Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official primary entrance age, male (%) by country
Proportion of children in the official age range for one year before primary education who are not enrolled in pre-primary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for one year before primary education enrolled in pre-primary education is subtracted from the total population...
Countries reporting
131
Highest
86.6%
Tajikistan
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
9.3%
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,324
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official primary entrance age, male (%) is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 86.6% in Tajikistan; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.3%, and the mean is 20.8%.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 2,898.8%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).
Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tajikistan | 86.6% | 2017 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 2 | Djibouti | 85.5% | 2020 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 3 | Chad | 85.0% | 2019 | — | falling |
| 4 | Senegal | 84.8% | 2019 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 5 | Iraq | 81.7% | 2007 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 80.9% | 2019 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 7 | Botswana | 78.9% | 2015 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 78.2% | 2019 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 9 | Niger | 76.3% | 2019 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 10 | Eritrea | 73.1% | 2018 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 11 | Samoa | 65.2% | 2019 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 12 | Bahamas | 64.4% | 2018 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 13 | Egypt | 63.3% | 2019 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 61.6% | 2015 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 15 | Syrian Arab Republic | 59.8% | 2013 | up 37.4% | flat |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | 58.1% | 2019 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea | 56.6% | 2016 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 55.7% | 2019 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 19 | Jordan | 55.0% | 2019 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 20 | Kenya | 53.7% | 2009 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 21 | Mali | 53.5% | 2018 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 53.5% | 2019 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 23 | North Macedonia | 51.5% | 2018 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 51.4% | 2019 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 25 | Timor-Leste | 51.3% | 2019 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 26 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 49.5% | 2016 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 27 | Sao Tome and Principe | 48.9% | 2015 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 28 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 44.9% | 2019 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 29 | Palestine, State of | 35.3% | 2019 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 30 | Azerbaijan | 31.8% | 2019 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 31 | Bahrain | 31.5% | 2019 | up 37.0% | falling |
| 32 | Morocco | 31.4% | 2019 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 33 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 31.3% | 2019 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 34 | Panama | 25.3% | 2017 | up 48.0% | falling |
| 35 | Honduras | 24.1% | 2019 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 36 | Türkiye | 23.3% | 2018 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 37 | Montenegro | 22.5% | 2019 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 38 | Kuwait | 21.1% | 2018 | up 121.7% | falling |
| 39 | Dominica | 20.8% | 2019 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 40 | Barbados | 19.9% | 2011 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Cape Verde | 19.5% | 2018 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 18.6% | 2018 | up 1,912.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 18.6% | 2018 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 44 | El Salvador | 18.5% | 2018 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 45 | Belize | 17.9% | 2019 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Romania | 17.7% | 2018 | up 2,898.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Brunei Darussalam | 16.5% | 2019 | up 598.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Guatemala | 16.5% | 2019 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 49 | Philippines | 16.4% | 2018 | down 73.7% | falling |
| 50 | Oman | 15.6% | 2019 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 51 | Slovakia | 15.2% | 2018 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 52 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 14.1% | 2017 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 53 | Albania | 13.5% | 2015 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 54 | Antigua and Barbuda | 13.5% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Australia | 13.5% | 2018 | down 71.1% | falling |
| 56 | Hungary | 12.2% | 2018 | up 1,524.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Suriname | 12.2% | 2019 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 58 | Estonia | 11.5% | 2018 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 11.3% | 2019 | up 617.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.9% | 2019 | down 77.0% | falling |
| 61 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 10.2% | 2018 | down 76.2% | falling |
| 62 | Czechia | 9.9% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Macau, China | 9.6% | 2019 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 64 | Qatar | 9.5% | 2019 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Mauritius | 9.4% | 2019 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Seychelles | 9.3% | 2019 | up 615.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Russian Federation | 9.1% | 2018 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 68 | Serbia | 9.1% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Nepal | 9.0% | 2019 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 70 | British Virgin Islands | 8.9% | 2018 | up 185.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Algeria | 8.9% | 2010 | down 90.3% | falling |
| 72 | Grenada | 8.8% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Brazil | 8.7% | 2011 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 74 | Jamaica | 8.3% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Indonesia | 8.2% | 2018 | up 667.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Chile | 8.1% | 2018 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 77 | Maldives | 8.0% | 2019 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Ecuador | 7.9% | 2018 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.7% | 2007 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 6.9% | 2019 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 81 | Mongolia | 6.2% | 2018 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 82 | Italy | 6.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Greece | 5.9% | 2018 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 84 | New Zealand | 5.6% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 85 | Portugal | 5.4% | 2018 | up 103.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Croatia | 5.3% | 2018 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Spain | 5.3% | 2018 | up 528.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Slovenia | 5.1% | 2018 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Republic of Moldova | 4.9% | 2019 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 90 | Hong Kong, China | 4.8% | 2019 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 91 | Saint Lucia | 4.6% | 2019 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 92 | Poland | 4.4% | 2018 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 4.2% | 2019 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 94 | Guyana | 3.9% | 2012 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 95 | Iceland | 3.7% | 2018 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Togo | 3.3% | 2019 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Norway | 3.2% | 2018 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Belgium | 3.0% | 2018 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Lithuania | 2.7% | 2018 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Argentina | 2.5% | 2017 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 101 | Latvia | 2.2% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Cuba | 2.1% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Ireland | 2.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Finland | 2.0% | 2018 | up 2,041.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Mexico | 1.8% | 2018 | up 160.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Denmark | 1.8% | 2018 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Colombia | 1.5% | 2018 | down 90.7% | falling |
| 108 | Malaysia | 1.4% | 2015 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Korea | 1.4% | 2018 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Germany | 1.3% | 2018 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Thailand | 1.2% | 2019 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Cyprus | 1.1% | 2018 | up 400.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Netherlands | 1.1% | 2018 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Luxembourg | 0.8% | 2018 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Israel | 0.6% | 2018 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Belarus | 0.5% | 2018 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 118 | France | 0.4% | 2018 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Austria | 0.4% | 2018 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Sweden | 0.3% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2014 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 122 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Malta | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Peru | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 61.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 56.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 56.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 56.4%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 55.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 54.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 54.2%
- Arab World 52.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 51.8%
- IDA only 50.8%
- Least developed countries 50.3%
- Other small states 49.9%
- Small states 42.3%
- IDA blend 34.0%
- Low & middle income 28.8%
- Lower middle income 28.0%
- World 26.9%
- Early-demographic dividend 25.8%
- Pacific island small states 25.0%
- Middle income 22.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 22.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 21.4%
- IBRD only 19.6%
- Upper middle income 15.7%
- Europe & Central Asia 14.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 13.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 13.5%
- East Asia & Pacific 13.4%
- Late-demographic dividend 12.6%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 12.2%
- Caribbean Small States 10.5%
- High income 9.6%
- North America 8.6%
- Post-demographic dividend 7.6%
- OECD members 7.3%
- European Union 5.2%
- Euro area 4.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean 4.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 3.9%
About this data
Proportion of children in the official age range for one year before primary education who are not enrolled in pre-primary education. To calculate the indicator, the number of students of the official age for one year before primary education enrolled in pre-primary education is subtracted from the total population for one year before primary education. The result is expressed as a percentage of the population of the official age for the year before primary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/