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Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, male (%) 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
136
Highest
49.4%
Djibouti
Lowest
0.1%
Portugal
Median
8.2%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,045

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, male (%) is currently reported for 136 countries. The highest value is 49.4% in Djibouti; the lowest is 0.1% in Portugal.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.2%, and the mean is 11.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 864.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in British Virgin Islands (up 381.3%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 99.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Djibouti 49.4% 2015 down 23.3% falling
2 Niger 47.9% 2017 down 25.1% falling
3 Mali 47.4% 2018 up 19.0% rising
4 Eritrea 41.7% 2018 up 25.6% falling
5 Syrian Arab Republic 40.5% 2013 up 73.0% falling
6 Chad 38.6% 2019 — falling
7 Burkina Faso 38.0% 2019 down 26.8% falling
8 Mauritania 34.4% 2019 down 21.5% falling
9 Guinea 31.7% 2014 down 26.0% falling
10 Ethiopia 31.4% 2015 down 38.8% falling
11 Honduras 29.0% 2019 down 5.1% falling
12 Bahamas 28.5% 2018 up 205.2% rising
13 Burundi 27.3% 2019 down 10.0% falling
14 Guatemala 27.3% 2018 up 24.0% falling
15 Jordan 26.3% 2019 up 59.9% rising
16 Côte d'Ivoire 23.7% 2019 down 35.1% falling
17 Lao People's Democratic Republic 22.2% 2019 up 10.4% falling
18 Puerto Rico 22.2% 2018 up 16.2% rising
19 Mozambique 21.6% 2015 down 26.6% falling
20 Yemen 21.4% 2016 down 12.3% falling
21 Suriname 21.0% 2015 down 15.7% falling
22 Panama 20.8% 2017 up 52.1% flat
23 Cambodia 20.1% 2008 down 50.1% falling
24 El Salvador 19.6% 2018 up 91.2% rising
25 Jamaica 19.1% 2019 up 70.4% rising
26 Cameroon 18.9% 2015 — falling
27 British Virgin Islands 17.8% 2018 up 381.3% flat
28 Myanmar 17.2% 2018 down 48.9% falling
29 Malawi 16.7% 2019 up 0.7% rising
30 Republic of Moldova 16.4% 2019 up 2.0% rising
31 Cayman Islands 15.9% 2018 up 12.2% rising
32 Bhutan 15.7% 2018 down 42.2% falling
33 Lesotho 15.3% 2016 down 19.2% falling
34 Malaysia 15.1% 2017 down 1.5% rising
35 Paraguay 14.9% 2012 up 6.7% rising
36 South Africa 14.7% 2018 up 17.1% falling
37 Iraq 14.5% 2007 down 43.1% falling
38 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 14.2% 2017 up 31.1% falling
39 Namibia 13.8% 2007 down 27.5% falling
40 Cape Verde 13.5% 2018 up 1.9% flat
41 Turks and Caicos Islands 13.4% 2018 down 13.7% rising
42 Kenya 13.3% 2009 down 62.0% falling
43 Nicaragua 13.3% 2010 down 53.8% falling
44 Zimbabwe 13.1% 2013 down 48.1% falling
45 Timor-Leste 13.0% 2019 down 33.6% falling
46 Vanuatu 12.9% 2015 down 28.8% falling
47 Sao Tome and Principe 12.6% 2015 down 33.1% falling
48 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12.5% 2018 up 128.1% rising
49 Indonesia 12.2% 2018 down 29.3% falling
50 Bulgaria 12.1% 2018 up 26.4% rising
51 Eswatini 12.0% 2015 down 12.6% volatile
52 Botswana 11.6% 2003 down 35.6% volatile
53 Mongolia 11.5% 2006 down 62.8% falling
54 Mauritius 11.3% 2019 up 34.2% falling
55 Palestine, State of 10.3% 2019 down 30.7% falling
56 Ghana 10.0% 2019 down 55.1% falling
57 Belize 10.0% 2019 down 18.4% falling
58 Mexico 9.8% 2018 down 18.2% falling
59 Fiji 9.7% 2012 down 23.8% falling
60 Albania 9.4% 2019 down 0.5% falling
61 Dominican Republic 9.2% 2019 down 19.7% falling
