Data for 2004

Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2004

Name: Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2004
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2004, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2004 covers 119 countries on 3 measures. Burkina Faso is highest, at 60.1459; Saint Kitts and Nevis is lowest, at 0.0378. The middle country reads 3.7915. Against 2003, 102 values changed (42 up, 60 down), 17 countries joined, 17 left.

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Out-of-School Rate, Primary · Data for 2004

HighestBurkina Faso

60.1459

LowestSaint Kitts and Nevis

0.0378

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

119countries
3measures per country
2004the 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	60.1459	65.404	55.01
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa	59.2112	66.687	52.01
3	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	52.8751	56.171	49.69
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	51.5368	55.821	47.35
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	43.2331	46.317	40.16
6	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	40.6318	39.843	41.41
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	38.3889	44.700	32.26
8	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	35.8284	37.029	34.65
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	35.3792	40.181	30.72
10	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.9294	43.507	22.82
11	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	30.3258	34.290	26.35
12	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	29.5826	29.646	29.52
13	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	22.5274	28.943	16.15
14	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	21.5290	27.576	15.72
15	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	21.2238	23.923	18.60
16	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.2724	20.088	20.45
17	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	18.2052	16.057	20.35
18	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	17.9653	—	—
19	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	16.3155	17.230	15.38
20	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	15.9046	16.671	15.14
21	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	14.7916	21.078	8.77
22	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	14.5053	13.645	15.34
23	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	14.0513	11.960	16.01
24	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13.7126	14.086	13.36
25	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	13.3703	14.066	12.68
26	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.3209	11.901	14.70
27	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.7745	14.602	11.06
28	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	12.5217	11.894	13.14
29	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.5181	14.252	10.87
30	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.9004	9.001	14.83
31	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	11.6130	11.371	11.85
32	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	11.1623	18.222	4.19
33	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	10.8229	9.542	12.14
34	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	10.1721	9.841	10.49
35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.1137	10.330	9.90
36	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	9.0046	8.870	9.13
37	Honduras`HND`Central America	8.9363	7.508	10.31
38	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	8.1662	8.415	7.93
39	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	8.0478	9.934	6.21
40	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7.8025	4.916	10.60
41	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7.4927	—	—
42	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	7.4765	3.696	10.79
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	7.4199	8.255	6.59
44	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	7.1235	7.596	6.66
45	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	6.7808	5.617	7.89
46	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6.7255	—	—
47	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6.5437	4.994	8.02
48	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6.4944	6.101	6.88
49	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5.9939	4.964	6.97
50	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	5.5009	4.015	6.93
51	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5.4594	5.769	5.17
52	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	5.4045	5.730	5.09
53	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5.3117	5.610	5.03
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5.1549	5.212	5.10
55	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4.6226	8.283	0.79
56	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.4963	4.552	4.44
57	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	4.4372	4.858	4.04
58	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.3168	3.271	5.29
59	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.9282	3.670	4.17
60	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	3.7915	4.868	2.75
61	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.5829	—	—
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3.5628	4.016	3.13
63	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3.1133	4.011	2.26
64	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	2.9598	—	—
65	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.7275	2.487	2.96
66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2.7173	2.538	2.89
67	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.5220	2.683	2.37
68	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.4559	1.800	3.08
69	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.4294	2.537	2.33
70	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.4292	—	—
71	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.3895	3.555	1.27
72	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.3101	—	—
73	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.2099	0.782	3.55
74	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.1365	—	—
75	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	2.0386	—	—
76	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.9830	1.962	2.00
77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.9197	1.977	1.86
78	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.8844	—	—
79	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.7675	—	—
80	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1.7385	—	—
81	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.6258	—	—
82	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.5194	1.295	1.73
83	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.4480	1.231	1.64
84	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1.4479	—	—
85	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.3179	1.466	1.18
86	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1.1747	—	—
87	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.1195	0.767	1.45
88	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.0760	1.194	0.96
89	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1.0605	1.814	0.32
90	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	1.0533	—	—
91	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.9968	1.111	0.89
92	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.9308	1.596	0.30
93	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.8802	1.083	0.69
94	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.8798	0.130	1.58
95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.8726	0.000	1.68
96	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.8386	—	—
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.7102	—	—
98	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.6569	—	—
99	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.6565	—	—
100	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.6139	—	—
101	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.5901	0.492	0.68
102	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.5871	0.533	0.64
103	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.5175	0.480	0.82
104	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.4253	—	—
105	Colombia`COL`South America	0.4151	0.625	0.21
106	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.3992	—	—
107	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.3846	—	—
108	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.3746	—	—
109	Peru`PER`South America	0.3140	—	—
110	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.2961	—	—
111	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.1947	—	—
112	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.1240	—	—
113	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.1207	—	—
114	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.1010	—	—
115	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.0919	—	—
116	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.0745	—	—
117	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.0699	—	—
118	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.0389	—	—
119	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.0378	—	—

02In 2004

At either end

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

Highest

1Burkina Faso60.1459
2Niger59.2112
3Ethiopia52.8751
4Mali51.5368
5Burundi43.2331

Lowest

119Saint Kitts and Nevis0.0378
118Hungary0.0389
117Portugal0.0699
116Spain0.0745
115Ireland0.0919

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.7915. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestNiger66.687
LowestAlgeria0.000
Middle country: 6.101
Male
HighestBurkina Faso55.01
LowestColombia0.21
Middle country: 6.93

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+17 / −17countries joined / left
102values changed, of 102 in both
42 · 60rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Dominican Republic9.2491 → 14.5053+5.2562
Saint Lucia1.0536 → 5.4045+4.3509
Albania1.3389 → 3.5628+2.2239
Sri Lanka5.7675 → 7.8025+2.0350
Cabo Verde3.9976 → 5.5009+1.5033

Fell most

Turks and Caicos Islands20.9555 → 11.9004−9.0551
Mauritania36.3771 → 29.5826−6.7945
Mongolia13.8317 → 7.4199−6.4118
Qatar12.7458 → 7.4765−5.2694
Kyrgyzstan9.1315 → 4.6226−4.5089

+ United Arab Emirates

+ Bahamas

+ Colombia

+ Cayman Islands

+ Denmark

+ Grenada

+ Guatemala

+ Maldives

+ Mozambique

+ Montserrat

+ Malawi

+ Nigeria

+ Nicaragua

+ Panama

+ San Marino

+ Tonga

+ Zambia

− Armenia

− Côte d’Ivoire

− Ghana

− Equatorial Guinea

− Guyana

− Croatia

− India

− Cambodia

− Lithuania

− Madagascar

− Montenegro

− Oman

− Rwanda

− El Salvador

− Chad

− British Virgin Islands

− Zimbabwe

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) (2004). Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/out-of-school-rate/2004

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