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

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

Countries reporting
148
Highest
50.2%
Central African Republic
Lowest
0.0%
Ireland
Median
3.1%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,340

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, female (%) is currently reported for 148 countries. The highest value is 50.2% in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0.0% in Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.1%, and the mean is 8.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18,944.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (up 8,745.3%), and the largest decrease in Sweden (down 99.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Central African Republic 50.2% 2012 — falling
2 Niger 49.2% 2017 down 29.6% falling
3 Mali 47.7% 2018 up 4.7% falling
4 Chad 47.5% 2019 — falling
5 Eritrea 46.6% 2018 up 36.3% falling
6 Djibouti 41.8% 2015 down 40.5% falling
7 Guinea 38.8% 2014 down 28.0% falling
8 Syrian Arab Republic 34.2% 2013 up 140.2% volatile
9 Burkina Faso 30.3% 2019 down 41.8% falling
10 Ethiopia 29.6% 2015 down 38.5% falling
11 Yemen 25.3% 2016 down 25.0% falling
12 Bahamas 24.8% 2018 up 120.4% rising
13 Tunisia 23.9% 1985 down 41.8% falling
14 Côte d'Ivoire 23.4% 2019 down 43.7% falling
15 Jordan 23.3% 2019 up 105.9% volatile
16 Mauritania 22.8% 2019 down 30.9% falling
17 Mozambique 20.9% 2015 down 39.9% falling
18 Iraq 20.7% 2007 down 31.7% falling
19 Cameroon 20.6% 2016 — falling
20 Honduras 19.8% 2019 down 12.8% falling
21 Puerto Rico 19.2% 2018 up 82.5% rising
22 Guatemala 18.8% 2018 up 33.3% volatile
23 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17.3% 2019 down 5.9% falling
24 Jamaica 17.1% 2019 up 187.1% volatile
25 Togo 16.7% 2017 down 39.9% falling
26 El Salvador 14.6% 2018 — rising
27 Republic of Moldova 14.1% 2019 up 29.2% rising
28 Cayman Islands 13.5% 2018 up 2.4% rising
29 Burundi 13.3% 2019 down 35.4% volatile
30 Bulgaria 13.3% 2018 up 125.6% volatile
31 Panama 12.9% 2017 up 116.8% rising
32 Eswatini 12.5% 2015 down 20.5% volatile
33 British Virgin Islands 12.5% 2018 up 314.1% volatile
34 Paraguay 12.1% 2012 up 73.9% rising
35 Myanmar 11.3% 2018 down 46.7% falling
36 Romania 11.1% 2018 up 215.5% rising
37 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 10.8% 2017 up 186.5% falling
38 South Africa 10.8% 2018 up 106.7% falling
39 Sao Tome and Principe 10.5% 2015 up 79.6% rising
40 Indonesia 9.9% 2018 down 2.3% volatile
41 Kenya 9.8% 2009 down 66.7% falling
42 Suriname 9.6% 2015 down 36.8% rising
43 Cape Verde 9.3% 2018 up 111.2% volatile
44 Armenia 9.1% 2019 up 95.3% rising
45 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 8.6% 2018 up 8,745.3% volatile
46 Botswana 7.5% 2003 up 42.5% volatile
47 Lesotho 7.2% 2016 down 26.0% falling
48 Bhutan 6.8% 2018 down 67.7% volatile
49 Cambodia 6.7% 2015 down 73.3% volatile
50 Malawi 6.7% 2019 down 13.4% falling
51 Vanuatu 6.4% 2015 down 22.7% volatile
52 Tajikistan 6.3% 2011 down 61.7% falling
53 Turks and Caicos Islands 6.3% 2018 down 39.9% volatile
54 Türkiye 6.0% 2018 up 26.2% volatile
55 Philippines 5.4% 2018 down 28.5% falling
56 Nicaragua 5.2% 2010 down 72.2% volatile
57 Namibia 5.0% 2007 down 57.0% falling
58 Ukraine 5.0% 2014 down 7.4% rising
59 Timor-Leste 4.9% 2019 down 71.1% falling
60 Maldives 4.8% 2019 — rising
61 Slovakia 4.6% 2018 down 4.3% flat
62 Mongolia 4.4% 2008 down 70.9% volatile
63 Belize 4.4% 2019 down 36.1% falling
64 Dominican Republic 4.3% 2019 down 50.4% falling
65 Cuba 4.1% 2019 up 20.7% volatile
66 Malaysia 4.1% 2017 down 23.5% volatile
67 Hungary 3.9% 2018 up 37.7% rising
68 Grenada 3.8% 2005 — volatile
69 Azerbaijan 3.7% 2019 down 70.2% falling
70 Morocco 3.6% 2019 down 80.6% volatile
71 Colombia 3.4% 2018 up 38.8% rising
72 Saint Lucia 3.4% 2019 down 56.5% falling
73 Montenegro 3.3% 2019 — rising
74 Luxembourg 3.1% 2018 up 93.0% volatile
75 Dominica 3.1% 2019 down 69.1% volatile
