Data for 2000
Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2000
Figures for 2000, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2000 covers 99 countries on 3 measures. Niger is highest, at 73.281; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 8.642. Against 1999, 73 values changed (18 up, 55 down), 25 countries joined, 13 left.
Out-of-School Rate, Primary · Data for 2000
HighestNiger
73.281Lowest2 countries share it
0.000Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2000, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 99 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NERWestern Africa | 73.281 | 78.501 | 68.250 |
| 2 | BFAWestern Africa | 65.049 | 71.180 | 59.075 |
| 3 | ETHEastern Africa | 61.554 | 66.997 | 56.294 |
| 4 | BDIEastern Africa | 57.678 | 61.448 | 53.920 |
| 5 | GINWestern Africa | 54.114 | 61.320 | 47.089 |
| 6 | GNBWestern Africa | 50.756 | 58.772 | 42.800 |
| 7 | CIVWestern Africa | 50.665 | 58.247 | 43.084 |
| 8 | TCDMiddle Africa | 50.350 | 60.612 | 40.258 |
| 9 | GNQMiddle Africa | 48.206 | 53.631 | 42.826 |
| 10 | TZAEastern Africa | 45.932 | 45.111 | 46.746 |
| 11 | MOZEastern Africa | 45.177 | 50.885 | 39.456 |
| 12 | GMBWestern Africa | 42.921 | 45.909 | 39.947 |
| 13 | SENWestern Africa | 41.815 | 45.723 | 37.958 |
| 14 | BTNSouthern Asia | 41.083 | 43.531 | 38.732 |
| 15 | MRTWestern Africa | 40.646 | 42.144 | 39.170 |
| 16 | COMEastern Africa | 39.164 | 44.098 | 34.368 |
| 17 | MDGEastern Africa | 36.935 | 35.962 | 37.888 |
| 18 | ERIEastern Africa | 36.570 | 41.175 | 31.971 |
| 19 | NGAWestern Africa | 35.952 | 41.866 | 30.195 |
| 20 | KENEastern Africa | 34.955 | 34.259 | 35.650 |
| 21 | GHAWestern Africa | 34.479 | 36.112 | 32.885 |
| 22 | ZMBEastern Africa | 31.929 | 33.550 | 30.276 |
| 23 | NPLSouthern Asia | 30.945 | 38.646 | 23.534 |
| 24 | LSOSouthern Africa | 25.493 | 22.771 | 28.200 |
| 25 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 25.025 | 28.474 | 21.674 |
| 26 | LBNWestern Asia | 24.409 | 24.307 | 24.507 |
| 27 | MSRCaribbean | 23.780 | 30.638 | 17.510 |
| 28 | MARNorthern Africa | 18.712 | 24.534 | 13.181 |
| 29 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 17.788 | 16.386 | 19.153 |
| 30 | IRQWestern Asia | 17.607 | 24.153 | 11.336 |
| 31 | IRNSouthern Asia | 16.720 | 18.792 | 14.705 |
| 32 | TGOWestern Africa | 16.539 | — | — |
| 33 | BWASouthern Africa | 16.219 | 14.260 | 18.145 |
| 34 | OMNWestern Asia | 15.903 | 16.088 | 15.724 |
| 35 | JORWestern Asia | 15.769 | 15.499 | 16.026 |
| 36 | EGYNorthern Africa | 15.582 | 17.423 | 13.853 |
| 37 | NICCentral America | 15.290 | 15.292 | 15.288 |
| 38 | GTMCentral America | 15.155 | 17.905 | 12.479 |
| 39 | KWTWestern Asia | 14.935 | 14.564 | 15.287 |
| 40 | HNDCentral America | 14.712 | 13.819 | 15.572 |
| 41 | VGBCaribbean | 14.349 | 13.785 | 14.919 |
| 42 | DOMCaribbean | 12.647 | 12.102 | 13.173 |
| 43 | INDSouthern Asia | 12.109 | 20.105 | 4.764 |
| 44 | SLVCentral America | 11.332 | 12.107 | 10.568 |
| 45 | NAMSouthern Africa | 11.142 | 9.980 | 12.343 |
| 46 | JAMCaribbean | 10.931 | 10.723 | 11.132 |
| 47 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 10.380 | 15.871 | 5.042 |
| 48 | COKPolynesia | 9.928 | 9.188 | 10.594 |
| 49 | VENSouth America | 9.681 | 8.594 | 10.714 |
| 50 | LCACaribbean | 8.642 | 8.922 | 8.371 |
| 51 | AZEWestern Asia | 8.493 | 8.819 | 8.175 |
| 52 | SMRSouthern Europe | 8.278 | 9.394 | 7.215 |
| 53 | KGZCentral Asia | 7.985 | 11.851 | 3.914 |
| 54 | PSEWestern Asia | 7.532 | 7.848 | 7.228 |
| 55 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 7.201 | 6.356 | 8.009 |
| 56 | BHRWestern Asia | 7.086 | 4.050 | 9.876 |
| 57 | VUTMelanesia | 6.975 | 8.020 | 5.993 |
| 58 | TJKCentral Asia | 6.851 | — | — |
| 59 | MNGEastern Asia | 6.418 | 6.763 | 6.065 |
| 60 | ECUSouth America | 6.416 | 5.947 | 6.868 |
| 61 | FJIMelanesia | 6.358 | 6.774 | 5.963 |
| 62 | SYRWestern Asia | 6.218 | 9.264 | 3.306 |
| 63 | PANCentral America | 5.548 | 5.535 | 5.561 |
| 64 | DZANorthern Africa | 5.309 | 5.262 | 5.352 |
