Children out of school, primary, male - 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 6,490,539.00 1997
2 India 4,108,190.00 2020
3 Nigeria 3,646,385.00 2010
4 Dem. Rep. Congo 2,357,377.00 1999
5 Tanzania 1,003,880.00 2020
6 Sudan 1,002,854.00 2018
7 Afghanistan 861,302.00 1993
8 Ethiopia 763,550.00 2020
9 Kenya 761,042.00 2012
10 Niger 760,498.00 2019
11 Mali 631,173.00 2018
12 Indonesia 482,011.00 2018
13 South Africa 463,709.00 2019
14 Bangladesh 447,457.00 2008
15 Burkina Faso 435,271.00 2020
16 Senegal 408,979.00 2020
17 Somalia 394,541.00 1980
18 Zambia 281,430.00 2017
19 Myanmar 273,482.00 2010
20 Haiti 271,092.00 1997
21 Madagascar 266,025.00 2003
22 Syrian Arab Republic 259,499.00 2013
23 Nepal 250,291.00 2004
24 Chad 240,215.00 2019
25 Uganda 219,128.00 2013
26 Yemen 218,703.00 2016
27 Zimbabwe 214,585.00 2020
28 Mexico 203,715.00 1998
29 Philippines 185,103.00 2019
30 Angola 170,490.00 2011
31 Venezuela 166,336.00 2017
32 Ghana 155,175.00 2020
33 Jordan 139,470.00 2020
34 Guatemala 131,945.00 2020
35 Turkey 126,143.00 2019
36 United States 123,016.00 2019
37 Burundi 118,386.00 2021
38 Eritrea 117,424.00 2018
39 Cambodia 111,873.00 2020
40 Honduras 103,459.00 2020
41 Central African Republic 98,866.00 2012
42 Saudi Arabia 93,620.00 2020
43 Malawi 87,040.00 2007
44 Japan 86,346.00 2018
45 Argentina 85,545.00 1991
46 Mauritania 85,497.00 2019
47 Cameroon 83,981.00 2019
48 Liberia 82,261.00 2017
49 Paraguay 82,120.00 2020
50 Guinea 80,822.00 2020
51 Ukraine 78,411.00 2014
52 Kazakhstan 76,826.00 2020
53 Romania 68,977.00 2019
54 Ecuador 66,172.00 2008
55 Congo 62,954.00 2018
56 Brazil 62,777.00 2015
57 Rwanda 62,064.00 2019
58 Egypt 59,251.00 2012
59 El Salvador 57,853.00 2019
60 Italy 48,425.00 2019
61 Spain 46,003.00 2019
62 Iran 45,406.00 2012
63 Azerbaijan 44,017.00 2020
64 Morocco 43,383.00 2017
65 Equatorial Guinea 42,800.00 2015
66 Thailand 41,476.00 2009
67 Bolivia 38,093.00 2019
68 Benin 37,876.00 2020
69 Iraq 37,653.00 2007
70 Algeria 36,415.00 2008
71 The Gambia 34,840.00 2020
72 Mozambique 32,478.00 2019
73 Russia 30,623.00 2016
74 Guinea-Bissau 29,854.00 2010
75 Lao PDR 29,449.00 2020
76 Colombia 29,320.00 2019
77 Panama 28,186.00 2020
78 Dominican Republic 27,230.00 2020
79 Papua New Guinea 27,156.00 2016
80 United Kingdom 25,377.00 2019
81 Germany 24,551.00 2019
82 Malaysia 23,604.00 2019
83 Puerto Rico 22,546.00 2013
84 Bulgaria 22,412.00 2019
85 Botswana 19,288.00 2014
86 Nicaragua 19,224.00 2010
87 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 18,324.00 2009
88 Peru 17,942.00 2011
89 Jamaica 16,327.00 2005
90 United Arab Emirates 16,215.00 2013
91 Poland 16,187.00 2019
92 Hong Kong SAR, China 16,011.00 1996
93 Djibouti 15,284.00 2021
94 Eswatini 15,101.00 2019
95 Sri Lanka 14,974.00 2014
96 Togo 14,408.00 2019
97 Tunisia 12,828.00 2009
98 Korea 12,706.00 2018
99 Comoros 11,522.00 2018
100 Hungary 10,298.00 2019
101 Sierra Leone 10,200.00 2015
102 Canada 9,916.00 1998
103 Armenia 9,526.00 2020
104 Namibia 8,490.00 2012
105 Gabon 8,148.00 1997
106 Netherlands 8,082.00 2017
107 Australia 7,866.00 2019
108 Costa Rica 6,948.00 2017
109 France 6,482.00 2016
110 Timor-Leste 6,275.00 2019
111 Kuwait 6,144.00 2016
112 Côte d'Ivoire 5,796.00 2020
113 Belgium 5,341.00 2019
114 Solomon Islands 4,776.00 2019
115 Albania 4,748.00 2020
116 Tajikistan 4,717.00 2016
117 Suriname 4,470.00 2019
118 Lesotho 4,299.00 2017
119 Finland 4,141.00 2019
120 Serbia 3,925.00 2020
121 Slovak Republic 3,853.00 2019
122 Greece 3,778.00 2019
123 Czech Republic 3,607.00 2019
124 Croatia 3,465.00 2011
125 Sweden 2,888.00 2008
126 Oman 2,862.00 2011
127 Qatar 2,691.00 2019
128 New Zealand 2,600.00 2016
129 Uzbekistan 2,548.00 2014
130 Kyrgyz Republic 2,514.00 2012
131 Cuba 2,399.00 2019
132 Mongolia 2,373.00 2015
133 Bhutan 2,286.00 2020
134 Cabo Verde 2,270.00 2019
135 Denmark 2,191.00 2019
136 Libya 2,056.00 1981
137 Georgia 1,921.00 2020
138 Mauritius 1,814.00 2013
139 Switzerland 1,770.00 2012
140 The Bahamas 1,764.00 2005
141 Uruguay 1,436.00 2019
142 Estonia 1,345.00 2019
143 Guyana 1,218.00 2010
144 Belarus 1,198.00 2018
145 Samoa 1,151.00 1999
146 Bahrain 1,116.00 2019
147 São Tomé and Principe 1,063.00 2017
148 Latvia 949.00 2019
149 Ireland 778.00 2001
150 Vanuatu 703.00 2020
151 Slovenia 687.00 2014
152 Montenegro 590.00 2017
153 Trinidad and Tobago 556.00 2010
154 Macao SAR, China 481.00 2020
155 Austria 477.00 2016
156 Chile 460.00 2019
157 St. Lucia 453.00 2020
158 Malta 413.00 1997
159 Brunei 381.00 2020
160 North Macedonia 353.00 2018
161 Singapore 326.00 2018
162 Grenada 304.00 2005
163 Fiji 302.00 2015
164 Luxembourg 209.00 2015
165 Tonga 199.00 1999
166 Cayman Islands 198.00 2020
167 Barbados 194.00 2020
168 Portugal 184.00 2017
169 Antigua and Barbuda 173.00 2017
170 Belize 157.00 2013
171 Tuvalu 148.00 2020
172 Cyprus 100.00 2018
172 Norway 100.00 2014
174 Kiribati 94.00 1989
175 Iceland 60.00 2016
176 Nauru 45.00 2020
177 Seychelles 43.00 2002
178 Lithuania 42.00 2003
179 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 32.00 2005
180 Dominica 31.00 2020
181 Liechtenstein 27.00 2014
182 San Marino 21.00 2020
183 St. Kitts and Nevis 20.00 2008

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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