Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes was 8.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) recorded 8.3% for out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 18.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 8.3%, in 2024.
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 24th of 39 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18.5% | — |
| 2001 | 17.6% | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 16.9% | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 16.3% | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 15.4% | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 14.7% | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 14.0% | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 13.2% | -5.7% |
| 2008 | 12.5% | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 11.9% | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 11.2% | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 10.7% | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 10.3% | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 10.1% | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 9.9% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 9.7% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 9.5% | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 9.2% | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 9.0% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 8.7% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 8.5% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 8.4% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 8.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 8.3% | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 8.3% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.1% | 11.9% | 18.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.8% | 8.8% | 11.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4% | 8.3% | 8.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 129.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 81.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 136.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2835 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2969 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 8.3% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 18.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.3% in 2024.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 24th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release