62 Seychelles 9.1% 2019 down 26.9% falling
63 Türkiye 9.0% 2018 up 10.4% falling
64 Tonga 9.0% 2015 up 12.0% rising
65 Brunei Darussalam 9.0% 2019 up 69.0% volatile
66 Kuwait 8.7% 2015 up 17.8% falling
67 Morocco 8.4% 2019 down 59.2% falling
68 Cuba 8.3% 2019 up 24.4% volatile
69 Saint Lucia 8.0% 2019 down 28.9% falling
70 Luxembourg 8.0% 2018 up 5.6% falling
71 Ecuador 7.9% 2018 down 53.1% falling
72 Colombia 7.9% 2018 down 6.0% falling
73 Aruba 7.6% 2009 up 103.7% volatile
74 Croatia 7.2% 2018 down 1.2% falling
75 Bahrain 7.0% 2019 down 19.1% falling
76 Philippines 6.9% 2015 down 47.4% falling
77 Tajikistan 6.8% 2011 down 45.8% falling
78 Hungary 6.6% 2018 up 42.6% falling
79 Egypt 6.6% 2019 down 32.9% falling
80 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6.5% 2017 down 43.5% falling
81 Ukraine 6.5% 2014 up 19.9% rising
82 Slovakia 6.5% 2018 down 4.3% flat
83 Samoa 6.2% 2016 down 32.8% falling
84 Germany 6.0% 2018 up 86.2% rising
85 Dominica 5.9% 2019 down 71.4% falling
86 Serbia 5.9% 2019 down 25.9% falling
87 Switzerland 5.5% 2018 down 16.6% flat
88 Kyrgyzstan 5.4% 2019 down 50.8% falling
89 Grenada 5.1% 2005 — volatile
90 Macau, China 4.6% 2019 down 76.1% falling
91 Uruguay 4.3% 2017 down 57.5% falling
92 Malta 4.1% 2018 down 27.6% falling
93 Iceland 4.1% 2018 down 37.4% falling
94 Hong Kong, China 4.0% 2017 down 21.1% falling
95 Qatar 3.9% 2010 down 68.1% falling
96 Azerbaijan 3.9% 2019 down 27.3% falling
97 Italy 3.8% 2018 up 36.3% falling
98 Austria 3.7% 2018 down 3.3% rising
99 Argentina 3.6% 2017 down 52.4% volatile
100 Oman 3.6% 2018 down 28.7% volatile
101 Barbados 3.5% 2019 down 40.2% falling
102 Antigua and Barbuda 3.4% 2018 down 54.9% falling
103 Uzbekistan 3.3% 2019 down 69.2% falling
104 Denmark 3.2% 2018 down 27.4% falling
105 Liechtenstein 3.1% 2018 up 41.3% volatile
106 Chile 2.8% 2018 down 52.8% falling
107 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.7% 2017 down 43.0% falling
108 Peru 2.6% 2018 down 58.0% volatile
109 Greece 2.6% 2018 down 56.7% volatile
110 Spain 2.4% 2018 down 29.3% volatile
111 Poland 2.4% 2018 down 66.5% falling
112 Australia 2.3% 2018 — volatile
113 Georgia 2.3% 2019 down 35.1% volatile
114 Latvia 2.3% 2018 down 24.7% falling
115 Korea 2.1% 2018 up 0.6% falling
116 Costa Rica 2.1% 2019 down 68.7% volatile
117 Estonia 2.0% 2018 down 53.6% falling
118 Norway 1.9% 2018 down 3.0% falling
119 Canada 1.7% 2018 down 60.4% falling
120 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.7% 2013 down 83.4% volatile
121 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.6% 2018 down 63.1% volatile
122 France 1.6% 2018 down 32.6% falling
123 Cyprus 1.6% 2018 down 23.6% falling
124 New Zealand 1.5% 2018 down 58.7% falling
125 Finland 1.5% 2018 down 49.6% falling
126 Czechia 1.4% 2018 down 67.7% volatile
127 United States of America 1.4% 2018 down 66.1% falling
128 Netherlands 1.3% 2018 — rising
129 Slovenia 1.3% 2018 down 68.1% falling
130 Belarus 1.2% 2018 down 33.5% falling
131 Lithuania 1.0% 2018 down 43.7% volatile
132 Belgium 0.9% 2018 down 47.0% volatile
133 Israel 0.8% 2015 up 6.5% falling
134 Ireland 0.5% 2018 down 75.6% volatile
135 Sweden 0.4% 2015 down 85.6% flat
136 Portugal 0.1% 2018 down 99.0% 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, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
179 places, 4,045 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/