Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
34
Highest
1.41 GPIA
Cameroon
Lowest
0.3229 GPIA
Costa Rica
Median
0.9563 GPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
394

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 1.41 GPIA in Cameroon; the lowest is 0.3229 GPIA in Costa Rica.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9563 GPIA, and the mean is 0.9636 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 137.2%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 54.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cameroon 1.41 GPIA 2018 up 5.8% flat
2 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.33 GPIA 2024 down 17.7% falling
3 Togo 1.32 GPIA 2021 down 6.7% flat
4 Nepal 1.27 GPIA 2022 down 6.8% falling
5 Uruguay 1.27 GPIA 2024 up 137.2% rising
6 Zambia 1.19 GPIA 2023 down 11.5% falling
7 Peru 1.19 GPIA 2023 up 1.8% falling
8 Côte d'Ivoire 1.15 GPIA 2022 down 1.0% flat
9 Mali 1.14 GPIA 2024 up 2.2% flat
10 Benin 1.14 GPIA 2021 down 14.9% falling
11 South Africa 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% rising
12 Ethiopia 1.06 GPIA 2022 down 5.9% falling
13 Ecuador 1.05 GPIA 2024 down 13.8% rising
14 Bangladesh 1.03 GPIA 2022 down 9.9% falling
15 Guatemala 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 11.4% falling
16 Ghana 0.9979 GPIA 2024 down 16.8% flat
17 Senegal 0.9723 GPIA 2023 down 18.2% falling
18 Armenia 0.9404 GPIA 2023 up 98.7% rising
19 Panama 0.9344 GPIA 2023 down 10.3% flat
20 Brazil 0.9198 GPIA 2024 down 4.8% rising
21 Honduras 0.9093 GPIA 2024 up 6.0% flat
22 Nigeria 0.8946 GPIA 2024 down 31.0% falling
23 Dominican Republic 0.8844 GPIA 2024 down 13.1% falling
24 Kenya 0.8763 GPIA 2024 down 22.5% falling
25 Colombia 0.8325 GPIA 2023 down 6.2% flat
26 Gambia 0.8071 GPIA 2023 down 34.7% falling
27 Lesotho 0.8062 GPIA 2023 down 7.9% falling
28 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.7979 GPIA 2024 down 33.2% falling
29 Paraguay 0.7954 GPIA 2024 down 12.9% falling
30 Mexico 0.7878 GPIA 2022 down 28.4% falling
31 El Salvador 0.7392 GPIA 2023 down 34.7% falling
32 Kyrgyzstan 0.5222 GPIA 2023 down 54.9% falling
33 Chile 0.375 GPIA 2022 down 46.3% falling
34 Costa Rica 0.3229 GPIA 2024 down 53.5% falling

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural, adjusted gender parity index (household survey data) (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
34 places, 394 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release