Data for 2007

Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2007

Name: Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2007
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2007, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2007 covers 127 countries on 3 measures. Niger is highest, at 56.9353; Czechia is lowest, at 0.0308. The middle country reads 4.0286. Against 2006, 111 values changed (52 up, 59 down), 16 countries joined, 10 left.

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Out-of-School Rate, Primary · Data for 2007

HighestNiger

56.9353

LowestCzechia

0.0308

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

127countries
3measures per country
2007the year it describes
127distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	56.9353	63.555	50.555
2	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	50.0665	57.793	42.443
3	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	46.4918	51.563	41.542
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	43.3458	48.943	37.885
5	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	35.6026	33.999	37.188
6	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	32.8462	37.208	28.525
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	32.6830	37.567	27.947
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	32.3568	39.733	25.203
9	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	31.8168	33.796	29.901
10	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	29.5122	29.116	29.902
11	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.2812	28.327	24.341
12	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	25.8888	25.253	26.514
13	Suriname`SUR`South America	21.9035	22.651	21.179
14	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21.6821	21.928	21.445
15	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21.6306	22.160	21.113
16	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	20.7237	21.443	20.065
17	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	17.5330	19.923	15.211
18	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	15.9502	14.520	17.378
19	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	14.7095	18.393	11.010
20	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.6691	13.639	15.657
21	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	14.5802	15.483	13.679
22	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	14.5123	12.205	16.667
23	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.1863	13.640	12.779
24	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13.1720	—	—
25	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	12.8159	18.031	7.668
26	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	12.2887	13.112	11.479
27	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11.3597	12.332	10.454
28	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.9447	11.088	10.810
29	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	10.7609	10.588	10.920
30	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	10.7205	16.782	4.926
31	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10.4213	—	—
32	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	10.2573	9.132	11.361
33	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8.8815	7.832	9.879
34	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	8.2564	7.579	8.911
35	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	7.8885	6.959	8.800
36	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7.7600	—	—
37	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	7.7372	10.078	5.348
38	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7.6241	7.713	7.538
39	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	7.5546	7.695	7.421
40	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	7.1124	7.879	6.332
41	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6.8879	5.831	7.900
42	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6.8840	5.521	8.283
43	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	6.7967	6.795	6.798
44	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.7406	8.609	4.875
45	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6.3028	—	—
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.3014	6.316	6.287
47	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	6.1419	5.501	6.773
48	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6.0423	5.491	6.568
49	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	5.8035	6.046	5.640
50	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	5.5592	6.008	5.133
51	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.3938	—	—
52	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5.3905	4.492	6.240
53	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.3699	4.278	6.390
54	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	5.0129	6.106	3.921
55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4.9490	4.920	4.976
56	Uruguay`URY`South America	4.9083	4.840	4.974
57	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.4865	2.570	6.262
58	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.3437	3.638	5.003
59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.3316	4.577	4.088
60	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.2825	3.802	4.735
61	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.2273	5.627	2.861
62	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.2112	5.802	2.697
63	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.0386	1.139	6.671
64	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4.0286	5.004	3.076
65	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.7829	4.144	3.430
66	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	3.4734	—	—
67	Chile`CHL`South America	3.3518	3.815	2.905
68	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.2854	1.513	5.086
69	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3.2600	3.342	3.182
70	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.0245	2.691	3.342
71	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	2.7107	—	—
72	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.6741	3.024	2.337
73	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.6263	2.547	2.700
74	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	2.4424	—	—
75	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.3628	2.132	2.583
76	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.3445	2.940	1.773
77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.3394	1.726	2.934
78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2.0533	3.295	0.875
79	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.9835	1.658	2.299
80	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.9497	2.056	1.849
81	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.9157	—	—
82	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.8954	0.810	2.903
83	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.8790	1.929	1.832
84	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	1.8552	—	—
85	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.8143	2.518	1.154
86	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.8137	—	—
87	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.7085	1.748	1.671
88	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.6556	1.679	1.634
89	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.6177	1.493	1.736
90	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.5434	1.818	1.282
91	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.4284	1.489	1.370
92	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.4103	—	—
93	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.2860	—	—
94	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.1673	1.132	1.201
95	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.1230	—	—
96	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.9560	—	—
97	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.9266	0.866	0.984
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.8921	—	—
99	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.8602	—	—
100	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.8329	—	—
101	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.8286	—	—
102	Peru`PER`South America	0.8156	—	—
103	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.7250	—	—
104	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.6608	—	—
105	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.5979	1.109	0.114
106	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.5627	—	—
107	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.5553	—	—
108	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.5072	0.383	0.625
109	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.4997	—	—
110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.4825	—	—
111	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.4809	0.497	0.465
112	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.4399	0.700	0.193
113	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.4054	—	—
114	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.3617	—	—
115	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.3285	—	—
116	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.3144	—	—
117	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.3118	0.347	0.507
118	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.2615	—	—
119	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.2385	0.079	0.383
120	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.1750	—	—
121	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.1589	—	—
122	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.1317	—	—
123	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.0960	—	—
124	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.0935	—	—
125	Colombia`COL`South America	0.0851	—	—
126	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.0711	—	—
127	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.0308	—	—

02In 2007

At either end

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

Highest

1Niger56.9353
2Central African Republic50.0665
3Burkina Faso46.4918
4Mali43.3458
5Gambia35.6026

Lowest

127Czechia0.0308
126Bulgaria0.0711
125Colombia0.0851
124Spain0.0935
123Panama0.0960

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.0286. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestNiger63.555
LowestSouth Korea0.079
Middle country: 5.816
Male
HighestNiger50.555
LowestCuba0.114
Middle country: 6.251

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+16 / −10countries joined / left
111values changed, of 111 in both
52 · 59rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Eritrea25.8527 → 32.8462+6.9936
Dominica2.0120 → 7.7372+5.7253
Honduras9.1076 → 14.6691+5.5616
Iran1.1265 → 5.3699+4.2434
Togo8.6661 → 12.8159+4.1498

Fell most

British Virgin Islands10.8760 → 0.6608−10.2152
Kenya15.1698 → 5.0129−10.1569
Burundi22.0834 → 14.5802−7.5032
Central African Republic57.2520 → 50.0665−7.1856
Dominican Republic14.3510 → 8.2564−6.0945

+ Antigua and Barbuda

+ Chile

+ Cook Islands

+ Comoros

+ Czechia

+ Grenada

+ India

+ Iraq

+ Saint Kitts and Nevis

+ Kuwait

+ Nauru

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Trinidad and Tobago

+ Uzbekistan

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

+ Samoa

− United Arab Emirates

− Benin

− Bangladesh

− Bahrain

− Bhutan

− Republic of the Congo

− Georgia

− Tonga

− Tanzania

− 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.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2007). Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/out-of-school-rate/2007

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