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Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%) 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
139
Highest
52.0%
Niger
Lowest
0.3%
Ireland
Median
7.4%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,144

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 139 countries. The highest value is 52.0% in Niger; the lowest is 0.3% in Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.4%, and the mean is 11.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 166.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in British Virgin Islands (up 371.0%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 91.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 52.0% 2017 down 24.7% falling
2 Mali 50.7% 2018 up 9.6% rising
3 Djibouti 48.8% 2015 down 29.1% falling
4 Chad 46.7% 2019 — falling
5 Eritrea 44.9% 2018 up 11.5% falling
6 Syrian Arab Republic 41.1% 2013 up 63.1% falling
7 Guinea 38.9% 2014 down 24.5% falling
8 Burkina Faso 37.6% 2019 down 32.2% falling
9 Ethiopia 33.8% 2015 down 42.3% falling
10 Mauritania 32.2% 2019 down 26.0% falling
11 Guatemala 28.3% 2018 up 18.8% falling
12 Yemen 28.1% 2016 down 16.0% falling
13 Côte d'Ivoire 27.8% 2019 down 34.5% falling
14 Honduras 27.6% 2019 down 5.5% falling
15 Bahamas 27.4% 2018 up 186.8% rising
16 Jordan 26.3% 2019 up 69.5% rising
17 Burundi 25.4% 2019 down 21.0% falling
18 Mozambique 24.9% 2015 down 29.1% falling
19 Lao People's Democratic Republic 23.2% 2019 down 3.8% falling
20 Cameroon 23.1% 2015 — falling
21 Cambodia 22.4% 2008 down 51.3% falling
22 Iraq 21.4% 2007 down 35.1% falling
23 Panama 20.3% 2017 up 52.5% flat
24 Puerto Rico 20.1% 2018 up 15.0% rising
25 El Salvador 19.8% 2018 up 80.6% rising
26 Jamaica 18.6% 2019 up 81.9% rising
27 Suriname 18.1% 2015 down 21.1% falling
28 British Virgin Islands 17.4% 2018 up 371.0% rising
29 Republic of Moldova 17.1% 2019 up 8.3% rising
30 Myanmar 16.8% 2018 down 42.9% falling
31 Malawi 16.6% 2019 down 1.4% falling
32 Cayman Islands 16.0% 2018 up 10.4% rising
33 Paraguay 15.7% 2012 up 10.9% rising
34 Kenya 15.4% 2009 down 57.0% falling
35 Zimbabwe 14.1% 2013 down 47.9% falling
36 South Africa 13.8% 2018 up 17.9% falling
37 Vanuatu 13.5% 2015 down 32.8% falling
38 Malaysia 13.4% 2017 down 2.2% rising
39 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 13.2% 2017 up 38.1% volatile
40 Cape Verde 13.1% 2018 up 8.7% rising
41 Lesotho 13.1% 2016 down 20.4% falling
42 Bulgaria 12.8% 2018 up 24.8% rising
43 Turks and Caicos Islands 12.7% 2018 down 7.7% rising
44 Eswatini 12.7% 2015 down 19.7% volatile
45 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12.6% 2018 up 128.7% rising
46 Bhutan 12.6% 2018 down 52.3% falling
47 Indonesia 12.6% 2018 down 29.7% falling
48 Namibia 12.2% 2007 down 28.9% falling
49 Sao Tome and Principe 12.1% 2015 down 38.6% falling
50 Nicaragua 11.8% 2010 down 55.0% falling
51 Timor-Leste 11.1% 2019 down 46.9% falling
52 Tajikistan 10.3% 2011 down 41.9% falling
53 Botswana 10.3% 2003 down 36.4% volatile
54 Belize 9.9% 2019 down 18.8% falling
55 Armenia 9.8% 2019 up 72.5% flat
56 Türkiye 9.4% 2018 down 14.2% falling
57 Ghana 9.3% 2019 down 60.5% falling
58 Mauritius 9.2% 2019 up 10.5% falling
59 Morocco 9.1% 2019 down 62.0% falling
60 Dominican Republic 8.9% 2019 down 32.9% falling
61 Mexico 8.8% 2018 down 24.8% falling
62 Mongolia 8.5% 2006 down 71.2% falling
63 Palestine, State of 8.0% 2019 down 39.6% falling
