Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural, female (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
68
Highest
82.4%
Zimbabwe
Lowest
0.6%
Cyprus
Median
16.6%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
798
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural, female (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 82.4% in Zimbabwe; the lowest is 0.6% in Cyprus.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.6%, and the mean is 26.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 137.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 440.8%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 86.2%).
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 82.4% | 2019 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 2 | Mozambique | 76.8% | 2022 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 3 | Mali | 75.8% | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 4 | Benin | 75.5% | 2021 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 5 | Zambia | 73.4% | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 6 | Côte d'Ivoire | 67.9% | 2022 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 7 | Guatemala | 63.0% | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 8 | Cameroon | 62.3% | 2018 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 9 | Senegal | 61.3% | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 10 | Uganda | 59.8% | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 11 | Togo | 59.5% | 2021 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 12 | Honduras | 54.8% | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 13 | Lesotho | 53.9% | 2023 | up 16.4% | flat |
| 14 | Cambodia | 52.1% | 2020 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 49.3% | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 16 | Gambia | 46.8% | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 17 | Rwanda | 46.2% | 2020 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 18 | Sierra Leone | 46.0% | 2019 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 19 | Nigeria | 44.2% | 2024 | down 33.0% | flat |
| 20 | Malawi | 40.1% | 2020 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 38.3% | 2022 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 22 | Mexico | 34.9% | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 23 | Ghana | 30.7% | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 24 | El Salvador | 29.2% | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 25 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 26.4% | 2024 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 26 | Nepal | 20.1% | 2022 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Ecuador | 19.4% | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 28 | South Africa | 19.1% | 2024 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 29 | Egypt | 18.0% | 2022 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 30 | China | 17.6% | 2018 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 31 | Panama | 17.1% | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 32 | Switzerland | 17.1% | 2021 | up 22.5% | flat |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 16.9% | 2024 | up 49.9% | falling |
| 34 | Colombia | 16.9% | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 35 | Paraguay | 16.2% | 2024 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 36 | Norway | 15.0% | 2021 | up 250.1% | rising |
| 37 | Uruguay | 14.8% | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 14.7% | 2024 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 39 | Romania | 14.3% | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 40 | Jordan | 13.7% | 2023 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 41 | Kenya | 13.5% | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 42 | Brazil | 13.0% | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 43 | Armenia | 12.5% | 2023 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 11.4% | 2021 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 11.1% | 2021 | up 440.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Peru | 9.7% | 2023 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 47 | Hungary | 9.4% | 2021 | up 150.1% | rising |
| 48 | Germany | 9.3% | 2021 | — | rising |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.9% | 2023 | down 68.5% | falling |
| 50 | Croatia | 8.3% | 2021 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 51 | Denmark | 7.7% | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 52 | Estonia | 6.4% | 2021 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 53 | Poland | 6.4% | 2021 | up 140.9% | flat |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 6.2% | 2024 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Canada | 5.8% | 2018 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Lithuania | 5.8% | 2021 | up 171.2% | rising |
| 57 | Slovenia | 5.5% | 2021 | up 121.5% | flat |
| 58 | Mongolia | 4.9% | 2022 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Sweden | 4.9% | 2021 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 60 | France | 2.6% | 2021 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 61 | Spain | 2.1% | 2021 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Israel | 2.1% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Finland | 1.8% | 2021 | down 70.7% | falling |
| 64 | Portugal | 1.6% | 2021 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Greece | 1.3% | 2021 | down 74.8% | falling |
| 66 | Chile | 1.2% | 2022 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Latvia | 1.1% | 2021 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Cyprus | 0.6% | 2021 | down 86.2% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release