Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban, richest quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
38
Highest
60.5%
Zimbabwe
Lowest
0.4%
Chile
Median
9.9%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
427
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban, richest quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%) is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 60.5% in Zimbabwe; the lowest is 0.4% in Chile.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.9%, and the mean is 16.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 151.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 418.7%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 93.5%).
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 60.5% | 2019 | up 35.3% | flat |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 52.1% | 2022 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 3 | Zambia | 44.5% | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 4 | Mali | 43.3% | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 5 | Benin | 40.7% | 2021 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 6 | Senegal | 36.7% | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 35.3% | 2021 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 8 | Lesotho | 34.4% | 2023 | up 194.6% | rising |
| 9 | Gambia | 27.1% | 2020 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 10 | Mozambique | 24.6% | 2022 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 11 | Honduras | 24.4% | 2023 | up 112.2% | rising |
| 12 | Malawi | 21.1% | 2020 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 13 | Nigeria | 20.9% | 2021 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 14 | Guatemala | 20.5% | 2015 | up 128.2% | falling |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 20.4% | 2022 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 16 | Ghana | 16.5% | 2022 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 17 | Cameroon | 12.9% | 2018 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 18 | Sierra Leone | 11.5% | 2019 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 19 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 10.5% | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 20 | Mexico | 9.3% | 2022 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 21 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.3% | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 22 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.7% | 2020 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 23 | El Salvador | 7.3% | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 24 | Nepal | 6.0% | 2022 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Argentina | 5.6% | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 25 | Brazil | 5.6% | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 27 | Ecuador | 5.4% | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Peru | 5.2% | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 29 | Colombia | 4.8% | 2023 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 4.7% | 2024 | up 418.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Egypt | 2.7% | 2022 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Uruguay | 2.6% | 2023 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Jordan | 2.0% | 2023 | down 79.5% | falling |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 1.8% | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 35 | Paraguay | 1.4% | 2024 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Panama | 1.3% | 2023 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Canada | 0.5% | 2018 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Chile | 0.4% | 2022 | down 93.5% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release