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Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female (%) by country

The number of female students of the official age for primary education is subtracted from the total female population of the same age. The result is expressed as a percentage of the female population of the official age for primary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics...

Countries reporting
166
Highest
89.1%
Somalia
Lowest
0.0%
Ireland
Median
3.5%
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
5,144

What the numbers show

Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female (%) is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 89.1% in Somalia; the lowest is 0.0% in Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.5%, and the mean is 9.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11,090.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 3,284.6%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 99.9%).

Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Somalia 89.1% 1980 — rising
2 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 64.1% 1999 up 47.3% rising
3 Equatorial Guinea 54.8% 2015 up 54.6% rising
4 Eritrea 49.8% 2018 up 68.4% falling
5 Niger 44.9% 2019 down 18.7% falling
6 Mali 44.2% 2018 down 3.6% falling
7 Haiti 42.6% 1997 down 25.7% falling
8 Central African Republic 40.8% 2012 down 31.5% falling
9 Nigeria 40.0% 2010 up 0.7% flat
10 Sudan 39.0% 2017 down 12.8% falling
11 Chad 35.0% 2019 down 23.6% falling
12 Djibouti 34.6% 2020 down 33.4% falling
13 Pakistan 33.6% 2017 down 18.6% falling
14 Guinea 29.4% 2016 down 26.2% falling
15 Guinea-Bissau 29.2% 2010 down 50.7% falling
16 Angola 28.5% 2011 down 50.9% falling
17 Syrian Arab Republic 28.4% 2013 up 324.0% volatile
18 Turks and Caicos Islands 27.8% 2015 up 38.3% rising
19 Nepal 25.2% 2004 down 41.3% falling
20 Bahamas 22.7% 2018 up 58.8% rising
21 Burkina Faso 22.4% 2019 down 44.0% falling
22 Madagascar 21.8% 2003 down 48.7% falling
23 Mauritania 21.2% 2019 down 19.4% falling
24 Yemen 21.1% 2016 down 37.4% falling
25 Senegal 21.0% 2019 down 21.9% falling
26 Puerto Rico 20.9% 2018 up 192.3% rising
27 Jordan 19.3% 2019 up 50.5% volatile
28 Comoros 18.2% 2018 down 23.5% falling
29 Ethiopia 17.6% 2015 down 58.3% falling
30 Eswatini 17.2% 2018 down 6.0% falling
31 Jamaica 17.1% 2019 up 150.7% volatile
32 Kenya 17.0% 2012 down 48.7% falling
33 Honduras 14.1% 2019 up 10.7% falling
34 Panama 13.5% 2017 up 1,232.1% volatile
35 El Salvador 13.3% 2018 up 210.8% volatile
36 Bulgaria 13.2% 2018 up 307.6% volatile
37 Iraq 13.1% 2007 down 54.2% volatile
38 Zambia 13.0% 2017 up 55.5% falling
39 San Marino 12.8% 2000 down 3.9% rising
40 Cameroon 12.7% 2019 down 23.6% falling
41 Romania 12.6% 2018 up 391.5% volatile
42 China 11.6% 1997 up 4.4% rising
43 Myanmar 11.6% 2010 up 2.1% volatile
44 Tanzania, United Republic of 11.6% 2019 up 1,074.4% volatile
45 Cayman Islands 11.3% 2018 down 1.9% rising
46 Republic of Moldova 11.2% 2019 up 23.4% rising
47 Tonga 11.1% 1999 up 61.7% falling
48 Paraguay 10.7% 2012 up 359.0% volatile
49 Suriname 10.7% 2019 up 80.7% rising
50 Botswana 10.5% 2014 down 7.6% volatile
51 Guatemala 10.5% 2019 up 100.9% volatile
52 South Africa 10.2% 2018 up 127.8% volatile
53 Gambia 10.0% 2019 down 67.5% falling
54 Zimbabwe 9.7% 2003 down 32.6% falling
55 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 9.6% 2017 up 183.7% rising
56 Benin 9.6% 2019 down 41.6% falling
57 Bermuda 9.4% 2012 — volatile
58 Cambodia 9.4% 2019 up 32.5% volatile
59 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.3% 2019 down 23.0% volatile
60 Armenia 8.8% 2019 up 451.2% falling
61 Côte d'Ivoire 8.4% 2019 down 83.0% falling
62 Indonesia 8.0% 2018 up 66.2% volatile
63 Vanuatu 7.5% 2015 up 179.2% volatile
64 Cape Verde 7.3% 2018 up 76.9% volatile
65 Ukraine 7.0% 2014 down 32.8% falling
66 Azerbaijan 7.0% 2019 down 45.5% falling
67 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 6.9% 2018 up 236.0% rising
68 Congo 6.9% 2012 down 84.2% volatile
69 Rwanda 6.2% 2019 — volatile
70 Sao Tome and Principe 6.0% 2017 down 37.0% flat
71 Burundi 6.0% 2019 down 30.3% volatile
72 Hong Kong, China 5.8% 1996 up 68.1% volatile
73 Türkiye 5.3% 2018 up 54.3% volatile
74 United Arab Emirates 5.1% 2013 up 2.1% volatile
