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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
42
Highest
77.4%
Mali
Lowest
1.6%
Canada
Median
24.2%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
434

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, second quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 77.4% in Mali; the lowest is 1.6% in Canada.

The median across all reporting countries is 24.2%, and the mean is 32.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 47.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 79.6%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 70.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 77.4% 2024 down 10.0% falling
2 Mozambique 76.9% 2022 up 6.3% rising
3 Zimbabwe 76.4% 2019 up 36.6% rising
4 Benin 74.0% 2021 up 27.3% rising
5 Guatemala 70.3% 2015 up 7.2% falling
6 Zambia 67.1% 2023 up 13.5% rising
7 Burkina Faso 65.5% 2021 down 26.6% falling
8 Lesotho 65.5% 2023 up 21.8% rising
9 Senegal 61.4% 2023 down 5.3% falling
10 Cameroon 56.7% 2018 down 15.3% falling
11 Côte d'Ivoire 53.2% 2022 down 33.3% falling
12 Honduras 47.8% 2023 down 19.9% falling
13 Gambia 44.4% 2020 down 18.8% falling
14 Nigeria 43.2% 2021 up 17.6% falling
15 Bangladesh 43.0% 2022 down 27.0% falling
16 Malawi 42.7% 2020 down 23.2% falling
17 Sierra Leone 39.5% 2019 down 34.4% falling
18 Mexico 28.9% 2022 down 9.7% falling
19 El Salvador 25.9% 2023 down 24.0% falling
20 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 25.5% 2020 up 79.6% volatile
21 Ghana 24.9% 2022 down 14.6% falling
22 Nepal 23.5% 2022 down 8.4% falling
23 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 22.3% 2024 down 25.1% falling
24 Kyrgyzstan 21.8% 2023 up 9.8% rising
25 Egypt 21.6% 2022 down 34.5% falling
26 Jordan 21.4% 2023 up 20.9% falling
27 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 20.2% 2014 down 9.4% falling
28 Türkiye 16.0% 2022 down 37.4% falling
29 Paraguay 15.9% 2024 down 22.7% falling
30 Colombia 15.0% 2023 down 27.9% falling
31 Ecuador 14.6% 2023 down 13.1% falling
32 Costa Rica 10.9% 2024 down 28.5% volatile
33 China 10.8% 2020 down 64.9% falling
34 Dominican Republic 9.0% 2023 down 10.0% falling
35 Brazil 8.8% 2023 down 49.4% falling
36 Uruguay 8.7% 2023 up 12.1% falling
37 Peru 8.6% 2023 down 50.9% falling
38 Panama 7.4% 2023 down 67.3% falling
39 United States of America 4.5% 2020 down 33.0% flat
40 Israel 4.5% 2016 falling
41 Chile 1.9% 2022 down 70.3% falling
42 Canada 1.6% 2018 down 62.3% falling

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