social2025
Adolescents out of school, male (% of male lower secondary school age)
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.
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Key Insights
Global Average
16.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age
Median: 7.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age
Countries Covered
191
with available data
Highest
Cape Verde
83.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age
Lowest
Türkiye
0.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age
Top 5 Countries
1Cape Verde83.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age
2Niger79.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age
3Algeria77.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age
4Somalia74.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age
5Senegal68.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age
By Region
Africa22.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age(8 countries)
Other20.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age(116 countries)
Asia14.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age(24 countries)
North America11.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age(4 countries)
South America4.4% of male 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 male adolescents in lower secondary school age)High (83.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 16.0% of male 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.
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About This Statistic
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.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Verde | 83.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 2 | Niger | 79.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 3 | Algeria | 77.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 4 | Somalia | 74.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 5 | Senegal | 68.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 6 | Afghanistan | 65.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 63.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 55.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 9 | El Salvador | 55.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 54.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 11 | Syrian Arab Republic | 54.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 12 | Chad | 53.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 13 | Mali | 53.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 50.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 15 | South Sudan | 49.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 16 | Suriname | 47.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 47.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 18 | Honduras | 46.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 19 | Liberia | 45.6% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 20 | Cameroon | 45.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 21 | Benin | 44.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 22 | Guinea | 43.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 23 | Madagascar | 40.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 39.5% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 25 | Burundi | 39.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 26 | Gabon | 36.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 27 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 36.6% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 28 | Lesotho | 35.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 29 | Yemen | 35.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 30 | Lebanon | 34.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 31 | Bangladesh | 34.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 32 | Mauritania | 33.6% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 33 | Sudan | 33.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 34 | Cote d'Ivoire | 32.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 35 | Eritrea | 32.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 36 | Pakistan | 31.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 37 | Guatemala | 31.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 38 | Comoros | 31.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 39 | Papua New Guinea | 29.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 40 | Kuwait | 29.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 41 | Malawi | 27.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 42 | Togo | 26.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 43 | Guyana | 25.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 44 | Marshall Islands | 24.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 24.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 46 | Curaçao | 24.6% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 47 | Republic of The Gambia | 24.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 48 | Mozambique | 24.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 49 | Iraq | 23.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 50 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 23.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 51 | Jamaica | 21.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 52 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 21.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 53 | Panama | 21.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 54 | Tunisia | 20.6% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 55 | Angola | 20.6% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 56 | Malaysia | 20.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 57 | Cambodia | 20.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 58 | Venezuela | 19.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 59 | Bhutan | 17.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 60 | Saint Lucia | 17.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 61 | Virgin Islands, British | 17.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 62 | Tuvalu | 17.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 63 | Puerto Rico | 17.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 64 | Bahamas | 16.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 65 | Romania | 16.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 66 | Timor-Leste | 16.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 67 | Paraguay | 15.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 68 | Sierra Leone | 15.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 69 | India | 15.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 70 | Ecuador | 14.6% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 71 | Mauritius | 14.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 72 | Georgia | 14.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 14.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 74 | Moldova, Republic of | 13.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 75 | Philippines | 13.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 76 | Zambia | 13.6% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 77 | Myanmar | 13.6% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 78 | Bermuda | 13.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 12.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 11.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 81 | Ukraine | 10.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 82 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 83 | Republic of the Congo | 10.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 84 | South Africa | 10.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 85 | Mexico | 10.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 86 | Maldives | 10.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 87 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 88 | Oman | 9.6% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 89 | Botswana | 9.5% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 90 | Tonga | 9.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 91 | Aruba | 8.6% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 92 | Macao | 8.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 93 | Rwanda | 8.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 94 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 7.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 95 | Mongolia | 7.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 96 | Belize | 7.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 97 | Indonesia | 7.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 98 | Bolivia | 7.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 7.5% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 100 | Costa Rica | 7.5% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 101 | Cuba | 7.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 102 | Andorra | 7.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 7.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 104 | Qatar | 7.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 105 | Egypt | 7.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 106 | State of Palestine | 6.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 6.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 108 | Vanuatu | 6.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 109 | San Marino | 6.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 110 | Eswatini | 6.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 111 | Libya | 5.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 112 | Kiribati | 5.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 113 | Namibia | 5.5% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 114 | Tajikistan | 5.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 115 | Colombia | 5.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 116 | Nauru | 5.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 117 | Belarus | 4.5% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 118 | Poland | 4.5% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 119 | Nepal | 4.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 120 | Argentina | 4.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 121 | Seychelles | 4.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 122 | Cayman Islands | 4.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 123 | Hong Kong | 4.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 124 | Palau | 4.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 125 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 3.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 127 | Bahrain | 3.5% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 128 | Fiji | 3.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 129 | Kenya | 3.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 130 | Latvia | 3.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 131 | Hungary | 3.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 132 | Turkmenistan | 3.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 133 | United Arab Emirates | 3.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 134 | Ghana | 3.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 135 | Brazil | 3.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 137 | Kazakhstan | 2.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 138 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 139 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 140 | South Korea | 2.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 141 | Cyprus | 2.6% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 142 | Russian Federation | 2.6% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 143 | Estonia | 2.5% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 144 | Dominica | 2.5% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 145 | Uzbekistan | 2.5% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 146 | New Zealand | 2.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 147 | Samoa | 2.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 148 | Serbia | 2.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 149 | Armenia | 2.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 150 | Morocco | 2.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 151 | Albania | 2.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 152 | Luxembourg | 2.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 153 | Israel | 2.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 154 | Australia | 1.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 155 | Thailand | 1.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 156 | Italy | 1.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 157 | Malta | 1.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 158 | Grenada | 1.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 159 | Spain | 1.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 160 | Peru | 1.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 161 | Uruguay | 1.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 162 | Barbados | 1.5% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 163 | Liechtenstein | 1.5% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 164 | Belgium | 1.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 165 | Slovenia | 1.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 166 | Iceland | 1.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 167 | Slovakia | 1.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 168 | Finland | 1.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 169 | Canada | 1.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 170 | Vietnam | 1.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 171 | United Kingdom | 1.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 172 | United States of America | 1.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 173 | Austria | 1.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 174 | Portugal | 1.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 175 | Denmark | 1.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 176 | Jordan | 1.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 177 | Greece | 1.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 178 | Lithuania | 0.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 179 | Germany | 0.9% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 180 | Netherlands | 0.8% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 181 | Norway | 0.7% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 182 | Singapore | 0.6% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 183 | Saudi Arabia | 0.5% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 185 | Sweden | 0.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 186 | Czech Republic | 0.4% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 187 | France | 0.3% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 188 | Montenegro | 0.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 189 | Switzerland | 0.2% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 190 | Chile | 0.1% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 191 | Türkiye | 0.0% of male adolescents in lower secondary school age |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).
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