75 Guyana 5.0% 2010 down 35.9% falling
76 Hungary 4.5% 2018 up 116.3% volatile
77 Slovakia 4.3% 2018 up 66.9% falling
78 Philippines 4.1% 2018 down 51.8% falling
79 Togo 4.0% 2019 down 71.4% volatile
80 Ecuador 3.9% 2008 up 56.3% volatile
81 Mozambique 3.7% 2019 down 74.2% volatile
82 Dominican Republic 3.5% 2019 down 68.6% falling
83 Algeria 3.5% 2008 down 77.6% volatile
84 Sri Lanka 3.5% 2014 up 1,126.3% rising
85 Palestine, State of 3.4% 2019 down 69.8% falling
86 Italy 3.3% 2018 up 1,307.4% volatile
87 Costa Rica 3.3% 2017 — falling
88 Dominica 3.3% 2019 down 52.9% falling
89 Mongolia 3.3% 2015 down 53.0% volatile
90 British Virgin Islands 3.1% 2013 up 6.8% volatile
91 Bangladesh 3.0% 2008 — falling
92 Timor-Leste 3.0% 2019 down 74.8% volatile
93 Uruguay 3.0% 2014 up 110.8% volatile
94 Uganda 2.9% 2013 — volatile
95 Bahrain 2.8% 2019 down 56.8% volatile
96 Albania 2.8% 2013 down 63.5% rising
97 Spain 2.8% 2018 — volatile
98 Montenegro 2.7% 2017 down 15.7% volatile
99 Grenada 2.6% 2005 — volatile
100 Saudi Arabia 2.6% 2016 down 70.7% volatile
101 Morocco 2.6% 2017 down 77.9% volatile
102 Tajikistan 2.5% 2016 down 57.7% volatile
103 Barbados 2.5% 2018 up 168.4% volatile
104 Namibia 2.4% 2012 down 45.0% volatile
105 Nicaragua 2.4% 2010 down 82.1% volatile
106 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.4% 2012 down 55.2% volatile
107 Bhutan 2.2% 2020 down 79.6% volatile
108 Belarus 2.1% 2018 up 37.6% volatile
109 Lesotho 2.0% 2017 down 85.2% falling
110 Estonia 2.0% 2018 up 22.7% volatile
111 Thailand 2.0% 2009 — volatile
112 Kyrgyzstan 1.9% 2012 down 68.6% falling
113 Serbia 1.9% 2019 down 50.4% volatile
114 Brunei Darussalam 1.9% 1995 down 91.8% volatile
115 Uzbekistan 1.8% 2014 down 77.1% falling
116 Poland 1.8% 2018 down 69.2% falling
117 Colombia 1.8% 2018 up 103.7% volatile
118 Georgia 1.7% 2016 up 95.2% volatile
119 Sweden 1.7% 2008 up 56.2% volatile
120 Aruba 1.7% 2009 up 58.9% rising
121 Chile 1.6% 2018 down 49.5% falling
122 Macau, China 1.6% 2019 down 88.6% falling
123 Croatia 1.6% 2011 down 44.5% volatile
124 Trinidad and Tobago 1.6% 2010 up 231.8% volatile
125 Seychelles 1.5% 2002 down 87.8% falling
126 India 1.4% 2013 down 88.4% volatile
127 Greece 1.2% 2018 down 76.0% volatile
128 Fiji 1.2% 2015 up 3,284.6% volatile
129 Belize 1.2% 2013 down 76.9% falling
130 Portugal 1.2% 2017 — volatile
131 Finland 1.2% 2018 down 40.5% falling
132 Luxembourg 1.0% 2015 down 25.5% volatile
133 Korea 0.9% 2018 down 37.1% volatile
134 Mauritius 0.9% 2013 down 17.4% volatile
135 Cuba 0.9% 2019 down 48.6% volatile
136 Canada 0.9% 1998 down 81.1% falling
137 Kuwait 0.9% 2016 down 82.5% volatile
138 Malta 0.9% 1997 down 83.0% volatile
139 Cyprus 0.8% 2018 down 8.8% volatile
140 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8% 2018 down 26.5% volatile
141 North Macedonia 0.8% 2018 down 91.2% falling
142 Maldives 0.7% 2019 — volatile
143 Egypt 0.7% 2012 down 93.8% volatile
144 Latvia 0.7% 2018 down 18.7% rising
145 United States of America 0.6% 2018 down 72.6% volatile
146 New Zealand 0.6% 2016 — rising
147 Iceland 0.5% 2016 down 82.6% volatile
148 Netherlands 0.5% 2017 — volatile
149 Australia 0.5% 2018 down 75.3% volatile
150 Ghana 0.4% 2019 down 97.4% volatile
151 Slovenia 0.4% 2014 up 775.9% volatile
152 Qatar 0.3% 2019 down 81.4% volatile
153 Belgium 0.3% 2018 down 72.4% volatile
154 Oman 0.3% 2011 down 97.7% volatile
155 Tunisia 0.3% 2009 down 95.1% volatile
156 Saint Lucia 0.2% 2018 down 96.2% volatile
157 Denmark 0.2% 2018 down 54.2% volatile
158 Russian Federation 0.2% 2016 down 96.8% volatile
159 Peru 0.2% 2011 down 57.1% volatile
160 Malaysia 0.2% 2014 down 66.1% volatile
161 Germany 0.2% 2016 down 91.1% falling
162 Norway 0.1% 2014 down 78.6% volatile
163 Austria 0.1% 2016 down 95.7% volatile
164 France 0.0% 2016 down 99.3% volatile
165 Switzerland 0.0% 2012 down 93.0% volatile
166 Ireland 0.0% 2001 down 99.9% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
211 places, 5,144 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

The number of female students of the official age for primary education is subtracted from the total female population of the same age. The result is expressed as a percentage of the female population of the official age for primary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/