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Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, female (%) by country

Proportion of children, adolescents, and youth in the official age range for primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary education who are not enrolled in primary, lower secondary, or upper secondary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for primary, lower secondary,...

Countries reporting
137
Highest
56.4%
Niger
Lowest
0.1%
Israel
Median
6.4%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,050

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, female (%) is currently reported for 137 countries. The highest value is 56.4% in Niger; the lowest is 0.1% in Israel.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.4%, and the mean is 11.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,017.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in British Virgin Islands (up 359.9%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 83.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 56.4% 2017 down 24.3% falling
2 Chad 54.8% 2019 — falling
3 Mali 54.1% 2018 up 2.3% flat
4 Eritrea 48.2% 2018 up 1.5% falling
5 Djibouti 48.2% 2015 down 34.4% falling
6 Guinea 46.1% 2014 down 23.3% falling
7 Syrian Arab Republic 41.8% 2013 up 54.0% falling
8 Burkina Faso 37.1% 2019 down 37.2% falling
9 Ethiopia 36.4% 2015 down 45.0% falling
10 Yemen 35.0% 2016 down 18.3% falling
11 Côte d'Ivoire 31.9% 2019 down 34.0% falling
12 Mauritania 30.1% 2019 down 30.7% falling
13 Guatemala 29.3% 2018 up 14.3% falling
14 Iraq 28.8% 2007 down 29.9% falling
15 Mozambique 28.2% 2015 down 30.9% falling
16 Cameroon 27.5% 2015 — falling
17 Jordan 26.4% 2019 up 80.9% rising
18 Bahamas 26.2% 2018 up 169.0% rising
19 Honduras 26.1% 2019 down 5.9% falling
20 Cambodia 24.9% 2008 down 52.1% falling
21 Lao People's Democratic Republic 24.2% 2019 down 14.1% falling
22 Burundi 23.4% 2019 down 30.8% falling
23 El Salvador 20.0% 2018 up 71.1% rising
24 Panama 19.8% 2017 up 52.9% flat
25 Jamaica 18.0% 2019 up 96.9% rising
26 Puerto Rico 17.9% 2018 up 13.2% rising
27 Republic of Moldova 17.7% 2019 up 15.1% rising
28 Kenya 17.4% 2009 down 52.1% falling
29 British Virgin Islands 17.0% 2018 up 359.9% volatile
30 Paraguay 16.5% 2012 up 15.2% rising
31 Malawi 16.5% 2019 down 3.4% falling
32 Myanmar 16.5% 2018 down 42.1% falling
33 Cayman Islands 16.1% 2018 up 8.6% rising
34 Suriname 15.0% 2015 down 28.1% falling
35 Zimbabwe 15.0% 2013 down 47.7% falling
36 Vanuatu 14.2% 2015 down 36.3% falling
37 Tajikistan 14.0% 2011 down 41.3% falling
38 Bulgaria 13.6% 2018 up 23.4% rising
39 Eswatini 13.4% 2015 down 25.0% volatile
40 Indonesia 12.9% 2018 down 30.0% falling
41 South Africa 12.8% 2018 up 18.8% falling
42 Cape Verde 12.8% 2018 up 17.1% rising
43 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12.8% 2018 up 129.4% rising
44 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 12.2% 2017 up 47.5% falling
45 Turks and Caicos Islands 12.0% 2018 up 0.5% rising
46 Sao Tome and Principe 11.6% 2015 down 43.7% falling
47 Malaysia 11.6% 2017 down 3.1% rising
48 Lesotho 10.8% 2016 down 22.1% falling
49 Namibia 10.7% 2007 down 30.5% falling
50 Nicaragua 10.2% 2010 down 56.5% falling
51 Morocco 10.0% 2019 down 64.2% falling
52 Türkiye 9.8% 2018 down 29.3% falling
53 Belize 9.7% 2019 down 19.2% falling
54 Bhutan 9.3% 2018 down 63.4% volatile
55 Timor-Leste 9.1% 2019 down 58.9% falling
56 Botswana 9.0% 2003 down 37.5% volatile
57 Ghana 8.6% 2019 down 65.5% falling
58 Dominican Republic 8.5% 2019 down 43.4% falling
59 Iran, Islamic Republic of 8.2% 2017 down 45.4% falling
60 Liechtenstein 8.1% 2018 up 13.9% rising
61 Mexico 7.8% 2018 down 32.0% falling
62 Luxembourg 7.6% 2018 up 25.3% falling
63 Mauritius 7.0% 2019 down 14.8% falling
64 Cuba 6.9% 2019 up 5.6% falling
65 Saint Lucia 6.8% 2019 down 26.9% volatile
66 Switzerland 6.8% 2018 down 15.4% falling
