Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry age, female (number) by country

Name: Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry age, female (number)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Number of children one year before primary entry age who are not enrolled or attending pre-primary education during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/

Countries reporting

131

Highest

887,278 number

Ethiopia

Lowest

0 number

British Virgin Islands

Median

2,722 number

Years covered

1997–2020

Data points

2,348

What the numbers show

Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry age, female (number) is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 887,278 number in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0 number in British Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,722 number, and the mean is 53,397 number.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 3,442.1%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).

Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Ethiopia	887,278 number	2015	down 24.6%	falling
2	Egypt	757,134 number	2019	up 33.2%	flat
3	Tanzania	350,222 number	2019	down 20.0%	falling
4	Pakistan	346,337 number	2019	up 30.1%	rising
5	Kenya	333,298 number	2009	up 26.2%	rising
6	Iraq	327,232 number	2007	up 7.1%	rising
7	Iran	312,479 number	2016	down 21.1%	falling
8	Niger	287,766 number	2019	up 35.2%	rising
9	Cote d'Ivoire	283,053 number	2019	up 9.7%	rising
10	Burkina Faso	247,526 number	2019	up 59.1%	rising
11	Chad	222,383 number	2019	—	flat
12	Cameroon	211,017 number	2019	up 12.3%	rising
13	Senegal	198,887 number	2019	up 28.5%	rising
14	Uzbekistan	174,073 number	2019	up 7.8%	rising
15	Mali	170,811 number	2018	up 44.3%	rising
16	Turkey	167,814 number	2018	down 4.7%	flat
17	Philippines	160,325 number	2018	down 76.2%	falling
18	Syria	151,218 number	2013	up 41.4%	rising
19	Brazil	149,173 number	2011	down 60.8%	falling
20	Saudi Arabia	142,887 number	2019	down 35.0%	falling
21	Morocco	129,360 number	2019	down 1.9%	falling
22	Guinea	104,581 number	2016	down 12.6%	falling
23	Tajikistan	92,049 number	2017	up 23.8%	rising
24	Russia	90,090 number	2018	up 18.2%	falling
25	Jordan	63,037 number	2019	up 90.1%	rising
26	Sierra Leone	61,606 number	2019	down 2.4%	flat
27	Nepal	46,506 number	2019	up 18.7%	rising
28	Venezuela	39,978 number	2017	up 23.9%	falling
29	Algeria	39,500 number	2010	down 86.3%	falling
30	Eritrea	36,655 number	2018	up 60.3%	rising
31	Guatemala	30,430 number	2019	up 33.6%	falling
32	Laos	23,009 number	2019	down 49.0%	falling
33	Palestine	22,622 number	2019	down 30.3%	falling
34	Australia	22,212 number	2018	down 63.8%	falling
35	Honduras	21,294 number	2019	down 21.2%	falling
36	Botswana	19,814 number	2015	up 10.2%	flat
37	Italy	18,983 number	2018	up 572.2%	volatile
38	Romania	17,761 number	2018	—	volatile
39	Azerbaijan	14,950 number	2019	down 67.2%	falling
40	Kazakhstan	14,615 number	2019	—	volatile
41	Spain	11,396 number	2018	—	volatile
42	Bolivia	11,086 number	2018	down 77.2%	falling
43	Chile	10,133 number	2018	down 41.9%	falling
44	El Salvador	9,478 number	2018	down 24.3%	falling
45	Poland	9,370 number	2018	down 13.6%	volatile
46	Djibouti	8,862 number	2020	up 5.1%	falling
47	Panama	8,768 number	2017	up 39.6%	falling
48	Togo	7,456 number	2019	down 87.4%	volatile
49	East Timor	7,356 number	2019	up 11.3%	rising
50	Bulgaria	7,314 number	2018	up 1,462.8%	volatile
51	Kyrgyzstan	6,907 number	2019	down 67.5%	falling
52	Argentina	6,696 number	2017	down 11.9%	volatile
53	Hungary	6,381 number	2018	up 1,110.8%	volatile
54	Dominican Republic	5,967 number	2019	down 75.9%	falling
55	North Macedonia	5,598 number	2018	down 30.4%	rising
56	Czechia	5,594 number	2018	up 303.9%	volatile
57	Thailand	5,014 number	2019	—	volatile
58	Kuwait	4,906 number	2018	up 82.0%	rising
59	Oman	4,813 number	2019	down 50.2%	falling
60	Slovakia	4,770 number	2018	up 8.0%	falling
61	Ecuador	4,436 number	2018	down 45.8%	volatile
62	Germany	3,460 number	2018	down 85.7%	volatile
63	Serbia	3,131 number	2019	up 1,249.6%	volatile
64	Bahrain	2,921 number	2019	up 54.8%	falling
65	South Korea	2,915 number	2018	down 97.9%	volatile
66	Portugal	2,722 number	2018	up 24.6%	volatile
67	Greece	2,209 number	2018	down 82.7%	volatile
68	New Zealand	2,089 number	2018	—	falling
69	Peru	1,983 number	2019	down 86.1%	volatile
70	Belarus	1,975 number	2018	up 6.2%	falling
71	Mongolia	1,894 number	2018	—	volatile
72	Samoa	1,588 number	2019	down 6.6%	falling
73	Bahamas	1,569 number	2018	down 17.7%	falling
74	Costa Rica	1,515 number	2019	down 15.2%	rising
75	Cuba	1,487 number	2019	up 207.2%	volatile
76	Albania	1,480 number	2015	down 85.4%	volatile
77	Sao Tome and Principe	1,370 number	2015	up 38.4%	rising