| 65 | ZWEEastern Africa | 5.289 | 4.995 | 5.581 |
| 66 | TUNNorthern Africa | 4.813 | 4.993 | 4.644 |
| 67 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 4.706 | 4.427 | 4.972 |
| 68 | TCACaribbean | 4.564 | 3.806 | 5.263 |
| 69 | KAZCentral Asia | 4.314 | 5.650 | 2.963 |
| 70 | CPVWestern Africa | 3.453 | 1.702 | 5.126 |
| 71 | TTOCaribbean | 3.398 | 3.114 | 3.673 |
| 72 | ABWCaribbean | 3.291 | 3.656 | 2.934 |
| 73 | MDVSouthern Asia | 3.169 | — | — |
| 74 | ALBSouthern Europe | 3.141 | — | — |
| 75 | DMACaribbean | 3.048 | — | — |
| 76 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 2.804 | 1.336 | 4.160 |
| 77 | KIRMicronesia | 2.544 | — | — |
| 78 | BLZCentral America | 2.467 | 1.774 | 3.130 |
| 79 | KOREastern Asia | 2.407 | 1.891 | 2.860 |
| 80 | WSMPolynesia | 1.560 | — | — |
| 81 | PERSouth America | 1.541 | 1.624 | 1.460 |
| 82 | CYMCaribbean | 1.429 | — | — |
| 83 | VCTCaribbean | 1.387 | 1.690 | 1.097 |
| 84 | ISLNorthern Europe | 0.862 | 1.614 | 0.148 |
| 85 | PRYSouth America | 0.847 | — | — |
| 86 | AIACaribbean | 0.640 | — | — |
| 87 | CHEWestern Europe | 0.604 | — | — |
| 88 | CANNorthern America | 0.588 | 0.519 | 0.652 |
| 89 | ARGSouth America | 0.542 | — | — |
| 90 | BRBCaribbean | 0.427 | — | — |
| 91 | MUSEastern Africa | 0.369 | — | — |
| 92 | CUBCaribbean | 0.221 | — | — |
| 93 | BOLSouth America | 0.084 | — | — |
| 94 | GRCSouthern Europe | 0.075 | — | — |
| 95 | MEXCentral America | 0.060 | — | — |
| 96 | MKDSouthern Europe | 0.053 | — | — |
| 97 | GBRNorthern Europe | 0.052 | — | — |
| =98 | COLSouth America | 0.000 | 3.454 | 1.491 |
| =98 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.000 | — | — |
02In 2000
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Niger73.281
- 2
Burkina Faso65.049
- 3
Ethiopia61.554
- 4
Burundi57.678
- 5
Guinea54.114
Lowest
- 98
Vietnamshared0.000
- 98
Colombiashared0.000
- 97
United Kingdom0.052
- 96
North Macedonia0.053
- 95
Mexico0.060
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 8.642. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
031999 → 2000
Since 1999
What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +25 / −13countries joined / left
- 73values changed, of 74 in both
- 18 · 55rose · fell
- 1unchanged
Rose most
British Virgin Islands0.863 → 14.349+13.486
Cook Islands5.222 → 9.928+4.706
Togo12.479 → 16.539+4.060
Gambia40.329 → 42.921+2.593
Iraq15.307 → 17.607+2.300
Fell most
Lesotho45.995 → 25.493−20.502
Montserrat41.509 → 23.780−17.729
North Macedonia10.961 → 0.053−10.908
Ghana42.530 → 34.479−8.051
Eritrea44.319 → 36.570−7.749
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
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
98 distinct values among 99
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 2 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
42 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
05The files
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Cite this edition
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2000). Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/out-of-school-rate/2000
0632 held
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‹ The year before
Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 199987 countries
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Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2001115 countries
All of them
Out-of-School Rate, Primary: every year32 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2000: questions and answers
Which country has the highest out-of-school rate (primary) in Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2000?
Niger, at 73.281, of the 99 countries in the file.
What year does Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2000 describe?
2000.
How many countries does Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2000 cover?
99.
Where can I download Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2000?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2000 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2024.