Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male (modelled data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
204
Highest
62.7%
Equatorial Guinea
Lowest
0.0%
Portugal
Median
4.8%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
5,352
What the numbers show
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male (modelled data) (%) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 62.7% in Equatorial Guinea; the lowest is 0.0% in Portugal.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.8%, and the mean is 9.6%.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 115 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 1,475.0%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 100.0%).
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male (modelled): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea | 62.7% | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 2 | South Sudan | 55.0% | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 46.4% | 2025 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 45.6% | 2025 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 5 | Sudan | 41.7% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 6 | Eritrea | 39.0% | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 7 | Libya | 38.4% | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 8 | Mauritania | 38.1% | 2025 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau | 37.3% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 10 | Burkina Faso | 36.8% | 2025 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 10 | Liberia | 36.8% | 2025 | up 97.8% | falling |
| 12 | Djibouti | 36.5% | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 13 | Senegal | 34.8% | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 14 | Niger | 34.0% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 15 | Lesotho | 31.2% | 2025 | up 112.2% | rising |
| 16 | Angola | 30.7% | 2025 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 17 | Mozambique | 30.5% | 2025 | up 221.1% | falling |
| 18 | Bahamas | 29.7% | 2025 | up 123.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 29.4% | 2025 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 20 | Honduras | 28.8% | 2025 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 21 | Gabon | 28.6% | 2025 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 22 | Solomon Islands | 27.2% | 2025 | up 202.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Tokelau | 26.9% | 2025 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 24 | Mali | 26.2% | 2025 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 25 | Lebanon | 25.9% | 2025 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 26 | Yemen | 24.2% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 27 | Barbados | 23.0% | 2025 | up 434.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Nigeria | 22.1% | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 29 | Gambia | 22.0% | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 29 | British Virgin Islands | 22.0% | 2025 | up 161.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Syrian Arab Republic | 21.9% | 2025 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Madagascar | 21.7% | 2025 | up 92.0% | falling |
| 33 | Comoros | 20.8% | 2025 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 34 | Suriname | 20.0% | 2025 | up 27.4% | falling |
| 35 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19.7% | 2025 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 36 | Macau, China | 19.6% | 2025 | up 197.0% | rising |
| 37 | Pakistan | 17.8% | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 38 | Tajikistan | 17.7% | 2025 | up 254.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Burundi | 17.3% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 40 | Iraq | 17.2% | 2025 | up 26.5% | flat |
| 41 | Romania | 17.0% | 2025 | up 157.6% | rising |
| 42 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 16.9% | 2025 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 43 | El Salvador | 16.8% | 2025 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Uganda | 16.8% | 2025 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 45 | Guyana | 16.6% | 2025 | up 155.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.1% | 2025 | up 89.4% | rising |
| 47 | Papua New Guinea | 15.8% | 2025 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 48 | Kenya | 15.7% | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 49 | Paraguay | 15.4% | 2025 | up 165.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 15.2% | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 51 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 14.8% | 2025 | up 54.2% | falling |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 14.8% | 2025 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 53 | Chad | 14.7% | 2025 | down 63.2% | falling |
| 54 | Congo | 14.3% | 2025 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 14.1% | 2025 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 56 | Belize | 13.6% | 2025 | up 750.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Guinea | 13.5% | 2025 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 12.5% | 2025 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 59 | Benin | 12.0% | 2025 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 60 | Sierra Leone | 11.7% | 2025 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 61 | Malaysia | 10.9% | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 62 | Cambodia | 10.7% | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 62 | Zambia | 10.7% | 2025 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 64 | Jamaica | 10.1% | 2025 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 9.9% | 2025 | up 67.8% | falling |
| 66 | Bahrain | 9.3% | 2025 | up 342.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Haiti | 9.2% | 2025 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 68 | Ghana | 9.1% | 2025 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Kiribati | 9.1% | 2025 | up 160.0% | rising |
| 70 | Bhutan | 8.9% | 2025 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Philippines | 8.7% | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 72 | Mongolia | 8.6% | 2025 | up 160.6% | rising |
| 73 | Nepal | 8.5% | 2025 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Panama | 8.5% | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 75 | Myanmar | 8.4% | 2025 | up 29.2% | falling |
| 75 | Palestine, State of | 8.4% | 2025 | up 140.0% | falling |
| 77 | Curaçao | 8.3% | 2025 | up 130.6% | flat |
| 78 | Guatemala | 8.0% | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 78 | Palau | 8.0% | 2025 | down 74.6% | falling |
| 78 | Timor-Leste | 8.0% | 2025 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Bangladesh | 7.7% | 2025 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 82 | Maldives | 7.5% | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 83 | Albania | 7.4% | 2025 | up 393.3% | rising |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 7.1% | 2025 | up 73.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 6.8% | 2025 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 86 | Oman | 6.6% | 2025 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 86 | San Marino | 6.6% | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 88 | Singapore | 6.3% | 2025 | up 1,475.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Cameroon | 6.2% | 2025 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 90 | Malawi | 6.1% | 2025 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 90 | Qatar | 6.1% | 2025 | up 74.3% | falling |
