Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 1985

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Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 1985: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)	Female	Male
1	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	78.839	84.33	73.43
2	GuineaGINWestern Africa	73.032	82.81	63.42
3	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	67.727	—	—
4	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	64.943	70.52	59.38
5	SenegalSENWestern Africa	61.252	68.14	54.48
6	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	55.290	69.27	41.47
7	BeninBENWestern Africa	52.562	68.27	36.95
8	HaitiHTICaribbean	52.039	54.01	50.08
9	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	47.999	60.38	35.67
10	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	46.262	51.19	41.28
11	TogoTGOWestern Africa	46.037	56.61	35.51
12	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	45.859	44.62	47.09
13	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	43.802	53.88	34.16
14	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	38.997	51.63	26.88
15	OmanOMNWestern Asia	37.929	44.48	31.53
16	NicaraguaNICCentral America	33.973	32.49	35.45
17	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	32.246	22.91	41.49
18	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	26.502	21.72	30.50
19	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	25.407	23.56	27.26
20	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	21.805	22.76	20.91
21	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	19.578	19.50	19.65
22	IranIRNSouthern Asia	16.984	24.31	10.07
23	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	16.604	24.08	9.64
24	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	16.418	15.92	16.90
25	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	16.207	15.86	16.54

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 13.598. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Female

  HighestBurkina Faso84.33

  LowestMauritius0.51

  Middle country: 20.22

• Male

  HighestBurkina Faso73.43

  LowestKiribati1.45

  Middle country: 16.54

• +8 / −10countries joined / left
• 44values changed, of 44 in both
• 13 · 31rose · fell
• 0unchanged

+ Iraq+ Saint Kitts and Nevis+ Mozambique+ Mauritania+ Peru+ Suriname+ Türkiye+ Vietnam− Bahamas− Brunei− DR Congo− Republic of the Congo− Grenada− Honduras− Nepal− São Tomé and Príncipe− Saint Vincent and the Grenadines− Zambia

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.

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