Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, rural, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
34
Highest
99.6%
Armenia
Lowest
50.3%
Mali
Median
88.8%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
403

What the numbers show

Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, rural, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 99.6% in Armenia; the lowest is 50.3% in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 88.8%, and the mean is 83.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 24.6%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 17.6%).

Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, rural, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Armenia 99.6% 2023 up 0.4% flat
2 Chile 99.4% 2022 down 0.2% flat
3 Brazil 98.9% 2024 up 0.9% rising
4 Uruguay 98.9% 2024 up 7.6% rising
5 Peru 97.4% 2023 up 3.1% rising
6 Kyrgyzstan 97.4% 2023 down 0.6% flat
7 Panama 96.9% 2023 up 3.3% rising
8 South Africa 96.8% 2024 up 1.1% flat
9 Costa Rica 95.9% 2024 up 1.5% rising
10 Paraguay 95.9% 2024 up 3.7% rising
11 Dominican Republic 95.9% 2024 down 1.6% flat
12 Nepal 95.0% 2022 up 3.4% rising
13 Kenya 93.5% 2024 down 2.7% flat
14 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 92.4% 2024 up 2.5% flat
15 Ecuador 92.3% 2024 down 1.0% rising
16 Colombia 91.9% 2024 down 1.2% rising
17 El Salvador 89.5% 2023 up 12.2% rising
18 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 88.0% 2024 up 1.7% rising
19 Mexico 86.8% 2022 down 4.3% rising
20 Bangladesh 86.5% 2022 up 5.9% rising
21 Ghana 86.3% 2024 up 8.9% flat
22 Lesotho 79.1% 2023 down 0.6% flat
23 Togo 78.6% 2021 up 3.4% rising
24 Cameroon 74.6% 2018 up 3.2% flat
25 Guatemala 69.3% 2024 up 8.5% rising
26 Ethiopia 66.9% 2022 down 0.5% rising
27 Nigeria 66.2% 2024 up 9.6% flat
28 Honduras 65.7% 2024 up 2.9% falling
29 Côte d'Ivoire 65.3% 2022 up 18.6% rising
30 Gambia 64.5% 2023 up 17.1% rising
31 Zambia 61.1% 2023 down 17.6% falling
32 Benin 52.0% 2021 down 15.7% falling
33 Senegal 51.7% 2023 up 8.9% rising
34 Mali 50.3% 2024 up 24.6% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, rural, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
34 places, 403 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release