| 92 | India | 6.0% | 2025 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 92 | South Africa | 6.0% | 2025 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.9% | 2025 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Samoa | 5.8% | 2025 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 96 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.7% | 2025 | down 36.7% | rising |
| 97 | Colombia | 5.5% | 2025 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 98 | Botswana | 5.2% | 2025 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 98 | Ecuador | 5.2% | 2025 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Bulgaria | 5.0% | 2025 | up 78.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Tunisia | 4.8% | 2025 | up 220.0% | rising |
| 101 | Montserrat | 4.8% | 2025 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 103 | China | 4.7% | 2025 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 104 | Niue | 4.5% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 4.3% | 2025 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 105 | Malta | 4.3% | 2025 | up 437.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.2% | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 108 | Egypt | 4.1% | 2025 | down 66.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Eswatini | 4.1% | 2025 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Cayman Islands | 4.0% | 2025 | up 42.9% | flat |
| 110 | Naoero | 4.0% | 2025 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 112 | Belarus | 3.9% | 2025 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Grenada | 3.8% | 2025 | up 46.2% | falling |
| 114 | United States of America | 3.7% | 2021 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 115 | Costa Rica | 3.1% | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 115 | Rwanda | 3.1% | 2025 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Saudi Arabia | 3.1% | 2025 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 118 | North Macedonia | 2.8% | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 118 | Ukraine | 2.8% | 2025 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 2.6% | 2025 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 120 | Hungary | 2.6% | 2025 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 120 | Mauritius | 2.6% | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 120 | Vanuatu | 2.6% | 2025 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Armenia | 2.5% | 2025 | down 64.8% | falling |
| 124 | Mexico | 2.5% | 2025 | up 92.3% | falling |
| 126 | Togo | 2.4% | 2025 | down 75.5% | falling |
| 127 | Andorra | 2.3% | 2025 | down 76.3% | falling |
| 127 | Tonga | 2.3% | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 127 | Tuvalu | 2.3% | 2025 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Turkmenistan | 2.1% | 2025 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Jordan | 2.0% | 2025 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Slovakia | 2.0% | 2025 | down 69.7% | rising |
| 133 | Germany | 1.9% | 2025 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 133 | Estonia | 1.9% | 2025 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 133 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.9% | 2025 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 136 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.7% | 2025 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 136 | Thailand | 1.7% | 2025 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Türkiye | 1.7% | 2025 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Canada | 1.6% | 2025 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Latvia | 1.6% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 139 | Anguilla | 1.6% | 2025 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Finland | 1.5% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 143 | Spain | 1.4% | 2025 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 143 | Israel | 1.4% | 2025 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 143 | Italy | 1.4% | 2025 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Bermuda | 1.3% | 2025 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 146 | Indonesia | 1.3% | 2025 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Cuba | 1.2% | 2025 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 148 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.2% | 2025 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.2% | 2025 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Iceland | 1.1% | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 151 | Morocco | 1.1% | 2025 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Slovenia | 1.1% | 2025 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 154 | Belgium | 1.0% | 2025 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 154 | Greece | 1.0% | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 154 | Namibia | 1.0% | 2025 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Serbia | 1.0% | 2025 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 158 | United Arab Emirates | 0.9% | 2025 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Czechia | 0.9% | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Algeria | 0.9% | 2025 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 158 | Hong Kong, China | 0.9% | 2025 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Marshall Islands | 0.9% | 2025 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Austria | 0.8% | 2025 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 164 | Luxembourg | 0.7% | 2025 | down 76.7% | falling |
| 164 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.7% | 2025 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Brazil | 0.6% | 2025 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Chile | 0.6% | 2025 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 166 | Korea | 0.6% | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Viet Nam | 0.5% | 2025 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Argentina | 0.4% | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 170 | Dominica | 0.4% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Fiji | 0.4% | 2025 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Norway | 0.4% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | New Zealand | 0.4% | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 170 | Peru | 0.4% | 2025 | down 81.8% | falling |
| 170 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.4% | 2025 | down 33.3% | flat |
| 170 | Uruguay | 0.4% | 2025 | down 60.0% | flat |
| 178 | Denmark | 0.3% | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 178 | Monaco | 0.3% | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Seychelles | 0.3% | 2025 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Uzbekistan | 0.3% | 2025 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 182 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.2% | 2025 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Liechtenstein | 0.2% | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Poland | 0.2% | 2025 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Aruba | 0.1% | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1% | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Australia | 0.1% | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 185 | France | 0.1% | 2025 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 185 | Russian Federation | 0.1% | 2025 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1% | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 185 | Cook Islands | 0.1% | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 196 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 196 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 196 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 196 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 196 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Portugal | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release