Girls and boys who are out of school by country

Girls in the official primary school age range who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary education.

Countries reporting
180
Highest
4.68 million girls
Nigeria
Lowest
0 girls
Algeria
Median
13,608 girls
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
3,583

What the numbers show

Girls and boys who are out of school is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 4.68 million girls in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 girls in Algeria.

The median across all reporting countries is 13,608 girls, and the mean is 177,529 girls.

Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 2,432.5%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 100.0%).

Girls and boys who are out of school: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 4.68 million girls 2023 down 19.9% rising
2 China 3.91 million girls 1997 up 0.6% flat
3 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.65 million girls 1999 up 116.9% rising
4 Ethiopia 2.33 million girls 2024 up 30.3% falling
5 Sudan 1.50 million girls 2019 up 2.4% flat
6 Indonesia 1.33 million girls 2018 up 232.9% volatile
7 Angola 1.14 million girls 2023 up 157.0% volatile
8 Niger 952,357 girls 2024 up 30.2% rising
9 India 907,274 girls 2023 up 33.3% volatile
10 Philippines 872,062 girls 2024 up 48.0% rising
11 Yemen 863,289 girls 2016 up 7.1% falling
12 Tanzania, United Republic of 822,227 girls 2024 up 8.7% falling
13 Burkina Faso 659,756 girls 2024 up 23.8% rising
14 Mali 653,474 girls 2023 up 12.3% rising
15 Chad 519,892 girls 2024 up 31.5% rising
16 United States of America 448,218 girls 2022 up 18.8% volatile
17 Somalia 414,337 girls 1980 rising
18 Iraq 381,552 girls 2007 down 28.7% falling
19 Côte d'Ivoire 337,596 girls 2024 down 42.2% falling
20 Burundi 309,603 girls 2025 up 265.3% falling
21 Syrian Arab Republic 279,350 girls 2024 down 26.6% volatile
22 Egypt 270,649 girls 2024 down 69.6% falling
23 Haiti 257,455 girls 1997 down 10.4% falling
24 Cameroon 251,398 girls 2019 up 4.4% flat
25 Zambia 229,960 girls 2017 up 140.2% rising
26 South Africa 218,959 girls 2023 down 49.3% falling
27 Guinea 217,989 girls 2020 down 24.1% falling
28 Senegal 201,790 girls 2024 down 13.0% falling
29 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 192,258 girls 2017 up 159.8% rising
30 Bangladesh 189,119 girls 2018 down 82.4% volatile
31 Malaysia 181,582 girls 2024 up 91.2% volatile
32 Central African Republic 177,758 girls 2012 down 22.3% rising
33 Honduras 162,426 girls 2024 up 23.9% rising
34 Liberia 157,569 girls 2022 up 606.5% flat
35 Zimbabwe 151,054 girls 2024 up 15.7% rising
36 Mozambique 136,850 girls 2018 down 55.0% falling
37 Benin 136,278 girls 2022 up 44.0% falling
38 Colombia 131,157 girls 2022 up 291.1% rising
39 Uganda 128,991 girls 2013 volatile
40 Brazil 128,826 girls 2024 down 62.9% falling
41 Ghana 99,325 girls 2024 down 52.3% falling
42 Guatemala 98,449 girls 2024 down 14.4% falling
43 Eritrea 95,607 girls 2022 up 23.4% rising
44 Ukraine 91,122 girls 2024 down 0.1% rising
45 Congo 84,011 girls 2023 up 205.8% volatile
46 Madagascar 78,735 girls 2020 up 2,432.5% volatile
47 Romania 78,616 girls 2023 up 192.5% volatile
48 Russian Federation 78,377 girls 2023 up 5.3% volatile
49 Sri Lanka 72,506 girls 2023 up 14.2% rising
50 Lebanon 71,222 girls 2024 down 11.7% rising
51 Kazakhstan 69,079 girls 2025 up 31.5% rising
52 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 66,961 girls 2024 down 15.0% falling
