| # | Flag | Country | Children out of school (% of primary school age)Children out of school (% of primary school age) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 71.83% | 1993 | |
| 2 | South Sudan | 67.84% | 2015 | |
| 3 | Liberia | 63.25% | 2016 | |
| 4 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 63.19% | 1999 | |
| 5 | Eritrea | 62.28% | 2017 | |
| 6 | Equatorial Guinea | 55.8% | 2015 | |
| 7 | Haiti | 42.66% | 1997 | |
| 8 | Djibouti | 42.46% | 2018 | |
| 9 | Sudan | 37.86% | 2017 | |
| 10 | Nigeria | 34.05% | 2010 | |
| 11 | Niger | 33.18% | 2017 | |
| 12 | Syria | 32.77% | 2013 | |
| 13 | Mali | 32.74% | 2017 | |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 31.65% | 2012 | |
| 15 | Solomon Islands | 30.47% | 2017 | |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 28.07% | 2010 | |
| 17 | Chad | 25.48% | 2016 | |
| 18 | Senegal | 24.83% | 2017 | |
| 19 | Swaziland | 24.15% | 2016 | |
| 20 | Puerto Rico | 23.96% | 2016 | |
| 21 | Pakistan | 23.55% | 2017 | |
| 22 | Mauritania | 23.39% | 2017 | |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 23% | 2017 | |
| 24 | Angola | 22.55% | 2011 | |
| 25 | Papua New Guinea | 22.29% | 2016 | |
| 26 | Madagascar | 21.91% | 2003 | |
| 27 | Marshall Islands | 21.47% | 2016 | |
| 28 | Guinea | 21.14% | 2016 | |
| 29 | Gambia | 20.63% | 2018 | |
| 30 | East Timor | 19.24% | 2017 | |
| 31 | Tanzania | 19.19% | 2017 | |
| 32 | El Salvador | 18.7% | 2017 | |
| 33 | Lesotho | 18.43% | 2017 | |
| 34 | Bhutan | 18.05% | 2017 | |
| 35 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.53% | 2017 | |
| 36 | Kenya | 16.88% | 2012 | |
| 37 | Yemen | 16.68% | 2016 | |
| 38 | Bermuda | 16.54% | 2012 | |
| 39 | Honduras | 16.29% | 2017 | |
| 40 | Federated States of Micronesia | 15.99% | 2015 | |
| 41 | Ghana | 15.89% | 2018 | |
| 42 | Comoros | 15.82% | 2017 | |
| 43 | Nauru | 15.57% | 2016 | |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 14.77% | 2013 | |
| 45 | Ethiopia | 13.98% | 2015 | |
| 46 | Zambia | 13.98% | 2017 | |
| 47 | Venezuela | 13.81% | 2017 | |
| 48 | Cape Verde | 13.68% | 2017 | |
| 49 | Vanuatu | 13.3% | 2015 | |
| 50 | Republic of the Congo | 12.78% | 2012 | |
| 51 | Mozambique | 12.46% | 2017 | |
| 52 | Panama | 12.34% | 2015 | |
| 53 | Guatemala | 11.79% | 2017 | |
| 54 | The Bahamas | 11.63% | 2016 | |
| 55 | Lebanon | 11.46% | 2017 | |
| 56 | Ivory Coast | 10.99% | 2017 | |
| 57 | China | 10.86% | 1997 | |
| 58 | Paraguay | 10.8% | 2012 | |
| 59 | Botswana | 10.48% | 2014 | |
| 60 | Moldova | 10.29% | 2017 | |
| 61 | Romania | 9.96% | 2016 | |
| 62 | Suriname | 9.81% | 2017 | |
| 63 | Barbados | 9.57% | 2017 | |
| 64 | Cambodia | 9.44% | 2017 | |
| 65 | Uganda | 9% | 2013 | |
| 66 | Gabon | 8.73% | 1997 | |
| 67 | South Africa | 8.45% | 2015 | |
| 68 | Togo | 8.35% | 2017 | |
| 69 | Republic of Macedonia | 8.29% | 2015 | |
| 70 | Jamaica | 7.7% | 2004 | |
| 71 | Iraq | 7.68% | 2007 | |
| 72 | Armenia | 7.6% | 2017 | |
| 73 | Bolivia | 7.5% | 2017 | |
| 74 | Indonesia | 7.27% | 2017 | |
| 75 | Ukraine | 7.23% | 2014 | |
| 76 | Greece | 7.09% | 2016 | |
| 77 | San Marino | 6.94% | 2012 | |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 6.84% | 2016 | |
| 79 | Kuwait | 6.8% | 2017 | |
| 80 | Laos | 6.66% | 2017 | |
| 81 | Estonia | 6.31% | 2016 | |
| 82 | Colombia | 6.31% | 2017 | |
| 83 | Rwanda | 6.07% | 2017 | |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 5.95% | 2017 | |
| 85 | Austria | 5.71% | 1989 | |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 5.66% | 2017 | |
| 87 | Turkey | 5.56% | 2016 | |
| 88 | Saint Lucia | 5.48% | 2007 | |
| 89 | Chile | 5.19% | 2017 | |
| 90 | Nepal | 5.16% | 2017 | |
| 91 | Bangladesh | 4.85% | 2017 | |
| 92 | Cameroon | 4.8% | 2017 | |
