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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
42
Highest
60.1%
Zimbabwe
Lowest
0.4%
Chile
Median
10.3%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
434

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, richest quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 60.1% in Zimbabwe; the lowest is 0.4% in Chile.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.3%, and the mean is 16.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 150.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 626.3%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 93.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zimbabwe 60.1% 2019 up 32.5% flat
2 Côte d'Ivoire 51.4% 2022 up 27.7% rising
3 Mali 46.9% 2024 up 23.0% flat
4 Zambia 44.8% 2023 up 17.8% rising
5 Benin 41.6% 2021 up 40.3% rising
6 Senegal 38.4% 2023 down 10.1% falling
7 Burkina Faso 36.5% 2021 down 32.1% falling
8 Lesotho 33.7% 2023 up 121.8% flat
9 Honduras 28.8% 2023 up 23.6% falling
10 Gambia 27.1% 2020 down 32.3% falling
11 Mozambique 23.7% 2022 up 4.7% falling
12 Malawi 21.0% 2020 down 28.3% falling
13 Nigeria 20.5% 2021 up 13.8% falling
14 Bangladesh 20.3% 2022 down 48.2% falling
15 Guatemala 20.2% 2015 down 2.7% falling
16 Ghana 17.3% 2022 down 34.4% falling
17 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 16.0% 2014 up 19.4% falling
18 Cameroon 13.5% 2018 down 50.1% falling
19 Mexico 11.8% 2022 down 12.6% falling
20 Sierra Leone 11.5% 2019 down 36.0% falling
21 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10.6% 2024 down 34.4% falling
22 El Salvador 10.1% 2023 down 24.1% falling
23 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 9.3% 2020 down 9.7% falling
24 Kyrgyzstan 8.4% 2023 down 14.3% falling
25 Ecuador 6.8% 2023 up 17.2% volatile
26 Peru 6.3% 2023 down 43.8% falling
27 Paraguay 6.2% 2024 down 59.8% falling
28 Nepal 6.2% 2022 up 17.3% volatile
29 Brazil 5.9% 2023 down 19.2% flat
30 Türkiye 5.4% 2022 up 5.6% falling
31 Costa Rica 5.1% 2024 up 626.3% volatile
32 Colombia 4.4% 2023 down 51.1% falling
33 China 4.4% 2020 down 78.8% falling
34 United States of America 3.2% 2020 down 43.0% falling
35 Egypt 2.9% 2022 down 68.3% falling
36 Uruguay 2.5% 2023 down 86.4% volatile
37 Dominican Republic 2.3% 2023 down 14.8% falling
38 Jordan 2.3% 2023 down 73.0% falling
39 Israel 2.2% 2016 falling
40 Panama 1.3% 2023 down 76.8% volatile
41 Canada 0.4% 2018 unchanged volatile
42 Chile 0.4% 2022 down 93.2% volatile

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, richest 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