53 Equatorial Guinea 62,954 girls 2015 up 136.9% rising
54 Uzbekistan 61,295 girls 2023 up 18.5% falling
55 Lesotho 60,997 girls 2024 up 147.6% rising
56 Canada 60,948 girls 2023 up 855.9% volatile
57 Iran, Islamic Republic of 60,444 girls 2020 down 53.0% volatile
58 Morocco 55,174 girls 2019 down 75.1% volatile
59 Paraguay 52,035 girls 2024 up 945.9% volatile
60 Cambodia 46,902 girls 2024 down 43.9% volatile
61 El Salvador 45,017 girls 2024 up 135.3% falling
62 Mauritania 43,009 girls 2024 down 51.3% falling
63 Lao People's Democratic Republic 40,481 girls 2025 up 92.4% volatile
64 Peru 39,928 girls 2003 down 78.0% volatile
65 Guinea-Bissau 38,662 girls 2010 down 33.5% falling
66 Togo 31,015 girls 2021 down 60.4% falling
67 Ecuador 28,201 girls 2023 up 223.7% volatile
68 Palestine, State of 27,289 girls 2023 up 59.0% rising
69 Thailand 27,087 girls 2025 volatile
70 Dominican Republic 26,967 girls 2024 down 41.4% falling
71 Italy 26,661 girls 2023 up 125.1% rising
72 Tajikistan 26,358 girls 2017 up 66.2% rising
73 Nicaragua 25,719 girls 2023 up 48.3% volatile
74 Papua New Guinea 24,839 girls 2020 down 85.6% volatile
75 Germany 22,689 girls 2022 up 113.2% falling
76 Gambia 22,326 girls 2025 down 51.4% flat
77 Chile 21,887 girls 2024 down 4.1% falling
78 Nepal 19,465 girls 2025 falling
79 Botswana 18,800 girls 2014 up 12.3% falling
80 Solomon Islands 18,048 girls 2024 up 1,065.1% volatile
81 Kenya 17,499 girls 2023 down 96.9% volatile
82 Spain 17,236 girls 2024 down 50.2% flat
83 Rwanda 16,932 girls 2019 volatile
84 Panama 16,435 girls 2024 down 0.6% falling
85 Libya 16,378 girls 1983 down 74.4% volatile
86 Republic of Korea 15,928 girls 2022 down 13.3% volatile
87 Mongolia 15,550 girls 2024 up 135.0% volatile
88 Cape Verde 14,764 girls 2022 up 905.0% volatile
89 Cuba 14,674 girls 2024 up 62.8% volatile
90 Myanmar 13,676 girls 2009 down 90.8% volatile
91 Israel 13,540 girls 2024 up 520.0% falling
92 Türkiye 12,296 girls 2017 volatile
93 Belarus 12,179 girls 2024 up 209.3% volatile
94 Greece 12,106 girls 2021 up 75.0% falling
95 Poland 11,415 girls 2020 down 63.7% rising
96 Albania 10,813 girls 2023 up 239.6% rising
97 Comoros 10,666 girls 2024 up 182.8% volatile
98 Costa Rica 10,421 girls 2024 down 51.4% falling
99 Oman 10,355 girls 2024 up 298.6% volatile
100 Georgia 9,783 girls 2024 volatile
101 Puerto Rico 9,745 girls 2024 up 109.9% flat
102 Jordan 9,045 girls 2024 down 71.1% volatile
103 Guyana 8,815 girls 2023 up 197.6% falling
104 Kyrgyzstan 8,359 girls 2025 down 31.5% volatile
105 Serbia 7,724 girls 2024 up 1,659.5% volatile
106 Bulgaria 6,943 girls 2024 up 108.1% rising
107 Belgium 6,554 girls 2023 down 1.6% rising
108 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6,273 girls 2018 down 39.0% volatile
109 Suriname 5,441 girls 2024 up 3.3% rising
110 Hong Kong, China 5,014 girls 2007 down 48.3% falling
111 Hungary 4,886 girls 2024 down 24.0% rising
112 New Zealand 4,845 girls 2024 up 193.1% rising
113 Saudi Arabia 4,633 girls 2024 down 89.5% volatile
114 Jamaica 4,604 girls 2024 down 68.9% volatile
115 Eswatini 4,410 girls 2022 down 66.7% falling
116 Timor-Leste 4,375 girls 2023 down 5.6% falling
117 Trinidad and Tobago 3,926 girls 2024 up 11.0% falling
118 Armenia 3,891 girls 2023 down 26.9% flat
119 Portugal 3,626 girls 2019 up 48.4% rising
120 Qatar 3,307 girls 2024 down 17.3% volatile
121 Finland 3,118 girls 2024 up 43.1% rising
122 Norway 2,951 girls 2024 up 222.2% volatile
123 Tunisia 2,882 girls 2023 down 75.3% volatile