| 93 | Philippines | 4.55% | 2016 | |
| 94 | Seychelles | 4.48% | 2005 | |
| 95 | Poland | 4.4% | 2016 | |
| 96 | Guyana | 4.38% | 2012 | |
| 97 | United States | 4.11% | 2016 | |
| 98 | Jordan | 4% | 2004 | |
| 99 | Belarus | 3.99% | 2017 | |
| 100 | Mauritius | 3.82% | 2017 | |
| 101 | Samoa | 3.81% | 2017 | |
| 102 | Montenegro | 3.74% | 2017 | |
| 103 | Brunei | 3.59% | 2017 | |
| 104 | Portugal | 3.57% | 2016 | |
| 105 | South Korea | 3.46% | 2016 | |
| 106 | Kiribati | 3.46% | 2017 | |
| 107 | North Korea | 3.38% | 2009 | |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 3.21% | 2016 | |
| 109 | Australia | 3.2% | 2017 | |
| 110 | Malawi | 3.17% | 2009 | |
| 111 | Grenada | 3.16% | 2016 | |
| 112 | Morocco | 3.14% | 2017 | |
| 113 | Hungary | 3.14% | 2016 | |
| 114 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 3% | 2017 | |
| 115 | Benin | 2.97% | 2017 | |
| 116 | Cuba | 2.96% | 2017 | |
| 117 | Albania | 2.94% | 2017 | |
| 118 | Latvia | 2.89% | 2017 | |
| 119 | United Arab Emirates | 2.82% | 2016 | |
| 120 | Brazil | 2.8% | 2016 | |
| 121 | Burundi | 2.68% | 2017 | |
| 122 | Israel | 2.68% | 2017 | |
| 123 | Saudi Arabia | 2.54% | 2014 | |
| 124 | Tuvalu | 2.52% | 2016 | |
| 125 | Malta | 2.43% | 2016 | |
| 126 | Russia | 2.41% | 2016 | |
| 127 | Croatia | 2.35% | 2016 | |
| 128 | Myanmar | 2.29% | 2017 | |
| 129 | India | 2.27% | 2013 | |
| 130 | Slovenia | 2.24% | 2016 | |
| 131 | Namibia | 2.18% | 2017 | |
| 132 | Cyprus | 2.17% | 2015 | |
| 133 | Ecuador | 2.1% | 2016 | |
| 134 | Thailand | 1.98% | 2009 | |
| 135 | Hong Kong | 1.96% | 2017 | |
| 136 | Libya | 1.94% | 1983 | |
| 137 | Vietnam | 1.89% | 2013 | |
| 138 | Dominica | 1.8% | 2016 | |
| 139 | Japan | 1.76% | 2016 | |
| 140 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.65% | 2017 | |
| 141 | Uruguay | 1.65% | 2016 | |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 1.59% | 2010 | |
| 143 | Spain | 1.47% | 2016 | |
| 144 | Tajikistan | 1.47% | 2017 | |
| 145 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.46% | 2017 | |
| 146 | Uzbekistan | 1.45% | 2017 | |
| 147 | Serbia | 1.44% | 2017 | |
| 148 | Egypt | 1.41% | 2017 | |
| 149 | Malaysia | 1.4% | 2017 | |
| 150 | Italy | 1.39% | 2016 | |
| 151 | Belgium | 1.34% | 2016 | |
| 152 | Iran | 1.34% | 2017 | |
| 153 | Qatar | 1.33% | 2017 | |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.27% | 2010 | |
| 155 | Oman | 1.25% | 2017 | |
| 156 | Luxembourg | 1.2% | 2016 | |
| 157 | Mongolia | 1.14% | 2017 | |
| 158 | Bahrain | 1.14% | 2017 | |
| 159 | Kazakhstan | 1.07% | 2018 | |
| 160 | Denmark | 0.98% | 2016 | |
| 161 | Macao | 0.97% | 2017 | |
| 162 | France | 0.89% | 2016 | |
| 163 | Mexico | 0.88% | 2017 | |
| 164 | Finland | 0.88% | 2016 | |
| 165 | Sierra Leone | 0.82% | 2016 | |
| 166 | New Zealand | 0.82% | 2017 | |
| 167 | Georgia | 0.74% | 2017 | |
| 168 | Belize | 0.73% | 2017 | |
| 169 | Aruba | 0.71% | 2014 | |
| 170 | Sri Lanka | 0.7% | 2017 | |
| 171 | Liechtenstein | 0.69% | 2016 | |
| 172 | Argentina | 0.66% | 2016 | |
| 173 | French Polynesia | 0.61% | 1996 | |
| 174 | Palau | 0.59% | 2014 | |
| 175 | Peru | 0.57% | 2018 | |
| 176 | Algeria | 0.56% | 2017 | |
| 177 | Maldives | 0.49% | 2017 | |
| 178 | Iceland | 0.48% | 2016 | |
| 179 | Sweden | 0.39% | 2016 | |
| 180 | Tunisia | 0.38% | 2013 | |
| 181 | Netherlands | 0.33% | 1997 | |
| 182 | Lithuania | 0.26% | 2016 | |
| 183 | Switzerland | 0.24% | 2016 | |
| 184 | United Kingdom | 0.24% | 2016 | |
| 185 | Germany | 0.22% | 2016 | |
| 186 | Norway | 0.12% | 2017 | |
| 187 | Fiji | 0.07% | 2016 | |
| 188 | Tonga | 0.06% | 2015 | |
| 189 | Singapore | 0.06% | 2016 | |
| 190 | Canada | 0.04% | 2016 | |
| 191 | Republic of Ireland | 0.03% | 2016 |