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Out-of-school rate, children of primary school age

Share of children of official primary school age who are not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Unit: % of children of primary school age Frequency: Annual Coverage: 205 countries 1970 to 2025 Source: UNESCO UIS
Highest in 2024 64.7% South Sudan Lowest in 2024 0.0% United Arab Emirates
Countries ranked for 2024 120

120 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.

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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Out-of-school rate, children of primary school age (% of children of primary school age), 2001 to 2025
Period United StatesChinaIndiaGermany
2025 – – 0.1% –
2024 – – 0.1% 0.3%nat_est (National estimate)
2023 – – 1.5% 0.2%nat_est (National estimate)
2022 4.0% – 0.2% 1.9%nat_est (National estimate)
2021 4.1% – 2.3% 1.5%nat_est (National estimate)
2020 2.0% – 4.1% 1.2%nat_est (National estimate)
2019 0.9% – 7.4% 1.0%nat_est (National estimate)
2018 0.6% – 6.4% 0.9%nat_est (National estimate)
2017 0.4% – 6.0% 1.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2016 0.4% – 4.1% 1.7%nat_est (National estimate)
2015 1.8% – – 0.9%nat_est (National estimate)
2014 – – – 1.2%nat_est (National estimate)
2013 2.9% – 0.4%uis_est (UIS estimate) 0.9%nat_est (National estimate)
2012 – – 0.7%uis_est (UIS estimate) 0.9%nat_est (National estimate)
2011 – – 2.7% 0.6%nat_est (National estimate)
2010 – – 1.1% 1.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2009 – – 1.8% 1.6%nat_est (National estimate)
2008 – – 0.4%uis_est (UIS estimate) 1.5%nat_est (National estimate)
2007 – – 0.9%uis_est (UIS estimate) 1.6%nat_est (National estimate)
2006 – – – 1.9%nat_est (National estimate)
2005 0.6% – – 1.7%nat_est (National estimate)
2004 – – – 2.0%nat_est (National estimate)
2003 – – 9.0%uis_est (UIS estimate) 2.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2002 – – 14.0%uis_est (UIS estimate) 2.3%nat_est (National estimate)
2001 – – 13.7%uis_est (UIS estimate) 0.5%nat_est (National estimate)

Flags: nat_est National estimate; uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

  • Among the 120 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is South Sudan (64.7%) and the lowest United Arab Emirates (0.0%).
  • Half of the countries are above 3.7% and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 51 countries and fell in 45.

