Children out of school, primary - Country Ranking

Definition: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 China 13,744,570.00 1997
2 Nigeria 8,615,770.00 2010
3 India 6,545,825.00 2020
4 Dem. Rep. Congo 4,762,613.00 1999
5 Ethiopia 2,187,570.00 2020
6 Sudan 2,130,650.00 2018
7 Afghanistan 1,979,198.00 1993
8 Tanzania 1,812,727.00 2020
9 Niger 1,647,273.00 2019
10 Indonesia 1,555,014.00 2018
11 Kenya 1,381,464.00 2012
12 Mali 1,343,000.00 2018
13 Burkina Faso 857,221.00 2020
14 South Africa 843,053.00 2019
15 Somalia 821,026.00 1980
16 Bangladesh 803,773.00 2010
17 Angola 773,837.00 2011
18 Chad 723,879.00 2019
19 Senegal 670,978.00 2020
20 Yemen 649,902.00 2016
21 Haiti 545,942.00 1997
22 Syrian Arab Republic 523,049.00 2013
23 Zambia 495,692.00 2017
24 Philippines 406,435.00 2019
25 Zimbabwe 402,190.00 2020
26 Cameroon 346,513.00 2019
27 Uganda 328,897.00 2013
28 Venezuela 324,992.00 2017
29 Iraq 322,414.00 2007
30 Guinea 302,477.00 2020
31 Jordan 281,509.00 2020
32 Ghana 265,188.00 2020
33 Turkey 259,524.00 2019
34 Central African Republic 252,222.00 2012
35 Guatemala 246,359.00 2020
36 Eritrea 241,988.00 2018
37 United States 224,977.00 2019
38 Cambodia 222,938.00 2020
39 Burundi 202,203.00 2021
40 Honduras 191,269.00 2020
41 Saudi Arabia 177,254.00 2020
42 Japan 160,843.00 2018
43 Paraguay 160,726.00 2020
44 Liberia 159,479.00 2017
45 Mauritania 156,142.00 2019
46 Côte d'Ivoire 148,341.00 2020
47 Kazakhstan 144,986.00 2020
48 Ukraine 136,260.00 2014
49 Romania 135,003.00 2019
50 Congo 130,688.00 2018
51 Benin 128,583.00 2020
52 Rwanda 121,348.00 2019
53 El Salvador 109,486.00 2019
54 Mexico 106,131.00 2019
55 Nepal 103,384.00 2019
56 Italy 98,239.00 2019
57 Thailand 93,542.00 2009
58 Myanmar 91,889.00 2018
59 Egypt 90,674.00 2019
60 Papua New Guinea 86,115.00 2016
61 Equatorial Guinea 83,611.00 2015
62 Spain 83,083.00 2019
63 Madagascar 80,511.00 2019
64 Brazil 80,305.00 2019
65 Bolivia 74,910.00 2019
66 Azerbaijan 71,122.00 2020
67 Guinea-Bissau 64,225.00 2010
68 Lao PDR 63,422.00 2020
69 United Kingdom 55,523.00 2019
70 Mozambique 52,869.00 2020
71 Panama 51,162.00 2020
72 The Gambia 48,762.00 2020
73 Peru 47,585.00 2018
74 Dominican Republic 47,570.00 2020
75 Bulgaria 43,662.00 2019
76 Malawi 43,648.00 2009
77 Malaysia 41,336.00 2019
78 Puerto Rico 38,182.00 2013
79 Botswana 36,284.00 2014
80 Colombia 35,080.00 2019
81 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 34,974.00 2009
82 Djibouti 32,156.00 2021
83 Jamaica 31,439.00 2005
84 Eswatini 31,402.00 2019
85 Germany 28,845.00 2019
86 Nicaragua 28,180.00 2010
87 Poland 27,189.00 2019
88 Ecuador 26,147.00 2020
89 Uzbekistan 23,447.00 2020
90 Comoros 22,667.00 2018
91 Hungary 20,865.00 2019
92 Argentina 18,518.00 2019
93 Armenia 17,789.00 2020
94 Morocco 17,612.00 2020
95 Iran 16,911.00 2017
96 Gabon 16,293.00 1997
97 Togo 15,757.00 2020
98 Australia 15,542.00 2019
99 Libya 12,385.00 1983
100 Tunisia 11,036.00 2013
101 Sri Lanka 9,296.00 2018
102 Timor-Leste 9,004.00 2019
103 Hong Kong SAR, China 8,627.00 2020
104 Algeria 7,718.00 2020
105 Suriname 7,676.00 2019
106 Serbia 7,672.00 2020
