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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
34
Highest
60.0%
Mali
Lowest
1.6%
Chile
Median
16.5%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
405

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban, middle quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 60.0% in Mali; the lowest is 1.6% in Chile.

The median across all reporting countries is 16.5%, and the mean is 23.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 37.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Canada (up 95.6%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 82.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 60.0% 2024 down 6.3% falling
2 Benin 59.7% 2021 up 15.7% rising
3 Guatemala 54.0% 2015 up 31.1% flat
4 Senegal 53.9% 2023 up 4.2% falling
5 Zambia 50.1% 2023 down 14.9% falling
6 Lesotho 48.6% 2023 up 27.2% falling
7 Bangladesh 46.7% 2022 down 26.3% falling
8 Gambia 38.5% 2020 down 29.7% falling
9 Cameroon 38.0% 2018 down 11.3% falling
10 Mozambique 37.3% 2022 down 39.7% falling
11 Côte d'Ivoire 33.4% 2022 down 41.6% falling
12 Honduras 32.7% 2023 up 42.2% rising
13 Sierra Leone 25.7% 2019 down 40.2% falling
14 Ghana 20.7% 2022 down 23.9% falling
15 Nigeria 19.8% 2021 up 0.5% falling
16 Mexico 17.7% 2022 down 28.0% falling
17 Jordan 16.6% 2023 down 8.6% falling
18 Nepal 16.4% 2022 up 9.3% volatile
19 El Salvador 14.8% 2023 down 33.0% falling
20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13.9% 2024 down 49.3% falling
21 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 13.3% 2020 down 7.0% falling
22 Costa Rica 11.1% 2024 up 91.9% volatile
23 Colombia 9.5% 2023 down 29.1% falling
24 Paraguay 9.1% 2024 up 6.5% falling
25 Egypt 9.0% 2022 down 78.2% volatile
26 Ecuador 9.0% 2023 down 19.6% falling
27 Brazil 8.0% 2023 down 44.1% falling
28 Peru 6.2% 2023 down 49.2% falling
29 Uruguay 5.2% 2023 down 82.7% falling
30 Dominican Republic 4.9% 2023 down 51.0% falling
31 Argentina 4.6% 2023 down 62.9% falling
32 Panama 4.2% 2023 down 62.5% falling
33 Canada 3.1% 2018 up 95.6% rising
34 Chile 1.6% 2022 down 70.4% falling

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban, 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
34 places, 405 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release