Data for 1986

Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 1986

Name: Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 1986
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1986, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 1986 covers 52 countries on 3 measures. Niger is highest, at 77.06; Saint Lucia is lowest, at 0.89. The middle country reads 15.52. Against 1985, 43 values changed (23 up, 20 down), 9 countries joined, 9 left.

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Out-of-School Rate, Primary · Data for 1986

HighestNiger

77.06

LowestSaint Lucia

0.89

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

52countries
3measures per country
1986the year it describes
52distinct 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, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	77.06	83.76	70.626
2	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	77.03	82.83	71.321
3	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	74.92	83.83	66.165
4	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	62.33	67.50	57.180
5	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	57.04	64.84	49.376
6	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	54.48	69.28	39.782
7	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	49.98	59.68	40.337
8	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	49.14	50.52	47.752
9	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.15	59.84	36.512
10	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	47.44	45.83	49.022
11	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	47.27	52.22	42.232
12	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	44.43	48.23	40.596
13	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	44.20	54.04	34.785
14	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.54	52.79	28.770
15	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.78	48.89	25.003
16	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.35	33.92	36.767
17	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.30	24.49	42.002
18	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	32.04	34.46	29.724
19	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	27.30	—	—
20	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27.02	25.21	28.823
21	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	26.84	22.07	30.820
22	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	22.29	22.34	22.245
23	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.43	18.24	18.628
24	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	17.77	20.42	15.096
25	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	16.80	23.22	10.695
26	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	16.47	15.86	17.056
27	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14.57	21.94	7.631
28	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	13.07	11.99	14.113
29	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	12.67	18.50	7.082
30	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.63	12.54	12.724
31	Panama`PAN`Central America	12.08	12.65	11.527
32	Honduras`HND`Central America	11.58	9.66	13.451
33	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	11.43	7.91	14.542
34	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.93	—	—
35	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	10.72	10.63	10.810
36	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10.25	15.08	5.812
37	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	10.08	—	—
38	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	9.05	0.70	16.101
39	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	8.74	5.02	12.482
40	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	8.69	13.50	4.104
41	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8.40	7.62	9.140
42	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8.10	5.86	10.198
43	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	7.76	6.27	9.177
44	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.69	6.47	4.939
45	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	5.36	7.07	3.674
46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.16	4.32	5.970
47	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.62	4.27	4.941
48	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	4.12	3.10	5.087
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2.62	—	—
50	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.94	—	—
51	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.51	0.65	2.342
52	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.89	—	—

02In 1986

At either end

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

Highest

1Niger77.06
2Burkina Faso77.03
3Guinea74.92
4Burundi62.33
5Senegal57.04

Lowest

52Saint Lucia0.89
51Kiribati1.51
50Sri Lanka1.94
49Indonesia2.62
48San Marino4.12

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 15.52. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGuinea83.83
LowestKiribati0.65
Middle country: 21.18
Male
HighestBurkina Faso71.321
LowestKiribati2.342
Middle country: 16.579

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+9 / −9countries joined / left
43values changed, of 43 in both
23 · 20rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mauritius2.84 → 8.10+5.26
Togo46.04 → 49.98+3.95
Trinidad and Tobago10.64 → 13.07+2.43
Benin52.56 → 54.48+1.92
Guinea73.03 → 74.92+1.88

Fell most

Oman37.93 → 32.04−5.89
Bahrain16.21 → 10.72−5.49
Senegal61.25 → 57.04−4.21
Haiti52.04 → 49.14−2.90
Qatar11.68 → 9.05−2.63

+ Brunei

+ Central African Republic

+ Comoros

+ Honduras

+ Sri Lanka

+ Niger

+ Uganda

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

+ Zambia

− Bermuda

− Guinea-Bissau

− Jordan

− Mauritania

− Peru

− French Polynesia

− Suriname

− British Virgin Islands

− Vietnam

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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How values are stored

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12 empty cells
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05The files

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Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1986). Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/out-of-school-rate/1986

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