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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
38
Highest
84.2%
Benin
Lowest
0.0%
Canada
Median
47.4%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
400

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, rural, poorest quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 84.2% in Benin; the lowest is 0.0% in Canada.

The median across all reporting countries is 47.4%, and the mean is 44.3%.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 177.8%), 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 Benin 84.2% 2021 up 22.7% rising
2 Mozambique 83.2% 2022 up 6.2% rising
3 Mali 80.3% 2024 down 7.7% falling
4 Guatemala 78.4% 2015 up 11.2% flat
5 Zimbabwe 78.0% 2019 up 15.7% flat
6 Burkina Faso 76.5% 2021 down 17.2% falling
7 Lesotho 75.4% 2023 up 15.8% rising
8 Côte d'Ivoire 75.1% 2022 down 13.3% falling
9 Zambia 74.7% 2023 up 15.1% rising
10 Senegal 73.6% 2023 down 0.5% falling
11 Honduras 68.4% 2023 down 6.6% rising
12 Nigeria 68.2% 2021 up 2.3% rising
13 Gambia 64.2% 2020 down 8.0% falling
14 Cameroon 57.8% 2018 down 21.3% falling
15 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 55.0% 2020 up 177.8% falling
16 Mexico 52.6% 2022 down 0.9% falling
17 Malawi 50.0% 2020 down 10.2% falling
18 Sierra Leone 49.6% 2019 down 30.1% falling
19 Bangladesh 49.4% 2022 down 35.5% falling
20 Russian Federation 45.4% 2022 flat
21 El Salvador 41.6% 2023 down 26.8% falling
22 Ghana 39.9% 2022 up 11.8% falling
23 Ecuador 29.3% 2023 up 31.4% falling
24 Panama 28.5% 2023 down 31.3% falling
25 Jordan 28.2% 2023 up 37.3% flat
26 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 24.3% 2024 down 38.4% falling
27 Uruguay 20.3% 2023 up 50.5% falling
28 Paraguay 19.3% 2024 down 40.9% falling
29 Nepal 17.7% 2022 down 43.4% falling
30 Egypt 17.6% 2022 down 50.1% falling
31 Colombia 16.9% 2023 down 29.9% falling
32 Peru 13.3% 2023 down 43.2% falling
33 Costa Rica 12.7% 2024 down 46.2% falling
34 Brazil 11.6% 2023 down 29.3% falling
35 Kyrgyzstan 11.3% 2023 down 34.2% falling
36 Dominican Republic 8.9% 2023 down 25.2% falling
37 Chile 1.6% 2022 down 77.8% volatile
38 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, poorest quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
38 places, 400 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release