Total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted wealth parity index (WPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
23
Highest
1.02 WPIA
Costa Rica
Lowest
0.4244 WPIA
Nigeria
Median
0.9257 WPIA
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
315
What the numbers show
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted wealth parity index (WPIA) is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 1.02 WPIA in Costa Rica; the lowest is 0.4244 WPIA in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9257 WPIA, and the mean is 0.8378 WPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 55.8%), and the largest decrease in Senegal (down 35.8%).
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, rural, adjusted: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 1.02 WPIA | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 2 | Uruguay | 1 WPIA | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 3 | Paraguay | 0.9986 WPIA | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 0.994 WPIA | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 5 | Chile | 0.986 WPIA | 2022 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 6 | Peru | 0.9708 WPIA | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 7 | Colombia | 0.9688 WPIA | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 0.968 WPIA | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 9 | Nepal | 0.9534 WPIA | 2022 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 10 | El Salvador | 0.9447 WPIA | 2023 | up 16.0% | flat |
| 11 | Ecuador | 0.935 WPIA | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 12 | Panama | 0.9257 WPIA | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 13 | Bolivia | 0.9152 WPIA | 2021 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 14 | Mexico | 0.8638 WPIA | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 0.8627 WPIA | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 16 | Guatemala | 0.8158 WPIA | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 17 | Senegal | 0.6842 WPIA | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 18 | Honduras | 0.683 WPIA | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 19 | Lesotho | 0.677 WPIA | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 20 | Zambia | 0.6259 WPIA | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 21 | Mali | 0.6219 WPIA | 2024 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 22 | Benin | 0.4351 WPIA | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 23 | Nigeria | 0.4244 WPIA | 2021 | up 11.9% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release