107 Slovak Republic 7,558.00 2019
108 Lesotho 7,408.00 2017
109 Kuwait 7,290.00 2016
110 Belgium 7,160.00 2019
111 Lebanon 7,118.00 1974
112 Chile 7,009.00 2019
113 Finland 6,961.00 2019
114 Solomon Islands 6,828.00 2019
115 Canada 6,652.00 2019
116 Albania 6,221.00 2020
117 Sierra Leone 6,104.00 2016
118 Namibia 5,999.00 2018
119 Greece 5,679.00 2019
120 Belarus 5,544.00 2018
121 Czech Republic 5,000.00 2019
122 Russia 4,876.00 2019
123 Cabo Verde 4,792.00 2019
124 Oman 4,736.00 2020
125 Israel 4,572.00 2019
126 Netherlands 4,492.00 2019
127 Tajikistan 4,181.00 2017
128 Croatia 3,739.00 2019
129 The Bahamas 3,445.00 2005
130 Bhutan 3,252.00 2020
131 Denmark 3,152.00 2019
132 Qatar 2,949.00 2019
133 Bahrain 2,770.00 2019
134 Estonia 2,281.00 2019
135 São Tomé and Principe 2,100.00 2017
136 Portugal 2,037.00 2019
136 Georgia 2,037.00 2020
138 Mongolia 1,948.00 2019
139 Guyana 1,732.00 2012
140 Uruguay 1,584.00 2019
141 Vanuatu 1,576.00 2020
142 Trinidad and Tobago 1,509.00 2010
143 Cuba 1,455.00 2020
144 Latvia 1,421.00 2019
145 Macao SAR, China 1,207.00 2020
146 Moldova 1,036.00 2020
147 United Arab Emirates 947.00 2020
148 Sweden 880.00 2019
149 North Macedonia 781.00 2018
150 Ireland 773.00 2019
151 Brunei 678.00 2020
152 Kyrgyz Republic 642.00 2020
153 Fiji 576.00 2016
154 Kiribati 554.00 2020
155 Barbados 512.00 2020
156 St. Lucia 497.00 2020
157 Switzerland 418.00 2019
158 Cayman Islands 400.00 2020
159 Samoa 387.00 2018
160 Costa Rica 316.00 2020
161 Cyprus 295.00 2019
162 Mauritius 279.00 2021
163 Tuvalu 273.00 2020
164 Korea 271.00 2019
165 Singapore 236.00 2019
166 Luxembourg 232.00 2019
167 France 226.00 2019
168 Austria 187.00 2019
169 Slovenia 140.00 2019
170 Seychelles 135.00 2020
171 Lithuania 116.00 2019
172 Grenada 94.00 2018
172 Tonga 94.00 2020
174 Belize 69.00 2020
175 Iceland 67.00 2019
175 Nauru 67.00 2020
177 Antigua and Barbuda 66.00 2018
178 San Marino 62.00 2020
179 Palau 59.00 2020
180 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 58.00 2017
181 Malta 57.00 2017
182 Dominica 54.00 2020
182 St. Kitts and Nevis 54.00 2016
184 Norway 40.00 2019
185 Montenegro 26.00 2020
186 Liechtenstein 2.00 2019
187 New Zealand 0.00 2019
187 Vietnam 0.00 2013

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Development Relevance: Large numbers of children out of school create pressure to enroll children and provide classrooms, teachers, and educational materials, a task made difficult in many countries by limited education budgets. However, getting children into school is a high priority for countries and crucial for achieving universal primary education.

Limitations and Exceptions: Due to different data sources for enrollment and population data, the number may not capture the actual number of children not attending in primary school.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The number of out-of-school children is calculated by subtracting the number of primary school-age children enrolled in primary or secondary school from the total population of the official primary school-age children. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual