Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male in SDG: Eastern Asia
SDG: Eastern Asia: Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male was 4.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male in SDG: Eastern Asia, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male in SDG: Eastern Asia stood at 4.4%.
The figure is up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male in SDG: Eastern Asia peaked at 5.1% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2011.
SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 30th of 39 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male in SDG: Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.9% | — |
| 2001 | 3.3% | +13.8% |
| 2002 | 3.7% | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 4.2% | +13.5% |
| 2004 | 5.1% | +21.4% |
| 2005 | 4.9% | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 4.4% | -10.2% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 3.5% | -12.5% |
| 2009 | 2.9% | -17.1% |
| 2010 | 2.5% | -13.8% |
| 2011 | 2.4% | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 2.5% | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 2.7% | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 3.0% | +11.1% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 3.6% | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 3.9% | +8.3% |
| 2018 | 4.1% | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 4.2% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4.3% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 4.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 4.3% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 4.4% | +2.3% |
| 2025 | 4.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.9% | 2.9% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 2.4% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 4.2% | 4.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Eastern Asia
More education data for SDG: Eastern Asia
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 63.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 33.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 34.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4947 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 119.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7719 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male in SDG: Eastern Asia was 4.4% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.1% in 2004.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2011.
- How does SDG: Eastern Asia rank for out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male?
- SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 30th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male rising or falling in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Eastern Asia 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release