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Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) — series 2

Name: Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: social, % of female adolescents in lower secondary school age, adolescents, out, school, female, lower, secondary, age, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•191 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

16.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age

Median: 7.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age

Countries Covered

191

with available data

Highest

Afghanistan

94.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age

Lowest

Switzerland

0.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age

Top 5 Countries

1Afghanistan94.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age

2Somalia85.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age

3Niger79.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age

4Algeria77.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age

5Central African Republic69.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age

By Region

Africa23.2% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age(8 countries)

Other20.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age(116 countries)

Asia15.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age(24 countries)

North America10.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age(4 countries)

South America3.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age)High (94.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 16.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age)

Africa (8)

Other (116)

Asia (24)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Europe (30)

Oceania (2)

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

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Afghanistan	94.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
2	Somalia	85.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
3	Niger	79.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
4	Algeria	77.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
5	Central African Republic	69.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
6	Democratic Republic of the Congo	65.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
7	South Sudan	63.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
8	Chad	63.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
9	Guinea-Bissau	63.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
10	Guinea	59.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
11	Mali	59.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
12	Senegal	58.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
13	Burkina Faso	55.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
14	Ethiopia	54.2% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
15	Benin	49.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
16	Cameroon	49.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
17	Syrian Arab Republic	48.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
18	Cape Verde	48.2% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
19	United Republic of Tanzania	47.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
20	Yemen	44.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
21	Liberia	43.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
22	Iraq	42.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
23	Honduras	42.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
24	Eritrea	42.2% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
25	Tunisia	40.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
26	Sudan	37.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
27	Madagascar	37.1% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
28	Republic of the Congo	36.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
29	Lao People's Democratic Republic	35.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
30	El Salvador	35.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
31	Burundi	35.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
32	Gabon	34.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
33	Guatemala	33.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
34	Turks and Caicos Islands	33.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
35	Papua New Guinea	33.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
36	Pakistan	32.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
37	Mozambique	32.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
38	Suriname	31.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
39	Lebanon	30.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
40	Cote d'Ivoire	29.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
41	Lesotho	28.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
42	Togo	28.2% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
43	Guyana	28.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
44	Mauritania	27.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
45	Comoros	25.2% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
46	Marshall Islands	24.1% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
47	Tajikistan	24.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
48	Angola	23.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
49	Libya	23.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
50	Malawi	23.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
51	Solomon Islands	22.1% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
52	Curaçao	21.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
53	Micronesia, Federated States of	21.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
54	Nicaragua	20.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
55	Jamaica	20.1% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
56	Panama	19.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
57	Virgin Islands, British	18.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
58	Georgia	18.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
59	Romania	16.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
60	Tuvalu	16.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
61	Venezuela	16.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
62	Malaysia	15.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
63	Kuwait	15.1% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
64	Puerto Rico	15.1% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
65	Cambodia	15.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
66	Paraguay	15.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
67	Bahamas	14.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
68	Moldova, Republic of	14.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
69	India	12.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
70	Bangladesh	12.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
71	Ecuador	12.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
72	Philippines	12.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
73	Dominica	12.2% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
74	Zimbabwe	11.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
75	Mauritius	11.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
76	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
77	Zambia	11.1% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
78	Timor-Leste	10.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
79	Ukraine	10.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
80	Oman	8.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
81	Albania	8.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
82	South Africa	8.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
83	Botswana	8.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
84	Azerbaijan	8.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
85	Maldives	8.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
86	Eswatini	8.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
87	Bolivia	8.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
88	Macao	8.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
89	Dominican Republic	8.2% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
90	Cuba	8.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
91	Mexico	7.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
92	Costa Rica	7.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
93	Sao Tome and Principe	7.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
94	Saint Lucia	7.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
95	Myanmar	7.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
96	Andorra	7.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
97	Ghana	7.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
98	Islamic Republic of Iran	7.2% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
99	Bulgaria	7.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
100	Palau	6.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
101	Serbia	6.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
102	Hong Kong	6.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
103	Kiribati	6.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
104	Belize	6.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
105	Egypt	6.2% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
106	Vanuatu	6.1% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
107	Qatar	5.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
108	San Marino	5.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
109	Sri Lanka	5.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
110	Grenada	5.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
111	Kenya	5.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
112	State of Palestine	5.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
113	Fiji	5.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
114	Vietnam	4.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
115	Mongolia	4.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
116	Nepal	4.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
117	Tonga	4.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
118	Liechtenstein	4.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
119	Kazakhstan	4.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
120	Poland	4.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
121	Belarus	4.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
122	Armenia	4.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
123	Republic of The Gambia	4.2% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
124	Brazil	4.1% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
125	The Republic of North Macedonia	3.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
126	Turkmenistan	3.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
127	Rwanda	3.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
128	Colombia	3.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
129	Seychelles	3.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
130	Hungary	3.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
131	South Korea	3.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
132	Barbados	3.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
133	Jordan	2.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
134	Estonia	2.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
135	Samoa	2.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
136	Uzbekistan	2.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
137	Latvia	2.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
138	Cayman Islands	2.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
139	Morocco	2.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
140	Israel	2.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
141	Namibia	2.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
142	Argentina	2.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
143	New Zealand	2.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
144	Indonesia	2.2% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
145	Italy	2.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
146	Aruba	2.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
147	Malta	1.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
148	Spain	1.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
149	Kyrgyzstan	1.9% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
150	Bahrain	1.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
151	Australia	1.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
152	Iceland	1.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
153	Türkiye	1.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
154	Bhutan	1.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
155	Bermuda	1.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
156	Belgium	1.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
157	Sierra Leone	1.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
158	Chile	1.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
159	United Kingdom	1.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
160	Russian Federation	1.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
161	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
162	Uruguay	1.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
163	Slovakia	1.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
164	Luxembourg	1.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
165	Slovenia	1.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
166	Austria	1.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
167	Finland	1.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
168	Canada	1.2% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
169	Peru	1.1% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
170	Denmark	1.1% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
171	Norway	1.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
172	Greece	1.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.8% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
174	Saudi Arabia	0.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
175	United Arab Emirates	0.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
176	Brunei Darussalam	0.7% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
177	Portugal	0.6% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
178	Trinidad and Tobago	0.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
179	Netherlands	0.5% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
180	Czech Republic	0.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
181	Sweden	0.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
182	United States of America	0.4% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
183	Nauru	0.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
184	Cyprus	0.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
185	Singapore	0.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
186	Montenegro	0.3% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
187	Lithuania	0.2% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
188	Germany	0.2% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
189	France	0.1% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
190	Thailand	0.1% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age
191	Switzerland	0.0% of female adolescents in lower secondary school age

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Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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