Data for 2003

Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2003

Name: Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2003
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2003, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2003 covers 119 countries on 3 measures. Niger is highest, at 62.717; Montenegro is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 4.412. Against 2002, 106 values changed (46 up, 60 down), 13 countries joined, 12 left.

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Out-of-School Rate, Primary · Data for 2003

HighestNiger

62.717

LowestMontenegro

0.000

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

119countries
3measures per country
2003the year it describes
119distinct values16 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	62.717	69.60	56.084
2	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	62.359	67.90	56.950
3	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	55.654	59.87	51.576
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	51.888	58.28	45.626
5	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	49.126	51.61	46.673
6	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	45.092	49.41	41.060
7	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	44.783	49.55	40.028
8	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	43.684	53.55	34.025
9	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	41.345	41.61	41.077
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	41.190	47.88	34.685
11	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.377	36.93	35.837
12	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	35.487	46.54	24.917
13	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.273	36.03	34.533
14	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	34.389	37.27	31.549
15	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	27.187	26.26	28.093
16	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.515	29.42	17.836
17	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	22.624	28.95	16.333
18	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21.858	21.68	22.033
19	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	21.543	24.82	18.366
20	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	20.995	—	—
21	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	20.956	20.25	21.649
22	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	17.960	15.41	20.502
23	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	17.419	18.22	16.622
24	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	14.974	15.75	14.198
25	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	14.256	15.01	13.546
26	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	14.037	20.09	8.241
27	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.024	12.41	15.599
28	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13.900	11.98	15.697
29	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13.832	14.17	13.492
30	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	13.796	21.34	6.341
31	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.432	16.05	10.897
32	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	13.187	11.38	14.957
33	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	13.145	13.13	13.160
34	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	12.746	6.76	17.788
35	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.480	11.73	13.261
36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.283	14.42	10.278
37	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	12.114	12.27	11.967
38	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	10.715	9.90	11.497
39	Honduras`HND`Central America	9.923	9.16	10.654
40	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	9.469	8.29	10.692
41	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	9.424	8.90	9.905
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9.249	11.80	6.786
43	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9.132	13.28	4.756
44	India`IND`Southern Asia	8.969	10.65	7.441
45	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	8.638	8.40	8.863
46	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	8.361	8.19	8.528
47	Guyana`GUY`South America	8.235	9.13	7.357
48	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	8.083	8.09	8.078
49	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7.946	7.09	8.755
50	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	7.308	9.89	4.720
51	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6.973	—	—
52	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.870	5.99	7.685
53	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	6.652	6.69	6.619
54	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6.238	4.68	7.728
55	Venezuela`VEN`South America	6.078	4.96	7.134
56	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.767	5.79	5.746
57	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5.609	4.71	6.508
58	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5.085	5.24	4.932
59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.485	4.40	4.568
60	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.412	4.14	4.671
61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4.258	4.53	4.001
62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.145	4.74	3.573
63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	4.134	4.10	4.164
64	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.075	6.11	2.108
65	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.998	2.85	5.102
66	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.933	3.76	4.096
67	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3.405	3.35	3.454
68	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	2.881	5.02	0.765
69	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.869	3.05	2.700
70	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.760	—	—
71	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.621	2.53	2.705
72	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.609	—	—
73	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.404	2.73	2.092
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.368	—	—
75	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.201	—	—
76	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.129	1.83	2.416
77	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.040	2.65	1.469
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.032	—	—
79	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.002	1.99	2.012
80	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.950	—	—
81	Peru`PER`South America	1.924	2.21	1.647
82	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	1.683	—	—
83	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.541	1.55	1.531
84	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1.477	—	—
85	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.384	1.03	1.721
86	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.339	2.63	0.108
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.331	—	—
88	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.205	0.92	1.452
89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.083	0.44	1.684
90	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.054	1.02	1.090
91	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.029	0.97	1.081
92	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.026	1.12	0.932
93	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.991	—	—
94	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.967	1.08	0.857
95	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.938	1.69	0.215
96	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.912	—	—
97	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.785	0.00	1.509
98	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.773	—	—
99	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.743	—	—
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.642	—	—
101	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.578	0.64	0.799
102	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.506	—	—
103	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.497	—	—
104	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.464	0.91	0.036
105	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.435	—	—
106	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.424	0.86	0.013
107	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.412	—	—
108	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.376	—	—
109	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.342	—	—
110	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.283	—	—
111	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.272	—	—
112	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.119	—	—
113	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.111	0.18	0.046
114	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.087	—	—
115	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.078	—	—
116	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.042	—	—
117	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.021	—	—
118	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.019	—	—
119	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.000	3.04	2.301

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

1Niger62.717
2Burkina Faso62.359
3Ethiopia55.654
4Mali51.888
5Equatorial Guinea49.126

Lowest

119Montenegro0.000
118Ireland0.019
117Hungary0.021
116United Kingdom0.042
115Portugal0.078

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.412. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestNiger69.60
LowestAlgeria0.00
Middle country: 8.29
Male
HighestBurkina Faso56.950
LowestCuba0.013
Middle country: 7.685

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+13 / −12countries joined / left
106values changed, of 106 in both
46 · 60rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Turks and Caicos Islands4.179 → 20.956+16.777
Mongolia6.390 → 13.832+7.442
Ukraine1.996 → 8.083+6.087
Côte d’Ivoire40.803 → 45.092+4.289
Dominican Republic5.852 → 9.249+3.397

Fell most

Kenya29.381 → 14.974−14.407
Madagascar35.962 → 27.187−8.775
Tanzania25.853 → 17.419−8.434
Eritrea28.123 → 22.624−5.498
India13.991 → 8.969−5.022

+ Albania

+ Benin

+ Belize

+ Dominica

+ Guyana

+ Honduras

+ Iraq

+ Cambodia

+ Liechtenstein

+ Montenegro

+ Nepal

+ Senegal

+ Yemen

− Colombia

− Cayman Islands

− Denmark

− Grenada

− Guatemala

− Maldives

− Marshall Islands

− Mozambique

− Nicaragua

− Panama

− Vietnam

− 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.

04Caveats

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60 empty cells
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2003). Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/out-of-school-rate/2003

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