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Children out of school percentage of primary school age

Children out of school are the percentage of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Children in the official primary age group that are in preprimary education should be considered out of school.Source:
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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
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