Data for 2017

Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2017

Name: Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2017
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

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Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2017 covers 145 countries on 3 measures. Sudan is highest, at 43.4815; Singapore is lowest, at 0.0308. The middle country reads 2.9068. Against 2016, 132 values changed (61 up, 71 down), 13 countries joined, 14 left.

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Out-of-School Rate, Primary · Data for 2017

HighestSudan

43.4815

LowestSingapore

0.0308

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

145countries
3measures per country
2017the year it describes
145distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	43.4815	44.186	42.793
2	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	39.3629	42.841	35.940
3	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	37.0020	40.775	33.319
4	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	35.8070	43.792	28.061
5	Niger`NER`Western Africa	33.8299	38.757	29.071
6	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	28.8442	27.589	30.087
7	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	26.4376	26.697	26.184
8	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	26.4001	27.485	25.347
9	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	25.3545	21.750	28.894
10	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	24.7399	24.879	24.606
11	Honduras`HND`Central America	20.9861	19.894	22.027
12	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	20.4104	22.114	18.794
13	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	19.4409	18.287	20.585
14	Suriname`SUR`South America	19.0626	19.009	19.115
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	16.9223	15.597	18.241
16	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.4609	16.044	16.854
17	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	15.0774	13.690	16.450
18	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	14.8279	13.787	15.875
19	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	14.8123	13.898	15.721
20	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	12.8672	14.491	11.260
21	Panama`PAN`Central America	12.6694	12.927	12.423
22	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.3090	10.938	13.594
23	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11.7077	8.565	14.595
24	Venezuela`VEN`South America	11.5639	11.404	11.716
25	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	11.4349	11.876	11.011
26	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	11.2136	12.018	10.407
27	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10.7055	11.361	10.065
28	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	10.5767	10.438	10.708
29	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	10.5236	10.852	10.211
30	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.5054	10.500	10.510
31	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	9.8987	10.074	9.731
32	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	9.3977	9.662	9.147
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	9.2268	11.442	7.052
34	Bolivia`BOL`South America	8.8741	9.075	8.681
35	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8.8679	8.464	9.249
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	7.9376	6.642	9.137
37	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	7.7221	5.863	9.494
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	7.2181	7.501	6.949
39	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	7.1421	8.764	5.675
40	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7.1157	10.030	4.283
41	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.8429	7.276	6.418
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.8099	7.121	6.512
43	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.5227	8.131	4.918
44	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	6.5185	8.002	5.125
45	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.3914	8.783	4.121
46	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	6.3690	6.039	6.678
47	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	6.3067	—	—
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6.2760	3.610	8.867
49	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.2685	7.207	5.360
50	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.2098	5.788	6.613
51	India`IND`Southern Asia	6.0308	5.075	6.906
52	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.9445	5.850	6.035
53	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	5.7987	5.337	6.237
54	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.7688	10.354	1.215
55	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	5.0545	3.814	6.221
56	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.9767	—	—
57	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.8784	4.914	4.845
58	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	4.8505	2.412	7.160
59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4.7654	4.706	4.823
60	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4.6948	4.133	5.241
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	4.2406	3.507	4.934
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4.1508	6.607	1.738
63	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.1114	4.424	3.806
64	Colombia`COL`South America	4.0746	3.542	4.583
65	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	3.7389	5.585	1.900
66	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3.5488	3.940	3.176
67	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3.5348	3.117	3.927
68	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.3061	3.038	3.560
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3.2997	—	—
70	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.2783	0.677	5.799
71	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.9190	—	—
72	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.9070	2.558	3.233
73	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.9068	2.796	3.012
74	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2.8773	3.727	2.029
75	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.7535	3.450	2.098
76	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.7087	2.966	2.461
77	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.6988	2.367	3.019
78	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	2.6700	—	—
79	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.6499	2.590	2.707
80	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.4644	2.867	2.080
81	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2.4621	1.135	3.728
82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.4308	3.071	1.820
83	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.4126	2.395	2.429
84	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.3309	2.204	2.450
85	Chile`CHL`South America	2.3026	2.579	2.036
86	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.1949	—	—
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.1227	2.268	1.982
88	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.0634	1.980	2.142
89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.0350	1.233	2.725
90	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.0330	—	—
91	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.9701	2.491	1.474
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1.9687	1.048	2.824
93	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.8893	1.950	1.832
94	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.8432	2.318	1.395
95	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.8296	1.725	1.929
96	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.8067	1.278	2.314
97	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.6379	1.764	1.519
98	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.5774	—	—
99	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.5162	1.117	1.898
100	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.4649	—	—
101	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.4629	—	—
102	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.3860	—	—
103	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.3822	1.379	1.385
104	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.3687	—	—
105	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.3678	1.894	0.862
106	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.3312	1.515	1.157
107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.3174	—	—
108	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.2473	0.349	2.089
109	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	1.2224	—	—
110	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.1878	1.418	0.972
111	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.1599	1.132	1.188
112	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.0796	0.795	1.349
113	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.0665	1.012	1.118
114	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.0655	—	—
115	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.0264	0.630	1.396
116	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.7758	0.724	0.825
117	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.7663	0.768	0.765
118	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.7060	0.495	0.906
119	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.6944	—	—
120	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.6870	—	—
121	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.6515	0.658	0.645
122	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.6411	—	—
123	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.5904	—	—
124	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.5817	—	—
125	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.5618	0.501	0.620
126	United States`USA`Northern America	0.4244	—	—
127	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.4168	0.728	0.120
128	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.3749	—	—
129	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.3710	0.321	0.419
130	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.3338	—	—
131	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.2585	—	—
132	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.2514	—	—
133	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.2201	—	—
134	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.2021	0.136	0.265
135	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.1587	—	—
136	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.1262	0.118	0.134
137	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.1233	—	—
138	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.0979	—	—
139	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.0970	—	—
140	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.0882	—	—
141	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.0820	—	—
142	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.0584	—	—
143	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.0578	—	—
144	Peru`PER`South America	0.0450	—	—
145	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.0308	—	—

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

1Sudan43.4815
2Eritrea39.3629
3Mali37.0020
4Chad35.8070
5Niger33.8299

Lowest

145Singapore0.0308
144Peru0.0450
143Australia0.0578
142France0.0584
141Ireland0.0820

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.9068. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSudan44.186
LowestSwitzerland0.118
Middle country: 4.914
Male
HighestSudan42.793
LowestAlgeria0.120
Middle country: 4.918

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+13 / −14countries joined / left
132values changed, of 132 in both
61 · 71rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Ghana0.2421 → 6.8429+6.6008
Liberia20.3933 → 26.4376+6.0443
Chad30.1148 → 35.8070+5.6922
Suriname13.7283 → 19.0626+5.3344
Burundi12.6696 → 16.9223+4.2527

Fell most

British Virgin Islands11.9822 → 6.5185−5.4637
Mali42.0715 → 37.0020−5.0695
Mauritania32.7170 → 28.8442−3.8728
Niger36.9357 → 33.8299−3.1057
Bosnia and Herzegovina4.8694 → 1.9687−2.9007

+ Bangladesh

+ Comoros

+ Eritrea

+ North Macedonia

+ Netherlands

+ Panama

+ Poland

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

+ Thailand

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

+ South Africa

+ Zambia

− Dominica

− Guinea

− Grenada

− Kuwait

− Marshall Islands

− Niue

− Nauru

− New Zealand

− Papua New Guinea

− Puerto Rico

− Paraguay

− Saudi Arabia

− Tuvalu

− Yemen

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) (2017). Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/out-of-school-rate/2017

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