78	Jamaica	1,346 number	2019	up 3,442.1%	volatile
79	Belgium	1,034 number	2018	down 8.3%	volatile
80	Cape Verde	992 number	2018	down 1.7%	falling
81	Croatia	990 number	2018	down 75.1%	volatile
82	Finland	982 number	2018	up 498.8%	volatile
83	Qatar	976 number	2019	down 46.1%	falling
84	Estonia	876 number	2018	up 116.8%	rising
84	Moldova	876 number	2019	down 48.4%	volatile
84	Norway	876 number	2018	down 50.3%	volatile
87	Montenegro	860 number	2019	down 53.7%	falling
88	United Arab Emirates	793 number	2017	down 62.3%	volatile
89	Trinidad and Tobago	755 number	2007	down 79.1%	volatile
90	Slovenia	685 number	2018	up 1.2%	volatile
91	Denmark	659 number	2018	up 929.7%	volatile
92	Belize	626 number	2019	down 18.3%	falling
93	Brunei	610 number	2019	—	volatile
94	Mauritius	524 number	2019	down 31.1%	volatile
95	Suriname	503 number	2019	down 15.2%	falling
96	Guyana	426 number	2012	down 15.1%	rising
97	Lithuania	422 number	2018	—	volatile
98	Macao	414 number	2019	up 25.1%	falling
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	344 number	2018	up 3,027.3%	volatile
100	Netherlands	287 number	2018	down 95.0%	volatile
101	Latvia	212 number	2018	down 26.6%	volatile
102	Barbados	196 number	2011	down 42.0%	volatile
103	Maldives	194 number	2019	down 48.4%	volatile
104	Uruguay	166 number	2018	—	volatile
105	Sweden	142 number	2018	up 24.6%	volatile
106	Switzerland	119 number	2018	down 85.2%	volatile
107	Cyprus	114 number	2018	—	volatile
108	Grenada	104 number	2017	up 300.0%	volatile
109	Saint Kitts and Nevis	75 number	2016	—	volatile
110	Iceland	67 number	2018	up 19.6%	volatile
111	Malta	55 number	2018	up 139.1%	volatile
112	Seychelles	44 number	2019	—	volatile
113	Antigua and Barbuda	30 number	2018	down 23.1%	volatile
114	Dominica	28 number	2019	up 47.4%	volatile
115	Luxembourg	24 number	2018	down 87.4%	volatile
116	San Marino	21 number	2019	up 2,000.0%	volatile
117	Cayman Islands	14 number	2018	—	volatile
118	Liechtenstein	7 number	2015	down 66.7%	volatile
119	United Kingdom	4 number	2018	down 99.9%	volatile
120	Aruba	0 number	2014	—	volatile
120	Austria	0 number	2018	down 100.0%	volatile
120	Colombia	0 number	2018	down 100.0%	falling
120	France	0 number	2018	—	volatile
120	Indonesia	0 number	2018	—	volatile
120	Ireland	0 number	2018	down 100.0%	volatile
120	Israel	0 number	2018	—	volatile
120	Saint Lucia	0 number	2019	down 100.0%	volatile
120	Mexico	0 number	2018	—	volatile
120	Malaysia	0 number	2015	down 100.0%	volatile
120	Turks and Caicos Islands	0 number	2018	down 100.0%	volatile
120	British Virgin Islands	0 number	2018	—	volatile

Regions and income groups

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

World 17.49 million number
IDA & IBRD total 16.89 million number
Low & middle income 16.88 million number
European Union 133,277 number
Middle income 11.16 million number
IDA total 9.94 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa 8.93 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 8.93 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 8.93 million number
Lower middle income 8.39 million number
Early-demographic dividend 7.92 million number
IDA only 7.07 million number
IBRD only 6.95 million number
Least developed countries 6.66 million number
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 6.36 million number
Low income 5.72 million number
IDA blend 2.87 million number
Upper middle income 2.77 million number
Arab World 2.57 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.46 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 2.30 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 2.28 million number
Late-demographic dividend 1.66 million number
East Asia & Pacific 1.63 million number
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1.52 million number
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.50 million number
Europe & Central Asia 788,342 number
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 697,667 number
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 661,718 number
High income 610,943 number
OECD members 566,927 number
Post-demographic dividend 443,477 number
North America 190,244 number
Latin America & Caribbean 187,411 number
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 177,442 number
Small states 166,996 number
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 159,936 number
Other small states 154,298 number
Euro area 70,455 number
Central Europe and the Baltics 65,175 number

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Indicator: Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry age, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 174 places, 2,348 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026