Data for 1984

Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 1984

Name: Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 1984
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1984, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 1984 covers 54 countries on 3 measures. Burkina Faso is highest, at 80.8076; Saint Lucia is lowest, at 1.0082. The middle country reads 13.8405. Against 1983, 47 values changed (20 up, 27 down), 7 countries joined, 10 left.

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Out-of-School Rate, Primary · Data for 1984

HighestBurkina Faso

80.8076

LowestSaint Lucia

1.0082

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

54countries
3measures per country
1984the year it describes
54distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 1984, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 1984: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.8076	85.76	75.92
2	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	75.8968	84.21	67.72
3	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	69.0312	74.59	63.48
4	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	61.9155	68.89	55.07
5	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	57.5417	58.75	56.34
6	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	55.5603	69.92	41.53
7	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	53.3915	68.95	37.91
8	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	50.3088	62.45	38.20
9	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	44.5844	55.51	33.69
10	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	42.7732	—	—
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	42.6978	52.76	33.06
12	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.3553	64.47	19.37
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	41.0016	50.05	32.16
14	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	37.9908	37.88	38.10
15	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	37.7568	50.79	25.27
16	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.5078	23.81	43.11
17	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	26.5179	24.87	28.17
18	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	25.3792	36.06	14.74
19	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	24.8517	20.29	28.66
20	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	21.7903	21.56	22.01
21	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	21.1929	21.85	20.58
22	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	21.0756	22.33	19.86
23	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19.4432	22.57	16.29
24	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	18.0964	25.59	11.19
25	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	16.8772	25.46	8.82
26	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	15.2909	17.51	13.15
27	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	14.3845	10.51	17.77
28	Uruguay`URY`South America	13.2965	13.83	12.78
29	Panama`PAN`Central America	12.9961	13.21	12.79
30	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	12.4425	8.69	15.63
31	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.3919	12.86	11.96
32	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.1459	18.50	6.07
33	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	11.8145	13.63	10.10
34	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	11.5530	11.89	11.23
35	Honduras`HND`Central America	11.2568	10.41	12.08
36	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11.2566	17.42	5.59
37	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	11.0526	5.60	16.51
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	10.7297	9.73	11.70
39	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	10.3191	10.65	10.00
40	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9.6211	10.46	8.84
41	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	9.3712	7.71	10.94
42	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	9.1089	8.59	9.61
43	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	7.7558	6.21	9.20
44	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.9637	6.92	5.04
45	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	4.8819	—	—
46	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	4.3018	3.55	5.01
47	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	4.2363	5.36	3.13
48	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.8768	3.40	4.34
49	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.5909	1.26	5.78
50	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3.4337	—	—
51	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.1991	2.29	4.09
52	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.6032	1.79	3.37
53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2.1783	—	—
54	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.0082	—	—

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Burkina Faso80.8076
2Guinea75.8968
3Burundi69.0312
4Senegal61.9155
5Haiti57.5417

Lowest

54Saint Lucia1.0082
53Indonesia2.1783
52Cuba2.6032
51Jamaica3.1991
50Bahamas3.4337

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 13.8405. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestBurkina Faso85.76
LowestMauritius1.26
Middle country: 18.50
Male
HighestBurkina Faso75.92
LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe3.13
Middle country: 14.74

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+7 / −10countries joined / left
47values changed, of 47 in both
20 · 27rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Togo38.4649 → 44.5844+6.1195
Tanzania39.1118 → 42.7732+3.6614
Haiti54.5442 → 57.5417+2.9975
British Virgin Islands13.0769 → 15.2909+2.2139
Jamaica1.4300 → 3.1991+1.7691

Fell most

Tonga22.4069 → 12.3919−10.0150
Oman48.3722 → 41.0016−7.3705
Cabo Verde26.8264 → 21.7903−5.0360
Grenada12.3885 → 7.7558−4.6327
Burundi73.3611 → 69.0312−4.3299

+ Benin

+ Bahamas

+ Bermuda

+ Guinea

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Iran

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

− Angola

− Barbados

− Central African Republic

− Comoros

− Guatemala

− Iraq

− Libya

− Mongolia

− Mozambique

− Sierra Leone

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1984). Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/out-of-school-rate/1984

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Other years

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Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 1983
57 countries
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Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 1985
52 countries
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How it has moved, charted by country

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