64 Luxembourg 7.8% 2018 up 14.1% falling
65 Brunei Darussalam 7.7% 2019 up 46.6% volatile
66 Tonga 7.6% 2015 up 4.2% rising
67 Cuba 7.6% 2019 up 15.3% volatile
68 Fiji 7.5% 2012 down 29.7% falling
69 Saint Lucia 7.4% 2019 down 28.0% falling
70 Iran, Islamic Republic of 7.4% 2017 down 44.6% falling
71 Colombia 7.3% 2018 down 4.2% falling
72 Albania 7.3% 2019 down 17.8% volatile
73 Kuwait 7.0% 2015 up 7.9% falling
74 Ecuador 6.8% 2018 down 58.8% falling
75 Hungary 6.6% 2018 up 37.4% falling
76 Slovakia 6.5% 2018 down 2.6% flat
77 Seychelles 6.3% 2019 down 44.5% volatile
78 Egypt 6.2% 2019 down 35.6% falling
79 Switzerland 6.1% 2018 down 15.9% falling
80 Germany 5.9% 2018 up 74.1% rising
81 Aruba 5.8% 2009 up 98.8% rising
82 Dominica 5.8% 2019 down 66.3% falling
83 Ukraine 5.7% 2014 up 18.3% rising
84 Philippines 5.7% 2015 down 48.9% falling
85 Croatia 5.6% 2018 down 4.9% falling
86 Liechtenstein 5.5% 2018 up 18.7% rising
87 Serbia 5.5% 2019 down 24.5% falling
88 Kyrgyzstan 5.5% 2019 down 47.4% falling
89 Grenada 5.2% 2005 — volatile
90 Bahrain 5.1% 2019 down 40.1% volatile
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.7% 2018 up 30.5% falling
92 Qatar 4.1% 2010 down 60.1% falling
93 Macau, China 4.0% 2019 down 79.2% falling
94 Uzbekistan 4.0% 2019 down 63.4% falling
95 Samoa 4.0% 2016 down 43.0% volatile
96 Italy 3.8% 2018 up 35.5% falling
97 Iceland 3.6% 2018 down 38.4% falling
98 Malta 3.5% 2018 down 31.7% falling
99 Austria 3.5% 2018 up 13.0% rising
100 Azerbaijan 3.5% 2019 down 47.2% falling
101 United Arab Emirates 3.4% 2017 — volatile
102 Oman 3.3% 2019 down 51.9% volatile
103 Uruguay 3.3% 2017 down 64.3% falling
104 Peru 3.1% 2019 down 35.7% volatile
105 Chile 3.1% 2018 down 48.7% falling
106 Barbados 3.0% 2019 down 44.8% falling
107 Antigua and Barbuda 3.0% 2018 down 18.1% flat
108 Greece 2.9% 2018 down 56.6% falling
109 Denmark 2.9% 2018 down 26.7% falling
110 Argentina 2.8% 2017 down 50.7% volatile
111 Poland 2.5% 2018 down 63.8% falling
112 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.4% 2014 down 63.5% falling
113 Republic of Korea 2.2% 2018 up 27.7% falling
114 Australia 2.1% 2018 — volatile
115 Spain 2.1% 2018 down 25.7% volatile
116 Cyprus 2.0% 2018 up 28.5% falling
117 Norway 1.9% 2018 up 4.0% flat
118 Latvia 1.8% 2018 down 33.6% falling
119 Canada 1.8% 2018 down 57.5% falling
120 Costa Rica 1.7% 2019 down 72.2% volatile
121 Estonia 1.7% 2018 down 46.0% falling
122 Hong Kong, China 1.7% 2018 down 63.5% falling
123 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.6% 2018 down 57.9% volatile
124 Finland 1.6% 2018 down 44.8% falling
125 Georgia 1.6% 2019 down 56.8% volatile
126 France 1.4% 2018 down 34.8% volatile
127 Czechia 1.4% 2018 down 68.4% volatile
128 United States of America 1.3% 2018 down 66.3% falling
129 Belarus 1.2% 2018 down 31.5% falling
130 New Zealand 1.0% 2018 down 65.9% volatile
131 Slovenia 1.0% 2018 down 72.6% volatile
132 Netherlands 0.9% 2018 — falling
133 Belgium 0.9% 2018 down 46.3% volatile
134 Kazakhstan 0.7% 2013 down 89.6% volatile
135 Lithuania 0.7% 2018 down 17.8% volatile
136 Israel 0.6% 2018 down 1.1% falling
137 Sweden 0.6% 2016 down 81.1% flat
138 Portugal 0.4% 2018 down 91.3% volatile
139 Ireland 0.3% 2018 down 77.8% 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, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
182 places, 4,144 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/