76 Liechtenstein 3.0% 2018 down 16.7% volatile
77 Qatar 2.9% 2019 down 34.1% volatile
78 Italy 2.9% 2018 up 1,832.8% volatile
79 Ghana 2.8% 2019 down 83.3% volatile
80 Chile 2.7% 2018 down 26.3% falling
81 Aruba 2.6% 2009 up 230.4% flat
82 Barbados 2.5% 2019 down 47.0% falling
83 Thailand 2.4% 2009 — volatile
84 Greece 2.4% 2018 down 60.5% volatile
85 Germany 2.3% 2018 down 10.9% rising
86 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.3% 2017 down 64.0% falling
87 Mexico 2.3% 2018 up 29.9% volatile
88 Poland 2.2% 2018 down 64.1% flat
89 Oman 2.2% 2019 down 21.5% volatile
90 Serbia 2.1% 2019 down 25.5% volatile
91 Bahrain 2.0% 2019 down 73.2% volatile
92 Spain 1.9% 2018 up 437.1% volatile
93 Palestine, State of 1.9% 2019 down 81.5% falling
94 Uzbekistan 1.9% 2019 down 68.1% falling
95 Tonga 1.8% 2015 down 76.0% volatile
96 Kyrgyzstan 1.8% 2019 down 71.2% falling
97 Kuwait 1.6% 2015 up 100.1% volatile
98 Republic of Korea 1.6% 2018 up 47.9% volatile
99 Macau, China 1.5% 2019 down 89.7% falling
100 United Arab Emirates 1.5% 2017 — volatile
101 Peru 1.5% 2016 up 18.9% volatile
102 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.5% 2016 up 170.7% volatile
103 Estonia 1.4% 2018 down 26.7% volatile
104 Belarus 1.4% 2018 up 99.0% rising
105 Mauritius 1.4% 2019 down 49.6% volatile
106 Australia 1.2% 2018 up 757.3% volatile
107 Ecuador 1.1% 2018 down 85.3% volatile
108 Zimbabwe 0.9% 2013 down 93.0% volatile
109 Seychelles 0.9% 2005 down 85.1% volatile
110 Finland 0.8% 2018 down 55.7% flat
111 Cyprus 0.7% 2018 up 37.4% volatile
112 Netherlands 0.7% 2018 — falling
113 Latvia 0.7% 2018 up 0.2% rising
114 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.7% 2017 down 60.8% volatile
115 Sri Lanka 0.7% 2018 down 89.3% volatile
116 Czechia 0.6% 2018 down 86.7% volatile
117 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.6% 2018 down 49.1% volatile
118 Albania 0.6% 2019 down 85.2% volatile
119 Argentina 0.6% 2017 up 107.1% volatile
120 Costa Rica 0.6% 2019 down 80.7% volatile
121 Antigua and Barbuda 0.6% 2018 down 80.1% volatile
122 Portugal 0.6% 2018 down 11.7% volatile
123 Switzerland 0.5% 2018 down 68.3% volatile
124 Belgium 0.5% 2018 down 78.3% falling
125 Denmark 0.5% 2018 up 3.9% volatile
126 Croatia 0.5% 2013 down 82.1% volatile
127 Egypt 0.5% 2019 down 95.9% volatile
128 Hong Kong, China 0.5% 2016 — volatile
129 New Zealand 0.4% 2018 down 72.0% rising
130 Norway 0.4% 2017 down 27.4% volatile
131 United States of America 0.4% 2018 down 72.4% volatile
132 Slovenia 0.4% 2018 down 51.7% volatile
133 Fiji 0.4% 2009 down 88.6% volatile
134 France 0.4% 2018 down 39.9% volatile
135 Canada 0.3% 2018 up 35.7% volatile
136 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2011 up 42.5% volatile
137 Samoa 0.2% 2015 down 96.1% volatile
138 Malta 0.2% 2016 — volatile
139 Brunei Darussalam 0.2% 2018 down 89.9% volatile
140 Russian Federation 0.2% 2018 down 87.4% volatile
141 Iceland 0.1% 2018 down 92.6% volatile
142 Austria 0.1% 2018 down 97.1% volatile
143 Israel 0.1% 2015 down 78.5% volatile
144 Uruguay 0.1% 2016 down 98.4% volatile
145 Georgia 0.0% 2019 down 99.1% volatile
146 Lithuania 0.0% 2013 down 97.0% volatile
147 Sweden 0.0% 2015 down 99.9% volatile
148 Ireland 0.0% 2018 down 97.7% 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 and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 4,340 data points, 1970–2019
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Proportion of children and adolescents in the official age range for primary and lower secondary education who are not enrolled in primary or lower secondary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for primary and lower secondary education enrolled in primary or lower secondary education is subtracted from the total population of primary and lower secondary education. The result is expressed as a percentage of the population of the official age for primary and lower secondary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/