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Adolescents out of school (% of lower secondary school age)

Compare adolescents out of school (% of lower secondary school age) across 114 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2024.

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Key Insights

Global Average
13.0%
Median: 6.3%
Countries Covered
114
with available data
Highest
Niger
79.7%
Lowest
United Arab Emirates
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Niger79.7%
2Senegal63.9%
3Burkina Faso59.3%
4Chad58.6%
5Ethiopia54.8%
By Region
North America20.8%(2 countries)
Other17.5%(66 countries)
Africa13.9%(5 countries)
Asia9.4%(17 countries)
Europe2.2%(19 countries)
Key Findings
  • 114 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
  • Niger has the highest published value (79.708 %).
  • United Arab Emirates has the lowest published value (0.01117 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (79.7%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 13.0%)

North America (2)
Other (66)
Africa (5)
Asia (17)
Europe (19)
Oceania (2)
South America (3)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.

Values use one fixed 2024 reference year from World Development Indicators series SE.SEC.UNER.LO.ZS. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.

Methodology

Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Niger79.7%
2Senegal63.9%
3Burkina Faso59.3%
4Chad58.6%
5Ethiopia54.8%
6Syrian Arab Republic51.3%
7United Republic of Tanzania51.0%
8El Salvador45.5%
9Honduras44.3%
10Suriname39.6%
11Madagascar38.8%
12Lao People's Democratic Republic35.7%
13Lebanon32.5%
14Guatemala32.4%
15Lesotho32.3%
16Pakistan32.2%
17Cote d'Ivoire30.8%
18Mauritania30.3%
19Comoros28.3%
20Togo27.1%
21Malawi25.3%
22Marshall Islands24.5%
23Bangladesh23.9%
24Curaçao23.1%
25Micronesia, Federated States of22.4%
26Malaysia18.0%
27Virgin Islands, British17.9%
28Cambodia17.6%
29Puerto Rico16.1%
30Bahamas15.6%
31Paraguay15.4%
32India15.1%
33Republic of The Gambia14.0%
34Philippines13.1%
35Mauritius13.0%
36Zimbabwe12.9%
37Saint Lucia12.5%
38Zambia12.4%
39Tuvalu12.2%
40Ukraine10.5%
41Bhutan10.1%
42Dominican Republic9.8%
43Maldives9.5%
44Oman9.3%
45Mexico9.1%
46Macao8.3%
47Azerbaijan8.1%
48Bolivia8.1%
49Kyrgyzstan7.8%
50Cuba7.7%
51Costa Rica7.6%
52Andorra7.4%
53Belize7.1%
54Tonga6.9%
55Bulgaria6.8%
56Egypt6.6%
57Qatar6.5%
58Kiribati6.2%
59Vanuatu6.1%
60San Marino6.0%
61Rwanda5.8%
62Palau5.4%
63Ghana5.2%
64Nepal4.6%
65Serbia4.6%
66Belarus4.4%
67Kazakhstan4.3%
68Seychelles3.9%
69Nauru3.9%
70Sierra Leone3.8%
71Brazil3.6%
72Turkmenistan3.4%
73Cayman Islands3.3%
74Brunei Darussalam3.3%
75Armenia3.2%
76Hungary3.1%
77Uzbekistan3.0%
78South Korea2.9%
79Thailand2.9%
80Latvia2.8%
81Bahrain2.7%
82Estonia2.6%
83New Zealand2.4%
84Morocco2.3%
85Barbados2.3%
86Israel2.2%
87Vietnam2.1%
88Jordan2.0%
89Australia1.9%
90Spain1.8%
91Trinidad and Tobago1.8%
92Luxembourg1.7%
93Georgia1.6%
94Namibia1.3%
95Slovakia1.3%
96Finland1.3%
97Austria1.2%
98Denmark1.1%
99Chile1.0%
100Norway0.9%
101Samoa0.8%
102Hong Kong0.7%
103Saudi Arabia0.6%
104Moldova, Republic of0.5%
105Algeria0.5%
106Germany0.4%
107Sweden0.4%
108Indonesia0.4%
109Peru0.2%
110Poland0.2%
111Lithuania0.1%
112France0.1%
113Switzerland0.1%
114United Arab Emirates0.0%
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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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