Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, 15-24 years old, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
110
Highest
81.8%
Slovenia
Lowest
23.3%
Niger
Median
57.7%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
3,125
What the numbers show
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, 15-24 years old, female (%) is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 81.8% in Slovenia; the lowest is 23.3% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 57.7%, and the mean is 57.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 156.5%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 28.6%).
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovenia | 81.8% | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 2 | Belgium | 80.7% | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 3 | Norway | 80.6% | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 4 | Latvia | 80.4% | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 5 | Sweden | 80.3% | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands | 79.0% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 7 | Slovakia | 77.6% | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 8 | Denmark | 76.9% | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 76.7% | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 10 | Greece | 76.7% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 11 | Estonia | 76.5% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 12 | Spain | 76.5% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 13 | Italy | 76.4% | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 14 | Portugal | 76.4% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 15 | Finland | 76.0% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 16 | Ireland | 75.8% | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 17 | Serbia | 75.2% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 74.9% | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 19 | Croatia | 74.9% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 20 | Czechia | 74.7% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 73.4% | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 22 | Germany | 73.3% | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 23 | Poland | 73.0% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 24 | France | 72.6% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 25 | Iceland | 71.3% | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 26 | Chile | 70.9% | 2024 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 27 | Hungary | 70.4% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 28 | Belarus | 70.1% | 2022 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 29 | Republic of Moldova | 70.1% | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 30 | Lithuania | 70.0% | 2023 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 31 | Tunisia | 69.9% | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 32 | Philippines | 69.6% | 2022 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 33 | Georgia | 69.2% | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 34 | Romania | 69.2% | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 35 | North Macedonia | 68.8% | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 36 | Uruguay | 68.7% | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 37 | Mongolia | 68.0% | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | 66.1% | 2022 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 39 | Australia | 65.2% | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 40 | Palestine, State of | 65.2% | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 41 | Argentina | 65.0% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 42 | Panama | 64.8% | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 43 | Malta | 64.4% | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 44 | Armenia | 63.4% | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 45 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 63.2% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 46 | Austria | 62.3% | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 47 | Montenegro | 61.9% | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 61.4% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 49 | Brunei Darussalam | 61.2% | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 50 | Korea | 60.7% | 2024 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 51 | Egypt | 59.0% | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 52 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 58.6% | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 53 | Timor-Leste | 58.1% | 2022 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 54 | Cyprus | 58.0% | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 55 | Jordan | 57.7% | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | 57.7% | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 57 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 57.3% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 58 | United States of America | 57.0% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 59 | Albania | 57.0% | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 60 | Canada | 56.6% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 61 | South Africa | 56.3% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 62 | Togo | 56.1% | 2022 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 63 | Bhutan | 54.5% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 64 | Mauritius | 54.5% | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 65 | Mexico | 54.2% | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 66 | Viet Nam | 54.1% | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 67 | Türkiye | 53.9% | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 68 | New Caledonia | 53.7% | 2022 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 69 | Thailand | 53.5% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 70 | Trinidad and Tobago | 52.9% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 71 | Kenya | 52.5% | 2022 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 72 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 51.1% | 2017 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 73 | Jamaica | 51.1% | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 74 | Namibia | 50.7% | 2018 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 75 | Brazil | 50.5% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 76 | Israel | 50.5% | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 77 | Ecuador | 50.4% | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 78 | Switzerland | 50.3% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 79 | Paraguay | 49.6% | 2017 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 80 | Grenada | 48.6% | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 81 | India | 48.4% | 2022 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 48.0% | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 83 | Colombia | 48.0% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 84 | Indonesia | 46.5% | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 85 | Peru | 46.3% | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 86 | Uganda | 46.0% | 2021 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 87 | Côte d'Ivoire | 45.9% | 2022 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 88 | Nigeria | 45.2% | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 89 | Myanmar | 44.0% | 2020 | up 156.5% | rising |
| 90 | Senegal | 44.0% | 2022 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 91 | El Salvador | 43.9% | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 92 | Angola | 42.4% | 2022 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 93 | Zambia | 41.5% | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 94 | Botswana | 41.3% | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 95 | Ghana | 40.9% | 2022 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 40.7% | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 97 | Malawi | 39.3% | 2020 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 98 | Burkina Faso | 37.7% | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 99 | Belize | 37.3% | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 100 | Rwanda | 36.4% | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 101 | Cambodia | 34.9% | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 102 | Honduras | 34.9% | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 31.8% | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 104 | Saint Lucia | 31.6% | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 105 | Vanuatu | 30.2% | 2020 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 106 | Mali | 30.1% | 2022 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 107 | Guatemala | 28.1% | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 108 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 27.5% | 2020 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 109 | Pakistan | 25.4% | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 110 | Niger | 23.3% | 2022 | up 76.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: Europe 71.9%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 66.6%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 66.5%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 66.0%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 65.2%
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 61.3%
- SDG: Oceania 58.9%
- SDG: Northern America 56.9%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 56.4%
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 53.5%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 53.2%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 51.9%
- GPE: East Asia & Pacific Wb Fy24, December 2024 51.6%
- SDG: South-eastern Asia 51.5%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 51.2%
- SDG: Northern Africa 50.1%
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 49.7%
- SDG: Western Asia 48.5%
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 46.6%
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 46.0%
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 45.7%
- SDG: Southern Asia 45.4%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 45.4%
- SDG: World 45.4%
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 44.8%
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 44.1%
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 43.0%
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 42.3%
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 42.2%
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 40.7%
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 40.6%
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 40.5%
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 40.2%
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 39.5%
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 39.1%
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 38.8%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 37.5%
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 36.5%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 34.7%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 34.0%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release