Education
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male (modelled data) (%)
% · higher is better · 201 countries
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2025
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League table
201 shown- 1Niger69.9%
- 2Equatorial Guinea65.3%
- 3Burkina Faso57.9%
- 4Liberia55.3%
- 5Central African Republic54.2%
- 6Mali52.2%
- 7Afghanistan50.6%
- 8Syrian Arab Republic49.8%
- 8Madagascar49.8%
- 9Chad49.6%
- 10South Sudan47.9%
- 11Ethiopia47.8%
- 12Mozambique47.2%
- 13Djibouti45.8%
- 14Burundi45.2%
- 14Libya45.2%
- 15Honduras44.7%
- 16Sudan42.3%
- 17Cameroon41.8%
- 18Guinea39.6%
- 19Senegal38.8%
- 20Lesotho38.3%
- 21Gabon37.4%
- 22Tanzania37.3%
- 23Mauritania36.5%
- 24Cote d'Ivoire36.2%
- 25Comoros35.9%
- 25Papua New Guinea35.9%
- 26Lebanon35.6%
- 27Benin35.3%
- 28Guinea-Bissau34%
- 29Suriname33.8%
- 30Lao PDR32.8%
- 31Uganda32.5%
- 32Eritrea32.1%
- 33Congo, Rep.31.8%
- 34Guatemala30.2%
- 35Guyana30.1%
- 36Malawi29.3%
- 37Micronesia, Fed. Sts.29.2%
- 38Angola28.9%
- 39El Salvador28.6%
- 40Bahamas, The24.4%
- 41Yemen, Rep.24.1%
- 42Solomon Islands23.6%
- 43Nigeria23.2%
- 44Gambia, The23%
- 45Trinidad and Tobago22.4%
- 46Togo21.3%
- 47Paraguay20.4%
- 48Zimbabwe20%
- 49Malaysia19.6%
- 50Kiribati19.4%
- 51Jamaica18.9%
- 52Macao SAR, China18.5%
- 53British Virgin Islands18.1%
- 54Romania17.9%
- 55Bhutan17.8%
- 56Cambodia16.4%
- 57Zambia15.5%
- 57Ghana15.5%
- 58Dominican Republic15.4%
- 59Myanmar15%
- 60Oman14.7%
- 61Pakistan14.1%
- 62Bangladesh13.7%
- 63Timor-Leste13.6%
- 64Nicaragua13.4%
- 65India13.2%
- 65Panama13.2%
- 66Kenya13.1%
- 67Singapore12.5%
- 67San Marino12.5%
- 68Iraq12.4%
- 69Tunisia11.9%
- 70Barbados11.4%
- 71Azerbaijan11.1%
- 72Botswana10.5%
- 73Philippines10.4%
- 74Naoero10.3%
- 75Curacao10.1%
- 76Maldives10%
- 77Haiti9.9%
- 78Rwanda9.8%
- 79Mexico9.7%
- 79St. Lucia9.7%
- 80Vanuatu9.4%
- 81Sierra Leone9.2%
- 82Tonga8.9%
- 83Grenada8.5%
- 83Congo, Dem. Rep.8.5%
- 84Mauritius8.3%
- 85Tuvalu8.2%
- 86South Africa7.9%
- 87China7.7%
- 88Egypt, Arab Rep.7.6%
- 89Cabo Verde7.3%
- 90Ecuador7.2%
- 91West Bank and Gaza7.1%
- 92Sri Lanka7%
- 93Mongolia6.9%
- 94Bermuda6.4%
- 95Bolivia6.2%
- 96Bulgaria6.1%
- 96Belize6.1%
- 97Qatar5.9%
- 98North Macedonia5.6%
- 99Jordan5.5%
- 100Andorra5.3%
- 101Sao Tome and Principe5.2%
- 102Colombia4.7%
- 103Cuba4.4%
- 104Turkmenistan4.2%
- 104Eswatini4.2%
- 104Armenia4.2%
- 105Belarus3.9%
- 106Viet Nam3.8%
- 107Thailand3.6%
- 107Indonesia3.6%
- 108Bosnia and Herzegovina3.5%
- 108Samoa3.5%
- 108Hungary3.5%
- 109Algeria3.4%
- 110United States3.3%
- 111Kazakhstan3.2%
- 111Costa Rica3.2%
- 112Cayman Islands3.1%
- 112Malta3.1%
- 113Nepal2.8%
- 114Marshall Islands2.7%
- 115Hong Kong SAR, China2.6%
- 115Kyrgyz Republic2.6%
- 115Morocco2.6%
- 116Greece2.5%
- 117Korea, Dem. People's Rep.2.4%
- 118Venezuela, RB2.3%
- 119Slovak Republic2.2%
- 120Spain2.1%
- 121Tajikistan2%
- 121Germany2%
- 122Ukraine1.8%
- 122Iran, Islamic Rep.1.8%
- 123Estonia1.7%
- 123Italy1.7%
- 123Israel1.7%
- 123Iceland1.7%
- 124Canada1.6%
- 124Finland1.6%
- 125Monaco1.4%
- 125Namibia1.4%
- 125Serbia1.4%
- 125Uruguay1.4%
- 126Luxembourg1.3%
- 127Norway1.2%
- 127Bahrain1.2%
- 128Seychelles1.1%
- 128Belgium1.1%
- 129Palau1%
- 129Austria1%
- 130Argentina0.9%
- 130New Zealand0.9%
- 130Antigua and Barbuda0.9%
- 130Denmark0.9%
- 130Latvia0.9%
- 131Slovenia0.8%
- 131Turks and Caicos Islands0.8%
- 131Fiji0.8%
- 131Albania0.8%
- 132Peru0.7%
- 132Dominica0.7%
- 133Korea, Rep.0.6%
- 133Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0.6%
- 133Uzbekistan0.6%
- 134Czechia0.5%
- 134Switzerland0.5%
- 135Turkiye0.4%
- 135United Arab Emirates0.4%
- 136Sweden0.3%
- 136Poland0.3%
- 136Chile0.3%
- 136Aruba0.3%
- 136United Kingdom0.3%
- 136Netherlands0.3%
- 136Australia0.3%
- 136Brazil0.3%
- 136Saudi Arabia0.3%
- 137Russian Federation0.2%
- 137Liechtenstein0.2%
- 137Cyprus0.2%
- 137Brunei Darussalam0.2%
- 138St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.1%
- 138France0.1%
- 138Lithuania0.1%
- 138Moldova0.1%
- 138Montenegro0.1%
- 139Croatia0%
- 139Georgia0%
- 139St. Kitts and Nevis0%
- 139Portugal0%
- 139Ireland0%
- 139Japan0%
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male (modelled data) (%)