124 Kuwait 2,740 girls 2016 up 64.6% falling
125 Fiji 2,673 girls 2016 down 45.9% falling
126 Austria 2,599 girls 2024 up 10.9% falling
127 Bhutan 2,533 girls 2024 down 10.1% volatile
128 Bahrain 2,504 girls 2024 up 337.0% volatile
129 Bahamas 2,319 girls 2024 up 629.2% volatile
130 Belize 2,317 girls 2024 up 449.1% volatile
131 Namibia 2,300 girls 2012 down 85.6% falling
132 Czechia 2,259 girls 2023 up 41.7% volatile
133 Macau, China 2,169 girls 2024 up 615.8% volatile
134 Sweden 2,067 girls 2024 down 48.5% volatile
135 Netherlands 1,931 girls 2023 up 159.2% volatile
136 North Macedonia 1,869 girls 2023 down 3.5% volatile
137 Barbados 1,659 girls 2024 up 174.7% volatile
138 Denmark 1,658 girls 2024 up 85.9% volatile
139 Estonia 1,527 girls 2024 up 64.9% rising
140 Micronesia, Federated States of 1,500 girls 2024 up 30.4% rising
141 Martinique 1,391 girls 1996 up 1,945.6% volatile
142 Latvia 1,370 girls 2024 up 48.8% rising
143 Slovakia 1,130 girls 2024 down 82.5% rising
144 Australia 1,110 girls 2023 down 93.9% volatile
145 Kiribati 959 girls 2024 volatile
146 Uruguay 883 girls 2015 up 19.2% volatile
147 Tonga 882 girls 1999 down 13.6% rising
148 Slovenia 853 girls 2023 down 14.8% falling
149 Bosnia and Herzegovina 738 girls 2023 down 91.8% volatile
150 New Caledonia 709 girls 1991 down 25.1% falling
151 Brunei Darussalam 657 girls 2024 volatile
152 Sao Tome and Principe 627 girls 2017 down 28.9% volatile
153 French Polynesia 603 girls 1996 down 59.0% falling
154 British Virgin Islands 555 girls 2024 up 418.7% volatile
155 Mauritius 527 girls 2023 down 80.7% volatile
156 France 523 girls 2016 down 99.2% volatile
157 Samoa 509 girls 2024 up 149.5% volatile
158 Vanuatu 495 girls 2024 falling
159 Saint Lucia 466 girls 2024 down 28.7% volatile
160 Maldives 380 girls 2023 up 53.2% volatile
161 Malta 358 girls 2023 up 101.1% rising
162 Switzerland 352 girls 2024 up 506.9% volatile
163 Montenegro 339 girls 2016 down 61.7% volatile
164 Seychelles 323 girls 2024 volatile
165 United Arab Emirates 312 girls 2023 down 91.1% volatile
166 Iceland 284 girls 2023 up 55.2% flat
167 Grenada 271 girls 2021 down 5.2% volatile
168 Turks and Caicos Islands 201 girls 2015 up 89.6% volatile
169 Dominica 173 girls 2023 up 71.3% volatile
170 Cyprus 95 girls 2017 down 31.7% volatile
171 Cayman Islands 92 girls 2024 up 55.9% rising
172 Tokelau 89 girls 2025 up 345.0% volatile
173 Luxembourg 85 girls 2023 down 77.6% falling
174 Azerbaijan 81 girls 2024 down 99.0% volatile
175 Andorra 61 girls 2024 down 71.1% falling
176 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 58 girls 2007 up 222.2% volatile
177 Naoero 40 girls 2025 down 41.2% volatile
178 San Marino 35 girls 2024 down 48.5% rising
179 Cook Islands 26 girls 2015 down 74.8% volatile
180 Algeria 0 girls 2024 down 100.0% volatile

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Girls and boys who are out of school by country. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/girls-and-boys-who-are-out-of-primary-secondary-school/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/girls-and-boys-who-are-out-of-primary-secondary-school/">Girls and boys who are out of school by country</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Girls and boys who are out of school
Unit
girls
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
180 places, 3,583 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Girls in the official primary school age range who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary education.