Which has higher children out of school, Equatorial Guinea or Low income?

Equatorial Guinea, at 65.6% against 24.1% in Low income as of 2015.

What is the difference in children out of school between Equatorial Guinea and Low income?

41.5%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Low income?

10 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2015.

Where does this data come from?

Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Children out of school (% of primary school age). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Equatorial Guinea vs Low income: Children out of school

Equatorial Guinea

65.6%

in 2015

Low income

24.1%

in 2025

Equatorial Guinea rank

2nd

Low income rank

1st

Children out of school over time

Equatorial Guinea
Low income

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 65.6% against 24.1% in Low income, a difference of 41.5%.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 2.7 times Low income's.

Across all 10 years both countries report, Equatorial Guinea has been ahead every year.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 2nd and Low income ranks 1st of 196 countries.

Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Low income	Difference	Ahead
2000s	52.5%	37.4%	15.1%	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	63.6%	26.8%	36.9%	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children out of school, Equatorial Guinea or Low income?: Equatorial Guinea, at 65.6% against 24.1% in Low income as of 2015.
What is the difference in children out of school between Equatorial Guinea and Low income?: 41.5%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Low income?: 10 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2015.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Low income rank globally for children out of school?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 2nd and Low income ranks 1st of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Children out of school (% of primary school age). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Children out of school (% of primary school age)
Unit: % of primary school age
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 201 places, 4,722 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Children out of school are the percentage of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Children in the official primary age group that are in preprimary education should be considered out of school.