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Adolescents out of school (% of lower secondary school age) — series 2
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
15.2% of adolescents in lower secondary school age
Median: 6.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age
Countries Covered
198
with available data
Highest
Afghanistan
79.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age
Lowest
United Arab Emirates
0.0% of adolescents in lower secondary school age
Top 5 Countries
1Afghanistan79.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age
2Somalia79.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age
3Niger79.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age
4Algeria77.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age
5Cape Verde66.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age
By Region
Africa22.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age(8 countries)
Other19.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age(120 countries)
Asia13.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age(25 countries)
North America10.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age(4 countries)
South America3.6% of 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 adolescents in lower secondary school age)High (79.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 15.2% of adolescents in lower secondary school age)
Africa (8)
Other (120)
Asia (25)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
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
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 | Afghanistan | 79.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 2 | Somalia | 79.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 3 | Niger | 79.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 4 | Algeria | 77.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 5 | Cape Verde | 66.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 6 | Senegal | 63.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 60.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 59.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 9 | Chad | 58.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 10 | South Sudan | 56.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 56.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 12 | Mali | 56.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 54.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 14 | Guinea | 51.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 51.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 16 | Syrian Arab Republic | 51.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 17 | United Republic of Tanzania | 51.0% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 18 | Equatorial Guinea | 50.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 19 | Benin | 47.2% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 20 | Cameroon | 47.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 21 | El Salvador | 45.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 22 | Liberia | 44.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 23 | Honduras | 44.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 24 | Yemen | 39.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 25 | Suriname | 39.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 26 | Madagascar | 38.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 27 | Eritrea | 37.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 28 | Burundi | 37.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 29 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 36.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 30 | Gabon | 35.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 31 | Sudan | 35.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 32 | Iraq | 33.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 33 | Lebanon | 32.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 34 | Guatemala | 32.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 35 | Lesotho | 32.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 36 | Pakistan | 32.2% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 37 | Papua New Guinea | 31.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 38 | Cote d'Ivoire | 30.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 39 | Mauritania | 30.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 40 | Tunisia | 30.2% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 41 | Comoros | 28.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 42 | Mozambique | 28.0% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 43 | Togo | 27.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 44 | Guyana | 26.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 45 | Malawi | 25.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 46 | Marshall Islands | 24.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 23.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 48 | Republic of the Congo | 23.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 49 | Solomon Islands | 23.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 50 | Curaçao | 23.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 51 | Kuwait | 22.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 52 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 53 | Angola | 21.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 54 | Jamaica | 20.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 55 | Panama | 20.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 56 | Malaysia | 18.0% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 57 | Virgin Islands, British | 17.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 58 | Cambodia | 17.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 59 | Nicaragua | 16.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 60 | Romania | 16.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 61 | Puerto Rico | 16.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 62 | Bahamas | 15.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 63 | Paraguay | 15.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 64 | Republic of The Gambia | 14.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 65 | Libya | 14.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 66 | India | 14.0% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 67 | Ecuador | 13.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 68 | Timor-Leste | 13.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 69 | Philippines | 13.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 70 | Mauritius | 13.0% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 71 | Zimbabwe | 12.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 72 | Saint Lucia | 12.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 73 | Zambia | 12.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 74 | Tuvalu | 12.2% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 75 | Myanmar | 10.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 76 | Ukraine | 10.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 77 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 78 | Bhutan | 10.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 9.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 80 | South Africa | 9.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 81 | Maldives | 9.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 82 | Oman | 9.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 83 | Botswana | 9.2% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 84 | Mexico | 9.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 85 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 86 | Macao | 8.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 8.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 88 | Bolivia | 8.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 8.0% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 90 | Cuba | 7.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 91 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 7.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 92 | Costa Rica | 7.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 93 | Bermuda | 7.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 94 | Dominica | 7.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 95 | Andorra | 7.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 96 | Eswatini | 7.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 97 | Belize | 7.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 98 | Tonga | 6.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 6.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 100 | Egypt | 6.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 101 | Sri Lanka | 6.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 102 | Qatar | 6.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 103 | Mongolia | 6.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 104 | Kiribati | 6.2% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 105 | Vanuatu | 6.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 106 | State of Palestine | 6.0% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 107 | San Marino | 6.0% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 108 | Rwanda | 5.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 109 | Albania | 5.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 110 | Aruba | 5.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 111 | Palau | 5.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 112 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 113 | Ghana | 5.2% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 114 | Serbia | 4.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 115 | Colombia | 4.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 116 | Belarus | 4.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 117 | Kenya | 4.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 118 | Seychelles | 3.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 119 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 3.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 120 | Gibraltar | 3.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 121 | Sierra Leone | 3.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 122 | Grenada | 3.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 123 | Kazakhstan | 3.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 124 | Brazil | 3.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 125 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 126 | Turkmenistan | 3.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 127 | Cayman Islands | 3.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 128 | Brunei Darussalam | 3.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 129 | Armenia | 3.2% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 130 | Hungary | 3.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 131 | Liechtenstein | 2.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 132 | South Korea | 2.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 133 | Fiji | 2.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 134 | Latvia | 2.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 136 | Nauru | 2.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 137 | Bahrain | 2.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 138 | Estonia | 2.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 139 | Uzbekistan | 2.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 140 | New Zealand | 2.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 141 | Morocco | 2.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 142 | Barbados | 2.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 143 | Israel | 2.2% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 144 | Vietnam | 2.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 145 | Jordan | 2.0% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 146 | Italy | 1.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 147 | Indonesia | 1.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 148 | Malta | 1.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 149 | Australia | 1.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 150 | Spain | 1.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 152 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 1.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 154 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 155 | Iceland | 1.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 156 | Georgia | 1.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 157 | Belgium | 1.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 158 | Uruguay | 1.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 159 | Croatia | 1.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 160 | Slovenia | 1.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 161 | Namibia | 1.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 162 | Slovakia | 1.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 163 | United Kingdom | 1.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 164 | Finland | 1.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 165 | Canada | 1.2% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 166 | Austria | 1.2% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 167 | Venezuela | 1.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 168 | Denmark | 1.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 169 | Thailand | 1.0% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 170 | Chile | 1.0% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 171 | Greece | 1.0% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 172 | Norway | 0.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 173 | Türkiye | 0.9% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 174 | Argentina | 0.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 175 | United States of America | 0.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 176 | Samoa | 0.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 177 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.8% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 178 | Hong Kong | 0.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 179 | Nepal | 0.7% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 180 | Saudi Arabia | 0.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 181 | Netherlands | 0.6% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 182 | Portugal | 0.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 183 | Moldova, Republic of | 0.5% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 184 | Czech Republic | 0.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 185 | Germany | 0.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 186 | Sweden | 0.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 187 | Singapore | 0.4% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 188 | Russian Federation | 0.3% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 189 | Peru | 0.2% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 190 | Poland | 0.2% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 191 | Lithuania | 0.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 192 | France | 0.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 193 | Switzerland | 0.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 194 | Ireland | 0.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 195 | Montenegro | 0.1% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 196 | Cyprus | 0.0% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 197 | Japan | 0.0% of adolescents in lower secondary school age |
| 198 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% of 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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