Data for 2013

Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2013

Name: Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2013
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2013, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2013 covers 133 countries on 3 measures. Sudan is highest, at 47.882; Vietnam is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 3.413. Against 2012, 117 values changed (68 up, 49 down), 15 countries joined, 24 left.

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Out-of-School Rate, Primary · Data for 2013

HighestSudan

47.882

LowestVietnam

0.000

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

133countries
3measures per country
2013the year it describes
133distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	47.882	46.435	49.29
2	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	41.586	—	—
3	Niger`NER`Western Africa	39.419	44.817	34.21
4	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	35.860	36.431	35.31
5	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	34.693	36.177	33.25
6	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	34.615	32.409	36.78
7	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	34.246	35.121	33.42
8	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	33.412	37.765	29.12
9	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	29.258	29.380	29.13
10	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	27.860	33.609	22.38
11	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	24.835	21.770	27.83
12	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	23.895	33.557	14.49
13	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.064	27.694	16.58
14	Honduras`HND`Central America	20.675	19.737	21.57
15	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	19.686	20.213	19.18
16	Suriname`SUR`South America	17.311	16.843	17.76
17	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	16.218	15.008	17.42
18	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	14.739	15.307	14.17
19	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	14.553	13.038	16.06
20	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11.943	12.117	11.77
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	11.162	10.304	11.96
22	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11.157	11.560	10.77
23	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	10.740	10.032	11.43
24	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	10.713	10.155	11.24
25	Bolivia`BOL`South America	10.614	10.920	10.32
26	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.941	9.146	10.73
27	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9.345	9.418	9.27
28	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	9.138	5.974	12.09
29	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9.136	11.023	7.31
30	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.771	9.270	8.29
31	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	8.587	9.199	7.97
32	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	8.225	8.223	8.23
33	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	7.927	7.944	7.91
34	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.749	6.271	9.11
35	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.553	4.726	10.16
36	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7.420	7.977	6.88
37	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	7.068	7.194	6.95
38	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	6.858	6.813	6.90
39	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	6.784	6.689	6.87
40	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6.782	7.061	6.51
41	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	6.693	6.983	6.42
42	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	6.594	1.332	11.20
43	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	6.592	6.908	6.29
44	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	6.576	7.589	5.57
45	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6.469	5.019	7.83
46	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	6.457	5.929	6.96
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	6.066	6.456	5.70
48	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	5.938	7.647	4.39
49	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5.893	4.996	6.76
50	Panama`PAN`Central America	5.882	5.983	5.79
51	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.872	5.757	5.98
52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.722	6.484	4.98
53	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.549	5.968	5.15
54	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	5.479	4.129	6.72
55	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	5.427	3.992	6.78
56	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.054	7.365	2.83
57	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.987	7.687	2.28
58	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.981	6.228	3.77
59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.811	5.325	4.31
60	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4.691	5.126	4.28
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	4.529	4.545	4.51
62	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.117	3.420	4.81
63	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.843	—	—
64	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.770	3.778	3.76
65	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3.700	3.466	3.92
66	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3.503	3.003	3.97
67	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.413	3.520	3.31
68	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.398	—	—
69	Chile`CHL`South America	3.354	3.585	3.13
70	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.167	—	—
71	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3.158	3.414	2.93
72	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3.150	2.621	3.65
73	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	3.032	2.879	3.18
74	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.963	2.013	3.86
75	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.923	0.360	5.42
76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.900	—	—
77	United States`USA`Northern America	2.898	3.141	2.67
78	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.717	2.173	3.23
79	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.511	2.396	2.62
80	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.484	2.587	2.39
81	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.363	2.467	2.27
82	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.262	2.861	1.69
83	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	2.198	2.911	1.47
84	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.183	—	—
85	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.138	—	—
86	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.075	—	—
87	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.992	1.862	2.12
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1.973	0.903	3.00
89	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.910	1.933	1.89
90	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.861	1.611	2.10
91	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.822	1.672	1.96
92	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.808	1.839	1.78
93	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.779	0.085	3.36
94	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.747	1.495	1.98
95	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1.723	3.612	0.07
96	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.630	1.550	1.71
97	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.480	1.690	1.28
98	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.339	1.284	1.39
99	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.260	—	—
100	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.199	1.245	1.15
101	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.143	1.118	1.17
102	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.082	0.715	1.43
103	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.040	—	—
104	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.975	0.659	1.27
105	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.912	0.826	0.99
106	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.885	0.863	0.91
107	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.878	0.901	0.86
108	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.796	—	—
109	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.774	—	—
110	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.709	—	—
111	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.687	—	—
112	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.634	0.540	0.72
113	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.613	0.589	0.64
114	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.579	0.302	0.84
115	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.531	0.402	0.65
116	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.495	0.435	0.55
117	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.476	0.973	0.00
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.431	—	—
119	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.420	—	—
120	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.392	0.458	0.33
121	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.353	—	—
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.306	—	—
123	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.294	0.413	0.18
124	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.270	—	—
125	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.263	0.311	0.22
126	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.228	—	—
127	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.109	—	—
128	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.073	—	—
129	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.069	—	—
130	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.054	—	—
131	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.048	—	—
132	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.008	—	—
133	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.000	—	—

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

1Sudan47.882
2Mali41.586
3Niger39.419
4Syria35.860
5Burkina Faso34.693

Lowest

133Vietnam0.000
132Türkiye0.008
131Australia0.048
130Belize0.054
129Argentina0.069

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.413. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSudan46.435
LowestKuwait0.085
Middle country: 5.073
Male
HighestSudan49.29
LowestAlgeria0.00
Middle country: 5.07

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+15 / −24countries joined / left
117values changed, of 118 in both
68 · 49rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Syria0.959 → 35.860+34.901
Burundi6.458 → 11.943+5.485
Mali37.521 → 41.586+4.065
Honduras16.765 → 20.675+3.911
Zambia6.185 → 9.345+3.160

Fell most

Azerbaijan7.860 → 1.723−6.137
Jordan10.296 → 6.858−3.438
Laos7.483 → 4.981−2.502
Australia2.304 → 0.048−2.256
Lebanon21.796 → 19.686−2.110

+ Côte d’Ivoire

+ Comoros

+ Jamaica

+ Japan

+ Lithuania

+ Madagascar

+ New Zealand

+ Palau

+ Saudi Arabia

+ Solomon Islands

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Chad

+ Türkiye

+ Uganda

+ United States

− Bahamas

− Bermuda

− Central African Republic

− Cameroon

− Republic of the Congo

− Colombia

− Egypt

− Ethiopia

− Ghana

− Equatorial Guinea

− Guyana

− Kenya

− Cambodia

− Liechtenstein

− Montenegro

− Nepal

− Nauru

− Papua New Guinea

− Paraguay

− Romania

− Sierra Leone

− San Marino

− Sint Maarten

− Samoa

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) (2013). Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/out-of-school-rate/2013

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