Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male was 8.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) stood at 8.5%.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 17.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 8.4%, in 2023.
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, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.3% | — |
| 2001 | 16.6% | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 16.0% | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 15.6% | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 15.0% | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 14.5% | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 13.8% | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 13.1% | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 12.4% | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 11.8% | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 11.1% | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 10.5% | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 10.2% | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 10.0% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 9.8% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 9.6% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 9.4% | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 9.2% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 9.0% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 8.7% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 8.6% | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 8.5% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 8.4% | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 8.4% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 8.5% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.6% | 11.8% | 17.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.8% | 8.8% | 11.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.5% | 8.4% | 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, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 8.5% 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 WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 17.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.4% in 2023.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male?
- 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, male rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release