Children out of school, primary, female - 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 7,254,031.00 1997
2 Nigeria 4,969,385.00 2010
3 India 2,437,635.00 2020
4 Dem. Rep. Congo 2,405,236.00 1999
5 Ethiopia 1,424,020.00 2020
6 Sudan 1,127,796.00 2018
7 Afghanistan 1,117,896.00 1993
8 Indonesia 1,073,003.00 2018
9 Niger 886,775.00 2019
10 Tanzania 808,847.00 2020
11 Mali 711,827.00 2018
12 Kenya 620,422.00 2012
13 Angola 603,347.00 2011
14 Chad 483,664.00 2019
15 Yemen 431,199.00 2016
16 Nepal 427,047.00 2004
17 Somalia 426,485.00 1980
18 Burkina Faso 421,950.00 2020
19 South Africa 379,344.00 2019
20 Myanmar 300,852.00 2010
21 Iraq 284,761.00 2007
22 Haiti 274,850.00 1997
23 Syrian Arab Republic 263,550.00 2013
24 Madagascar 263,263.00 2003
25 Cameroon 262,532.00 2019
26 Senegal 261,999.00 2020
27 Bangladesh 239,896.00 2008
28 Mexico 238,331.00 1998
29 Guinea 221,655.00 2020
30 Philippines 221,332.00 2019
31 Zambia 214,262.00 2017
32 Zimbabwe 187,605.00 2020
33 Venezuela 158,656.00 2017
34 Central African Republic 153,356.00 2012
35 Côte d'Ivoire 142,545.00 2020
36 Jordan 142,039.00 2020
37 Turkey 133,381.00 2019
38 Eritrea 124,564.00 2018
39 Guatemala 114,414.00 2020
40 Cambodia 111,065.00 2020
41 Mozambique 110,861.00 2019
42 Ghana 110,013.00 2020
43 Uganda 109,769.00 2013
44 United States 101,961.00 2019
45 Argentina 91,413.00 1991
46 Benin 90,707.00 2020
47 Honduras 87,810.00 2020
48 Burundi 83,817.00 2021
49 Saudi Arabia 83,634.00 2020
50 Paraguay 78,606.00 2020
51 Liberia 77,218.00 2017
52 Japan 74,497.00 2018
53 Mauritania 70,645.00 2019
54 Kazakhstan 68,160.00 2020
55 Congo 67,734.00 2018
56 Iran 66,580.00 2012
57 Romania 66,026.00 2019
58 Algeria 62,151.00 2008
59 Rwanda 59,284.00 2019
60 Papua New Guinea 58,959.00 2016
61 Ukraine 57,849.00 2014
62 Thailand 52,066.00 2009
63 El Salvador 51,633.00 2019
64 Italy 49,814.00 2019
65 Morocco 46,615.00 2017
66 Equatorial Guinea 40,811.00 2015
67 Brazil 40,566.00 2015
68 Spain 37,080.00 2019
69 Bolivia 36,817.00 2019
70 Ecuador 35,869.00 2008
71 Guinea-Bissau 34,371.00 2010
72 Egypt 34,210.00 2012
73 Lao PDR 33,973.00 2020
74 Sri Lanka 30,287.00 2014
75 United Kingdom 30,146.00 2019
76 Azerbaijan 27,105.00 2020
77 Malawi 26,603.00 2007
78 Togo 25,663.00 2019
79 Panama 22,976.00 2020
80 Bulgaria 21,250.00 2019
81 Dominican Republic 20,340.00 2020
82 Uzbekistan 18,323.00 2014
83 Malaysia 17,732.00 2019
84 Libya 17,178.00 1981
85 Botswana 16,996.00 2014
86 Djibouti 16,872.00 2021
87 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 16,650.00 2009
88 Eswatini 16,301.00 2019
89 Puerto Rico 15,636.00 2013
90 Jamaica 15,112.00 2005
91 The Gambia 13,922.00 2020
92 Hong Kong SAR, China 13,401.00 1996
93 Korea 12,519.00 2018
94 Comoros 11,145.00 2018
95 Poland 11,002.00 2019
96 Hungary 10,567.00 2019
97 Canada 10,482.00 1998
98 United Arab Emirates 9,395.00 2013
99 Sierra Leone 9,053.00 2015
100 Nicaragua 8,956.00 2010
101 Tajikistan 8,863.00 2016
102 Armenia 8,263.00 2020
103 Gabon 8,145.00 1997
104 Australia 7,676.00 2019
105 Costa Rica 6,898.00 2017
106 Chile 6,549.00 2019
107 Russia 6,234.00 2016
108 Colombia 5,760.00 2019
109 Sweden 4,867.00 2008
110 Belarus 4,346.00 2018
111 Germany 4,294.00 2019
112 Namibia 4,258.00 2012
113 Mongolia 4,024.00 2015
114 Serbia 3,747.00 2020
115 Kyrgyz Republic 3,743.00 2012
116 Slovak Republic 3,705.00 2019
117 Portugal 3,478.00 2017
118 Cuba 3,304.00 2019
119 Peru 3,222.00 2011
120 Suriname 3,206.00 2019
121 Lesotho 3,109.00 2017
122 Netherlands 2,934.00 2017
123 Finland 2,820.00 2019
124 Timor-Leste 2,729.00 2019
125 Guyana 2,547.00 2010
126 Cabo Verde 2,522.00 2019
127 Solomon Islands 2,052.00 2019
128 Greece 1,901.00 2019
129 Belgium 1,819.00 2019
130 The Bahamas 1,681.00 2005
131 Bahrain 1,654.00 2019
132 Albania 1,473.00 2020
133 Tunisia 1,456.00 2009
134 Czech Republic 1,393.00 2019
135 Croatia 1,320.00 2011
136 Kuwait 1,146.00 2016
137 New Zealand 1,055.00 2016
138 São Tomé and Principe 1,037.00 2017
139 Bhutan 966.00 2020
140 Denmark 961.00 2019
141 Trinidad and Tobago 953.00 2010
142 Estonia 936.00 2019
143 Samoa 926.00 1999
144 Vanuatu 873.00 2020
145 Tonga 796.00 1999
146 Macao SAR, China 726.00 2020
147 Fiji 598.00 2015
148 France 523.00 2016
149 Montenegro 507.00 2017
150 Mauritius 491.00 2013
151 Latvia 472.00 2019
152 Oman 457.00 2011
153 North Macedonia 428.00 2018
154 Barbados 318.00 2020
155 Brunei 297.00 2020
156 Belize 279.00 2013
157 Qatar 258.00 2019
158 Norway 250.00 2014
159 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 237.00 2005
160 Cyprus 229.00 2018
161 Slovenia 207.00 2014
162 Cayman Islands 202.00 2020
163 Austria 186.00 2016
164 Grenada 182.00 2005
165 Luxembourg 175.00 2015
166 St. Kitts and Nevis 166.00 2008
167 Lithuania 155.00 2003
168 Singapore 150.00 2018
169 Uruguay 148.00 2019
170 Malta 141.00 1997
171 Tuvalu 125.00 2020
172 Georgia 116.00 2020
173 Kiribati 99.00 1989
174 Iceland 83.00 2016
175 Seychelles 69.00 2002
176 Antigua and Barbuda 62.00 2017
177 Switzerland 50.00 2012
178 St. Lucia 44.00 2020
179 San Marino 41.00 2020
180 Dominica 23.00 2020
181 Nauru 22.00 2020
182 Ireland 17.00 2001
182 Liechtenstein 17.00 2014

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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