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Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and secondary school age, male (number) by country

Number of children, adolescents, and youth of primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/

Countries reporting
136
Highest
4.82 million number
Ethiopia
Lowest
74 number
Liechtenstein
Median
37,608 number
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,156

What the numbers show

Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and secondary school age, male (number) is currently reported for 136 countries. The highest value is 4.82 million number in Ethiopia; the lowest is 74 number in Liechtenstein.

The median across all reporting countries is 37,608 number, and the mean is 263,232 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 65,169.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in British Virgin Islands (up 362.4%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 99.1%).

Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 4.82 million number 2015 down 9.1% falling
2 Indonesia 3.49 million number 2018 down 25.9% falling
3 Niger 1.69 million number 2017 up 17.4% rising
4 Mali 1.40 million number 2018 up 65.5% rising
5 Mexico 1.34 million number 2018 down 16.9% falling
6 Burkina Faso 1.29 million number 2019 up 2.8% falling
7 Syrian Arab Republic 1.13 million number 2013 up 82.2% flat
8 Chad 1.04 million number 2019 — rising
9 Côte d'Ivoire 957,509 number 2019 down 28.1% falling
10 Myanmar 936,176 number 2018 down 49.1% falling
11 Mozambique 927,356 number 2015 up 2.2% falling
12 South Africa 926,772 number 2018 up 20.1% falling
13 Yemen 857,780 number 2016 down 4.9% rising
14 Kenya 837,895 number 2009 down 53.9% falling
15 Egypt 780,760 number 2019 down 26.0% falling
16 Philippines 749,298 number 2015 down 43.8% falling
17 Türkiye 746,424 number 2018 up 26.5% falling
18 Cameroon 695,517 number 2015 — rising
19 Guatemala 645,958 number 2018 up 37.6% rising
20 Iraq 614,171 number 2007 down 31.1% falling
21 Guinea 589,276 number 2014 down 5.8% falling
22 Malawi 491,046 number 2019 up 31.5% rising
23 Malaysia 477,540 number 2017 down 7.0% rising
24 Iran, Islamic Republic of 467,517 number 2017 down 47.6% falling
25 Burundi 451,964 number 2019 up 8.1% rising
26 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 441,794 number 2017 up 32.3% falling
27 Ghana 418,221 number 2019 down 50.3% falling
28 Cambodia 404,999 number 2008 down 47.8% falling
29 Jordan 356,377 number 2019 up 145.4% volatile
30 Colombia 351,015 number 2018 down 14.1% falling
31 United States of America 344,551 number 2018 down 66.3% falling
32 Honduras 331,887 number 2019 down 7.3% falling
33 Morocco 319,949 number 2019 down 59.0% falling
34 Germany 311,984 number 2018 up 74.7% rising
35 Zimbabwe 277,406 number 2013 down 46.9% falling
36 Mauritania 232,506 number 2019 up 15.1% rising
37 Eritrea 224,986 number 2018 up 61.1% flat
38 Lao People's Democratic Republic 201,108 number 2019 up 18.0% falling
39 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 177,428 number 2018 up 143.5% rising
40 Argentina 157,961 number 2017 down 51.5% falling
41 Ukraine 151,796 number 2014 down 14.3% flat
42 Ecuador 150,719 number 2018 down 51.1% falling
43 Italy 146,592 number 2018 up 40.0% falling
44 El Salvador 142,070 number 2018 up 63.8% rising
45 Paraguay 124,538 number 2012 up 9.3% rising
46 Uzbekistan 110,663 number 2019 down 71.0% falling
47 Dominican Republic 108,530 number 2019 down 20.8% falling
48 Nicaragua 95,634 number 2010 down 54.9% falling
49 Panama 92,172 number 2017 up 64.9% rising
50 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 83,413 number 2018 down 62.2% volatile
51 France 82,530 number 2018 down 29.0% falling
52 Peru 77,283 number 2018 down 62.1% falling
53 Palestine, State of 72,302 number 2019 down 24.1% falling
54 Spain 70,845 number 2018 down 22.5% volatile
55 Tajikistan 65,456 number 2011 down 44.0% falling
56 Cuba 63,655 number 2019 up 6.2% volatile
57 Korea 61,507 number 2018 down 43.7% falling
58 Puerto Rico 58,885 number 2018 down 6.0% flat
59 Djibouti 58,868 number 2015 down 26.7% falling
60 Poland 55,694 number 2018 down 73.6% falling
61 Bulgaria 50,081 number 2018 up 12.8% falling
62 Jamaica 49,735 number 2019 up 40.5% rising
63 Australia 47,903 number 2018 — volatile
64 Chile 42,410 number 2018 down 56.9% falling
65 Canada 42,055 number 2018 down 60.4% falling
66 Namibia 40,961 number 2007 down 17.9% falling
67 Lesotho 40,321 number 2016 down 24.8% falling
68 Hungary 39,712 number 2018 up 23.0% falling
69 Mongolia 35,504 number 2006 down 61.0% falling
70 Republic of Moldova 35,165 number 2019 down 18.6% falling
71 Azerbaijan 34,887 number 2019 down 14.4% falling
72 Kyrgyzstan 34,241 number 2019 down 50.3% falling
73 Switzerland 30,210 number 2018 down 19.2% flat
74 Botswana 29,328 number 2003 down 30.8% falling
75 Kuwait 25,419 number 2015 up 51.7% falling
76 Serbia 25,065 number 2019 down 35.3% falling
77 Timor-Leste 24,513 number 2019 down 26.7% falling
78 Slovakia 23,734 number 2018 down 20.5% falling
79 Albania 21,592 number 2019 down 22.6% volatile
80 Eswatini 20,111 number 2015 down 9.6% falling
81 Austria 19,194 number 2018 down 11.2% rising
82 Croatia 18,543 number 2018 down 16.0% falling
83 Greece 17,012 number 2018 down 58.7% volatile
84 Netherlands 15,789 number 2018 — rising
85 Denmark 14,434 number 2018 down 22.8% falling
85 Suriname 14,434 number 2015 down 14.8% falling
87 Bhutan 14,094 number 2018 down 49.1% falling
88 Hong Kong, China 13,899 number 2017 down 30.9% falling
89 Uruguay 12,690 number 2017 down 61.1% falling
90 Mauritius 12,166 number 2019 up 7.5% falling
91 Oman 12,152 number 2018 down 23.0% volatile
92 Bahamas 10,705 number 2018 up 203.8% rising
93 Fiji 10,171 number 2012 down 31.1% falling
94 Czechia 9,953 number 2018 down 65.7% volatile
95 Cape Verde 8,281 number 2018 down 12.6% falling
96 Costa Rica 8,258 number 2019 down 70.8% volatile
97 Norway 8,169 number 2018 down 0.7% flat
98 Bahrain 8,101 number 2019 up 0.0% rising
99 Belgium 7,368 number 2018 down 44.6% volatile
100 Georgia 6,972 number 2019 down 37.4% volatile
101 Belarus 6,512 number 2018 down 32.7% falling
102 Israel 6,352 number 2015 up 23.7% rising
103 New Zealand 6,311 number 2018 down 57.5% falling
104 Finland 5,430 number 2018 down 51.9% falling
105 Vanuatu 5,348 number 2015 down 11.5% falling
106 Belize 4,699 number 2019 down 14.5% flat
107 Brunei Darussalam 3,960 number 2019 up 59.4% volatile
108 Sao Tome and Principe 3,861 number 2015 down 5.8% falling
109 Luxembourg 3,446 number 2018 up 16.7% flat
110 Qatar 3,022 number 2010 down 56.0% volatile
111 Sweden 2,755 number 2015 down 87.1% falling
112 Latvia 2,656 number 2018 down 39.6% falling
113 Ireland 2,155 number 2018 down 72.0% volatile
114 Samoa 1,871 number 2016 down 32.2% falling
115 Slovenia 1,686 number 2018 down 68.4% volatile
116 Estonia 1,632 number 2018 down 57.5% volatile
117 Lithuania 1,619 number 2018 down 61.0% volatile
118 Tonga 1,421 number 2015 up 16.5% rising
119 Macau, China 1,366 number 2019 down 81.3% falling
120 Iceland 1,307 number 2018 down 37.7% falling
121 Malta 1,142 number 2018 down 31.6% falling
122 Saint Lucia 1,139 number 2019 down 48.7% falling
123 Cyprus 910 number 2018 down 29.4% falling
124 Seychelles 868 number 2019 down 27.7% volatile
125 Cayman Islands 761 number 2018 up 34.7% rising
126 Barbados 680 number 2019 down 44.9% volatile
127 Grenada 656 number 2005 — volatile
128 Aruba 632 number 2009 up 134.1% volatile
129 British Virgin Islands 430 number 2018 up 362.4% rising
130 Turks and Caicos Islands 424 number 2018 down 2.5% volatile
131 Portugal 355 number 2018 down 99.1% volatile
132 Dominica 329 number 2019 down 80.8% falling
133 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 295 number 2017 down 52.1% falling
134 Antigua and Barbuda 288 number 2018 down 56.5% falling
135 Saint Kitts and Nevis 76 number 2013 down 85.6% volatile
136 Liechtenstein 74 number 2018 up 34.5% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and secondary school age, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
181 places, 4,156 data points, 1970–2019
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Number of children, adolescents, and youth of primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/