About this measure

Definition
Share of children of official primary school age who are not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
Unit
% of children of primary school age
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
ROFST.1.CP · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2025
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 South Sudan 64.7%
  2. 2 Niger 40.4%
  3. 3 Burkina Faso 34.3%
  4. 4 Lesotho 32.2%
  5. 5 Solomon Islands 30.1%
  6. 6 Curaçao 27.9%
  7. 7 British Virgin Islands 27.0%
  8. 8 Honduras 26.6%
  9. 9 Chad 24.8%
  10. 10 Senegal 24.5%
  11. 11 Micronesia 23.1%
  12. 12 Lebanon 22.5%
  13. 13 Ethiopia 22.5%
  14. 14 Syria 21.8%
  15. 15 Comoros 20.6%
  16. 16 Gambia 18.8%
  17. 17 Pakistan 17.9%
  18. 18 Barbados 17.6%
  19. 19 Tanzania 16.4%
  20. 20 Suriname 16.2%
  21. 21 Bahamas 15.9%
  22. 22 El Salvador 15.3%
  23. 23 Paraguay 13.3%
  24. 24 Puerto Rico (US) 13.3%
  25. 25 Ukraine 12.9%
  26. 26 Côte d'Ivoire 12.6%
  27. 27 Malaysia 12.0%
  28. 28 Philippines 11.6%
  29. 29 Mauritania 11.3%
  30. 30 Macao SAR, China 10.8%
  31. 31 Belize 10.7%
  32. 32 Zimbabwe 10.5%
  33. 33 Bhutan 10.5%
  34. 34 Laos 10.3%
  35. 35 Bolivia 9.3%
  36. 36 Kiribati 8.7%
  37. 37 Mongolia 8.6%
  38. 38 Guatemala 8.4%
  39. 39 Panama 7.7%
  40. 40 Trinidad and Tobago 7.2%
  41. 41 Saint Lucia 7.0%
  42. 42 Seychelles 6.8%
  43. 43 Kazakhstan 6.4%
  44. 44 Georgia 6.2%
  45. 45 San Marino 6.1%
  46. 46 Bulgaria 5.9%nat_est (National estimate)
  47. 47 Bangladesh 5.9%
  48. 48 Oman 5.8%
  49. 49 Cayman Islands 5.2%
  50. 50 Grenada 4.9%
  51. 51 Dominican Republic 4.9%
  52. 52 Ghana 4.8%
  53. 53 Bahrain 4.7%
  54. 54 Cuba 4.7%
  55. 55 Qatar 4.6%
  56. 56 Belarus 4.5%
  57. 57 Costa Rica 4.5%nat_est (National estimate)
  58. 58 Jamaica 4.3%
  59. 59 Turkmenistan 4.3%
  60. 60 Cameroon 3.8%
  61. 61 Cambodia 3.7%
  62. 62 Brunei 3.6%
  63. 63 Zambia 3.5%
  64. 64 Egypt 3.5%
  65. 65 Madagascar 3.4%
  66. 66 Estonia 3.4%nat_est (National estimate)
  67. 67 Serbia 3.3%
  68. 68 Naoero 3.0%
  69. 69 Kyrgyzstan 3.0%
  70. 70 Hungary 2.8%nat_est (National estimate)
  71. 71 Latvia 2.7%nat_est (National estimate)
  72. 72 Israel 2.7%nat_est (National estimate)
  73. 73 New Zealand 2.6%nat_est (National estimate)
  74. 74 Vanuatu 2.5%
  75. 75 Andorra 2.4%
  76. 76 Fiji 2.4%
  77. 77 Brazil 2.2%nat_est (National estimate)
  78. 78 Chile 2.1%nat_est (National estimate)
  79. 79 Nepal 2.0%
  80. 80 Jordan 1.9%
  81. 81 Samoa 1.8%
  82. 82 Finland 1.8%nat_est (National estimate)
  83. 83 Viet Nam 1.7%
  84. 84 Gibraltar 1.6%
  85. 85 Algeria 1.6%
  86. 86 Marshall Islands 1.5%
  87. 87 Austria 1.4%nat_est (National estimate)
  88. 88 Hong Kong SAR, China 1.4%
  89. 89 Norway 1.4%nat_est (National estimate)
  90. 90 Palau 1.3%
  91. 91 Spain 1.2%nat_est (National estimate)
  92. 92 Armenia 1.1%
  93. 93 Indonesia 1.1%
  94. 94 Slovakia 1.1%nat_est (National estimate)
  95. 95 Rwanda 1.0%
  96. 96 Maldives 0.9%
  97. 97 Denmark 0.9%nat_est (National estimate)
  98. 98 Namibia 0.9%
  99. 99 Mauritius 0.8%
  100. 100 Togo 0.6%
  101. 101 Sweden 0.6%nat_est (National estimate)
  102. 102 Uzbekistan 0.6%
  103. 103 Thailand 0.6%
  104. 104 Tuvalu 0.5%
  105. 105 Saudi Arabia 0.5%
  106. 106 Albania 0.5%
  107. 107 Moldova 0.5%
  108. 108 Mexico 0.4%nat_est (National estimate)
  109. 109 Germany 0.3%nat_est (National estimate)
  110. 110 Luxembourg 0.3%nat_est (National estimate)
  111. 111 France 0.2%nat_est (National estimate)
  112. 112 Switzerland 0.1%nat_est (National estimate)
  113. 113 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.1%
  114. 114 Lithuania 0.1%nat_est (National estimate)
  115. 115 Australia 0.1%nat_est (National estimate)
  116. 116 India 0.1%
  117. 117 Poland 0.1%nat_est (National estimate)
  118. 118 South Korea 0.1%nat_est (National estimate)
  119. 119 Azerbaijan 0.0%
  120. 120 United Arab Emirates 0.0%
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