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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
37
Highest
74.6%
Zimbabwe
Lowest
0.0%
Canada
Median
33.6%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
395

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural, middle quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 74.6% in Zimbabwe; the lowest is 0.0% in Canada.

The median across all reporting countries is 33.6%, and the mean is 33.5%.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 58.3%), and the largest decrease in Canada (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zimbabwe 74.6% 2019 up 58.3% rising
2 Mozambique 71.6% 2022 up 2.1% rising
3 Mali 71.3% 2024 down 6.4% falling
4 Honduras 67.4% 2023 down 2.0% flat
5 Benin 65.8% 2021 up 36.7% rising
6 Burkina Faso 60.9% 2021 down 28.8% falling
7 Lesotho 57.8% 2023 up 12.3% rising
8 Zambia 56.9% 2023 up 9.2% flat
9 Guatemala 56.7% 2015 down 25.0% falling
10 Senegal 56.6% 2023 down 10.9% falling
11 Côte d'Ivoire 51.7% 2022 down 37.2% falling
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 45.2% 2020 up 21.8% falling
13 Gambia 44.7% 2020 down 32.1% falling
14 El Salvador 39.6% 2023 down 6.2% falling
15 Cameroon 38.2% 2018 down 27.6% falling
16 Mexico 36.9% 2022 down 11.3% falling
17 Sierra Leone 36.9% 2019 down 35.1% falling
18 Bangladesh 34.5% 2022 down 31.3% falling
19 Malawi 33.6% 2020 down 24.9% falling
20 Nigeria 28.1% 2021 up 35.5% flat
21 Colombia 22.8% 2023 down 14.9% falling
22 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 20.9% 2024 down 27.3% falling
23 Panama 20.1% 2023 down 23.0% falling
24 Kyrgyzstan 18.9% 2023 down 46.5% falling
25 Ghana 17.7% 2022 down 33.9% falling
26 Paraguay 17.6% 2024 down 31.7% falling
27 Nepal 17.5% 2022 down 23.5% falling
28 Ecuador 16.2% 2023 down 16.5% falling
29 Brazil 11.0% 2023 down 30.4% falling
30 Costa Rica 10.0% 2024 down 30.7% volatile
31 Egypt 8.7% 2022 down 66.4% falling
32 Jordan 8.2% 2023 down 35.7% falling
33 Peru 8.0% 2023 down 55.1% falling
34 Dominican Republic 6.0% 2023 down 53.1% falling
35 Chile 4.0% 2022 down 34.4% volatile
36 Uruguay 1.7% 2023 down 95.8% volatile
37 Canada 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural, 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
37 places, 395 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release