67 Colombia 6.7% 2018 down 2.0% flat
68 Hungary 6.5% 2018 up 32.2% falling
69 Slovakia 6.4% 2018 down 0.9% flat
70 Brunei Darussalam 6.4% 2019 up 22.4% volatile
71 Peru 6.1% 2018 up 57.1% volatile
72 Tonga 6.1% 2015 down 6.1% falling
73 Egypt 5.8% 2019 down 38.6% falling
74 Mongolia 5.8% 2006 down 71.9% falling
75 Germany 5.7% 2018 up 62.2% rising
76 Dominica 5.6% 2019 down 58.3% flat
77 Ecuador 5.6% 2018 down 65.0% falling
78 Kyrgyzstan 5.6% 2019 down 43.6% falling
79 Palestine, State of 5.6% 2019 down 51.6% falling
80 Grenada 5.4% 2005 — volatile
81 United Arab Emirates 5.3% 2017 — volatile
82 Fiji 5.2% 2012 down 39.1% falling
83 Kuwait 5.1% 2015 down 6.6% falling
84 Serbia 5.1% 2019 down 22.9% falling
85 Ukraine 4.9% 2014 up 15.9% rising
86 Uzbekistan 4.8% 2019 down 57.7% falling
87 Albania 4.8% 2019 down 40.9% volatile
88 Oman 4.8% 2018 down 45.9% volatile
89 Philippines 4.5% 2015 down 51.5% falling
90 Qatar 4.2% 2010 down 46.8% falling
91 Aruba 4.0% 2009 up 89.6% rising
92 Croatia 4.0% 2018 down 11.3% volatile
93 Italy 3.7% 2018 up 34.7% falling
94 Macau, China 3.5% 2019 down 82.3% falling
95 Chile 3.3% 2018 down 44.6% falling
96 Greece 3.3% 2018 down 56.6% falling
97 Seychelles 3.3% 2019 down 67.3% volatile
98 Austria 3.2% 2018 down 26.9% flat
99 Iceland 3.1% 2018 down 39.8% falling
100 Azerbaijan 3.0% 2019 down 62.6% falling
101 Bahrain 3.0% 2019 down 64.1% volatile
102 Malta 2.8% 2018 down 37.3% falling
103 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.8% 2017 down 32.4% falling
104 Denmark 2.6% 2018 down 25.8% falling
105 Poland 2.6% 2018 down 60.8% falling
106 Barbados 2.5% 2019 down 50.2% falling
107 Antigua and Barbuda 2.5% 2018 down 61.6% falling
108 Cyprus 2.4% 2018 up 139.2% falling
109 Republic of Korea 2.3% 2018 up 75.3% falling
110 Uruguay 2.2% 2017 down 73.1% falling
111 Australia 1.9% 2018 — volatile
112 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.9% 2013 up 34.8% rising
113 Argentina 1.9% 2017 down 47.3% volatile
114 Norway 1.9% 2018 up 12.8% flat
115 Canada 1.9% 2018 down 54.1% falling
116 Hong Kong, China 1.8% 2017 down 58.6% falling
117 Spain 1.7% 2018 down 19.7% volatile
118 Finland 1.7% 2018 down 39.7% falling
119 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.6% 2018 down 50.5% volatile
120 Samoa 1.6% 2016 down 65.0% volatile
121 Estonia 1.5% 2018 down 30.1% volatile
122 Costa Rica 1.4% 2019 down 76.2% volatile
123 Latvia 1.4% 2018 down 45.0% falling
124 Czechia 1.3% 2018 down 69.1% volatile
125 France 1.3% 2018 down 37.7% volatile
126 Belarus 1.2% 2018 down 41.6% volatile
127 United States of America 1.2% 2018 down 66.6% falling
128 Georgia 0.9% 2019 down 44.3% volatile
129 Belgium 0.9% 2018 down 45.4% volatile
130 Portugal 0.8% 2018 down 80.8% volatile
131 Sweden 0.7% 2015 down 77.2% rising
132 Slovenia 0.7% 2018 down 78.6% volatile
133 New Zealand 0.5% 2018 down 77.7% volatile
134 Netherlands 0.5% 2018 — falling
135 Lithuania 0.4% 2018 up 63.1% volatile
136 Ireland 0.1% 2018 down 83.1% volatile
137 Israel 0.1% 2015 down 49.6% volatile

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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 rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
180 places, 4,050 data points, 1970–2019
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Proportion of children, adolescents, and youth in the official age range for primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary education who are not enrolled in primary, lower secondary, or upper secondary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary education enrolled in primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary education is subtracted from the total population of primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary education. The result is expressed as a percentage of the population of the official age for primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/