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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
42
Highest
74.5%
Zimbabwe
Lowest
1.7%
Chile
Median
19.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
434

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, middle quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 74.5% in Zimbabwe; the lowest is 1.7% in Chile.

The median across all reporting countries is 19.0%, and the mean is 27.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 44.

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 74.9%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 82.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zimbabwe 74.5% 2019 up 46.3% rising
2 Mali 70.4% 2024 down 6.9% falling
3 Mozambique 66.3% 2022 down 3.4% flat
4 Benin 63.7% 2021 up 29.7% rising
5 Burkina Faso 60.6% 2021 down 27.7% falling
6 Guatemala 55.9% 2015 down 2.0% falling
7 Senegal 55.1% 2023 down 5.1% falling
8 Zambia 54.6% 2023 up 1.2% falling
9 Lesotho 54.4% 2023 up 9.9% flat
10 Gambia 39.8% 2020 down 34.3% falling
11 Honduras 39.8% 2023 down 19.6% falling
12 Côte d'Ivoire 39.5% 2022 down 40.7% falling
13 Cameroon 38.1% 2018 down 20.6% falling
14 Bangladesh 37.4% 2022 down 27.7% falling
15 Sierra Leone 34.1% 2019 down 37.6% falling
16 Malawi 33.6% 2020 down 26.8% falling
17 Nigeria 24.6% 2021 up 20.6% falling
18 Kyrgyzstan 23.4% 2023 down 33.3% falling
19 Mexico 23.2% 2022 down 20.3% falling
20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 19.7% 2024 down 30.8% falling
21 Ghana 19.6% 2022 down 27.4% falling
22 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 18.4% 2014 down 0.5% falling
23 El Salvador 17.6% 2023 down 38.5% falling
24 Nepal 16.9% 2022 down 25.3% falling
25 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 16.1% 2020 up 36.4% falling
26 Jordan 15.6% 2023 down 9.1% falling
27 Colombia 12.7% 2023 down 27.4% falling
28 Ecuador 12.6% 2023 down 30.4% falling
29 Paraguay 12.0% 2024 down 42.1% falling
30 Türkiye 11.1% 2022 down 30.4% falling
31 Costa Rica 10.8% 2024 up 74.9% volatile
32 Egypt 8.8% 2022 down 67.9% falling
33 China 7.8% 2020 down 69.4% falling
34 Panama 7.8% 2023 down 41.8% falling
35 Brazil 7.6% 2023 down 50.6% falling
36 Peru 6.5% 2023 down 58.1% falling
37 Dominican Republic 5.3% 2023 down 47.0% falling
38 United States of America 5.2% 2020 down 9.6% flat
39 Uruguay 5.0% 2023 down 82.0% falling
40 Israel 4.8% 2016 rising
41 Canada 2.7% 2018 up 59.4% rising
42 Chile 1.7% 2022 down 71.7% falling

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, middle quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
42 places, 434 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release