Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Uruguay

Uruguay: Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower was 0.1% in 2016. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2016)
0.1%
Change on year
up 199.5%
World rank
144th
of 148 countries
All-time high
4.5%
in 2012
All-time low
0.0%
in 2015
Years of data
8
2007–2016

Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Uruguay, 2007–2016

0123452007201120162007: 3.7 %2008: 3 %2009: 2.8 %2011: 4.4 %2012: 4.5 %2014: 3.6 %2015: 0.019 %2016: 0.058 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.1% for out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in 2016.

The figure is up 199.5% on the previous year and down 98.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Uruguay peaked at 4.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2015.

That places Uruguay 144th out of 148 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, female (%) in Uruguay, 2007 to 2016.
Year % Change
2007 3.7%
2008 3.0% -19.2%
2009 2.8% -6.9%
2011 4.4% +54.5%
2012 4.5% +3.5%
2014 3.6% -20.3%
2015 0.0% -99.5%
2016 0.1% +199.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 3.2% 2.8% 3.7% 3
2010s 2.5% 0.0% 4.5% 5

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 141 Iceland 0.1% compare
  2. 142 Austria 0.1% compare
  3. 143 Israel 0.1% compare
  4. 145 Georgia 0.0% compare
  5. 146 Lithuania 0.0% compare
  6. 147 Sweden 0.0% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

More reference data data for Uruguay

All data for Uruguay →

Frequently asked questions

What is out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Uruguay?
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Uruguay was 0.1% in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 4.5% in 2012.
What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2015.
How does Uruguay rank for out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower?
Uruguay ranks 144th out of 148 countries with data for 2016.
Is out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 98.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 8 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Uruguay. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/out-of-school-rate-for-children-and-adolescents-of-primary-and-lower-secondary-school-age-2/uruguay/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/out-of-school-rate-for-children-and-adolescents-of-primary-and-lower-secondary-school-age-2/uruguay/">Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Uruguay</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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
Last refreshed

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/