar | 16.3% | 2025 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 16.2% | 2025 | up 131.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 16.2% | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 118 | Seychelles | 15.6% | 2025 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Cayman Islands | 15.2% | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 120 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 13.9% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 121 | Switzerland | 13.8% | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 122 | Serbia | 13.6% | 2025 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.1% | 2025 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 12.9% | 2025 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 125 | Fiji | 12.8% | 2025 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 126 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 12.4% | 2025 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 127 | Malta | 12.2% | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 128 | Uzbekistan | 12.1% | 2025 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 129 | Andorra | 11.8% | 2025 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 129 | Marshall Islands | 11.8% | 2025 | down 62.4% | flat |
| 131 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.7% | 2025 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 131 | Eswatini | 11.7% | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 131 | Anguilla | 11.7% | 2025 | up 254.5% | falling |
| 134 | Armenia | 11.2% | 2025 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 134 | Germany | 11.2% | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 136 | Thailand | 10.6% | 2025 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 137 | Canada | 10.2% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 138 | Bulgaria | 9.8% | 2025 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 9.8% | 2025 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 140 | Colombia | 9.6% | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 141 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 9.4% | 2025 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 142 | Barbados | 8.6% | 2025 | up 377.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.5% | 2025 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 144 | Grenada | 8.3% | 2025 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Mongolia | 8.1% | 2025 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Estonia | 7.8% | 2025 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 146 | Slovakia | 7.8% | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 148 | Croatia | 7.7% | 2025 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 149 | Peru | 7.3% | 2025 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 150 | Curaçao | 7.1% | 2025 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 150 | Uruguay | 7.1% | 2025 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 152 | Spain | 6.9% | 2025 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Austria | 6.8% | 2025 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 154 | Argentina | 6.3% | 2025 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 154 | Belarus | 6.3% | 2025 | up 200.0% | falling |
| 154 | Denmark | 6.3% | 2025 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 157 | Italy | 5.8% | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 158 | Czechia | 5.7% | 2025 | up 39.0% | falling |
| 159 | Hong Kong, China | 5.5% | 2025 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Namibia | 5.4% | 2025 | down 77.0% | falling |
| 160 | Norway | 5.4% | 2025 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 162 | Kazakhstan | 5.1% | 2025 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 162 | United States of America | 5.1% | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 164 | Costa Rica | 4.9% | 2025 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Monaco | 4.8% | 2025 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Brazil | 4.7% | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 167 | Dominica | 4.6% | 2025 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 167 | Israel | 4.6% | 2025 | down 32.4% | rising |
| 167 | Palau | 4.6% | 2025 | down 74.6% | falling |
| 170 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4.4% | 2025 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Republic of Moldova | 4.0% | 2025 | down 85.0% | falling |
| 171 | New Zealand | 4.0% | 2025 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Albania | 3.8% | 2025 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Greece | 3.6% | 2025 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Finland | 3.3% | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 175 | Ukraine | 3.3% | 2025 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Niue | 3.3% | 2025 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Tajikistan | 3.2% | 2025 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.9% | 2025 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Bahrain | 2.1% | 2025 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Liechtenstein | 2.1% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Latvia | 2.0% | 2025 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Russian Federation | 1.8% | 2025 | down 86.0% | falling |
| 183 | Türkiye | 1.8% | 2025 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 185 | Belgium | 1.5% | 2025 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Netherlands | 1.5% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 187 | France | 1.4% | 2025 | down 77.4% | falling |
| 188 | Australia | 1.3% | 2025 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Korea | 1.3% | 2025 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Slovenia | 1.3% | 2025 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Cyprus | 1.1% | 2025 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 192 | Aruba | 1.0% | 2025 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 193 | Poland | 0.9% | 2025 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 194 | Chile | 0.8% | 2025 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 194 | Montenegro | 0.8% | 2025 | down 83.0% | falling |
| 194 | Sweden | 0.8% | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 197 | Lithuania | 0.6% | 2025 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 197 | Saudi Arabia | 0.6% | 2025 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 199 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.5% | 2025 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 200 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3% | 2025 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 200 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.3% | 2025 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 202 | Georgia | 0.2% | 2025 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 203 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2025 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 203 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2025 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 205 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release