DEFINITION
Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Education Statistics > Children out of school, primary, male (per capita) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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#1 Comoros :
41,639.569
per 1,000 people 2000 ...
#2 Sudan :
38,491.789
per 1,000 people 2000 ...
#3 Côte d'Ivoire :
29,476.974
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#4 Solomon Islands :
28,985.252
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#5 Liberia :
21,368.867
per 1,000 people 2000 ...
#6 Swaziland :
18,565.136
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#7 Zimbabwe :
17,382.847
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#8 Equatorial Guinea :
7,974.793
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#9 South Africa :
6,919.244
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#10 Jamaica :
6,111.279
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#11 Honduras :
6,072.647
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#12 Marshall Islands :
5,694.783
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#13 Turkey :
4,971.374
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#14 Jordan :
4,917.009
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#15 Philippines :
4,797.97
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#16 Malaysia :
4,584.308
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#17 Liechtenstein :
4,063.861
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#18 Luxembourg :
3,300.266
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#19 Bolivia :
3,139.733
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#20 Albania :
2,339.863
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#21 Malta :
2,200.349
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#22 Australia :
2,082.371
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#23 Lithuania :
2,061.075
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#24 United States :
2,020.641
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#25 Seychelles :
1,984.627
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#26 Ireland :
1,930.219
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#27 Netherlands Antilles :
1,873.267
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#28 Croatia :
1,552.229
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#29 Samoa :
1,485.747
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#30 Estonia :
1,398.074
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#31 Russia :
1,378.871
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#32 Israel :
1,371.647
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#33 Tunisia :
1,076.276
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#34 Romania :
1,068.948
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#35 Poland :
1,062.092
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#36 Hungary :
963.085
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#37 Denmark :
858.887
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#38 Ecuador :
835.968
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#39 Egypt :
799.136
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#40 Macedonia, Republic of :
778.629
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#41 Palau :
761.421
per 1,000 people 2000 ...
#42 Switzerland :
680.417
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#43 Bulgaria :
609.562
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#44 Cyprus :
513.652
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#45 Norway :
513.29
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#46 Sri Lanka :
485.794
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#47 Sweden :
484.653
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#48 Peru :
446.079
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#49 Belgium :
377.79
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#50 Algeria :
353.985
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#51 Syria :
306.016
per 1,000 people 2000 ...
#52 Indonesia :
243.803
per 1,000 people 2000 ...
#53 Mexico :
218.687
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#54 New Zealand :
207.071
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#55 Greece :
186.238
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#56 Finland :
180.37
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#57 France :
175.327
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#58 Netherlands :
168.287
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#59 Portugal :
130.071
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#60 Slovenia :
128.192
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#61 Argentina :
83.989
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#62 Italy :
74.258
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#63 Spain :
70.014
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#64 Japan :
53.568
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#65 Congo, Republic of the :
50.708
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#66 Djibouti :
50.153
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#67 Niger :
45.438
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#68 Burkina Faso :
41.795
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#69 Mali :
37.378
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#70 Guinea-Bissau :
36.929
per 1,000 people 2001 ...
#71 Eritrea :
32.712
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#72 Namibia :
30.704
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#73 Burundi :
29.451
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#74 Angola :
26.03
per 1,000 people 1998 ...
#75 Ghana :
25.872
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#76 Rwanda :
21.739
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#77 Mauritania :
21.313
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#78 Maldives :
19.86
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#79 Saudi Arabia :
18.423
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#80 Gabon :
17.838
per 1,000 people 2001 ...
#81 Gambia, The :
17.395
per 1,000 people 2001 ...
#82 Mozambique :
16.726
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#83 Oman :
15.989
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#84 Kenya :
15.351
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#85 Pakistan :
14.946
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#86 Botswana :
14.723
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#87 Senegal :
14.319
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#88 United Kingdom :
14.256
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#89 Lesotho :
13.969
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#90 Grenada :
11.277
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#91 São Tomé and Príncipe :
11.125
per 1,000 people 1999 ...
#92 Zambia :
10.166
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#93 Dominica :
9.625
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#94 Laos :
9.326
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#95 United Arab Emirates :
8.103
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#96 Dominican Republic :
7.532
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#97 Morocco :
7.155
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#98 Tanzania :
7.13
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#99 Iceland :
6.847
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#100 Cape Verde :
6.509
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#101 Malawi :
6.44
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#102 Saint Kitts and Nevis :
6.396
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#103 Colombia :
6.044
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#104 Andorra :
6.027
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#105 Bahamas, The :
5.782
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#106 Georgia :
5.737
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#107 Kuwait :
5.461
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#108 Azerbaijan :
5.364
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#109 Burma :
5.28
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#110 Nicaragua :
5.198
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#111 Mongolia :
5.051
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#112 Madagascar :
5.022
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#113 Venezuela :
4.884
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#114 Iran :
4.496
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#115 Cayman Islands :
4.467
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#116 Suriname :
4.096
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#117 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
4.04
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#118 El Salvador :
3.794
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#119 Armenia :
3.669
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#120 Vanuatu :
3.435
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#121 Lebanon :
3.297
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#122 Ukraine :
3.234
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#123 Tonga :
3.107
per 1,000 people 2001 ...
#124 Macau :
2.89
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#125 Moldova :
2.862
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#126 Mauritius :
2.81
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#127 Kyrgyzstan :
2.453
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#128 Brunei :
2.239
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#129 Belarus :
1.697
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#130 Vietnam :
1.425
per 1,000 people 2001 ...
#131 Kiribati :
1.301
per 1,000 people 1999 ...
#132 Belize :
1.134
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#133 Bahrain :
0.95
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#134 Barbados :
0.946
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#135 Saint Lucia :
0.807
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#136 Fiji :
0.674
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#137 Serbia and Montenegro :
0.547
per 1,000 people 2001 ...
#138 Cuba :
0.474
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#139 Panama :
0.405
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#140 Tajikistan :
0.379
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#141 Qatar :
0.367
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#142 Canada :
0.283
per 1,000 people 2001 ...
#143 Aruba :
0.279
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#144 Trinidad and Tobago :
0.269
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#145 Kazakhstan :
0.255
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#146 Hong Kong :
0.117
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#147 Korea, South :
0.077
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
Weighted average:
2,026.6
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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