Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female was 8.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) is 8.2%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 19.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 8.2%, in 2024.
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 23rd 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, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.6% | — |
| 2001 | 18.6% | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 17.8% | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 16.9% | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 15.8% | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 15.0% | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 14.2% | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 13.3% | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 12.1% | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 11.4% | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 10.8% | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 10.5% | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 10.3% | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 10.0% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 9.8% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 9.5% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 9.3% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 9.1% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 8.7% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 8.5% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 8.4% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 8.3% | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 8.2% | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 8.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.6% | 12.1% | 19.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.9% | 8.8% | 11.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4% | 8.2% | 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, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 8.2% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 19.6% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2% in 2024.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 23rd out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.3%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release