FACTOID # 6: There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.
 
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Education Statistics > Children out of school, primary (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Pakistan: 6,303,212   2005 Time series
# 2   Sudan: 2,695,495   2000 Time series
# 3   United States: 1,621,339   2004 Time series
# 4   Niger: 1,371,026   2005 Time series
# 5   Côte d'Ivoire: 1,223,459   2003 Time series
# 6   Burkina Faso: 1,201,992   2005 Time series
# 7   Ghana: 1,129,334   2005 Time series
# 8   Mali: 1,112,659   2005 Time series
# 9   Kenya: 1,031,544   2005 Time series
# 10   Vietnam: 1,006,627   2005 Time series
# 11   Turkey: 899,833   2004 Time series
# 12   Brazil: 799,691   2003 Time series
# 13   Mozambique: 799,431   2005 Time series
# 14   Saudi Arabia: 792,714   2005 Time series
# 15   Angola: 752,989   1998 Time series
# 16   Philippines: 646,449   2004 Time series
# 17   Tanzania: 604,378   2005 Time series
# 18   South Africa: 568,936   2004 Time series
# 19   Colombia: 532,592   2005 Time series
# 20   Morocco: 524,848   2005 Time series
# 21   Burma: 487,384   2005 Time series
# 22   Burundi: 479,837   2005 Time series
# 23   Zimbabwe: 429,275   2003 Time series
# 24   Congo, Republic of the: 376,221   2005 Time series
# 25   Rwanda: 373,055   2005 Time series
# 26   Russia: 369,274   2004 Time series
# 27   Senegal: 361,762   2005 Time series
# 28   Eritrea: 307,984   2005 Time series
# 29   Iran: 306,852   2005 Time series
# 30   Ukraine: 296,005   2005 Time series
# 31   Indonesia: 245,614   2004 Time series
# 32   Venezuela: 235,577   2005 Time series
# 33   Zambia: 227,759   2005 Time series
# 34   Malaysia: 221,833   2003 Time series
# 35   Egypt: 219,515   2004 Time series
# 36   Madagascar: 188,401   2005 Time series
# 37   Liberia: 171,431   2000 Time series
# 38   Mauritania: 130,224   2005 Time series
# 39   Laos: 126,224   2005 Time series
# 40   Guinea-Bissau: 121,537   2001 Time series
# 41   Dominican Republic: 119,848   2005 Time series
# 42   Malawi: 113,349   2005 Time series
# 43   Namibia: 112,813   2005 Time series
# 44   Azerbaijan: 90,771   2005 Time series
# 45   Djibouti: 83,363   2005 Time series
# 46   Oman: 78,581   2005 Time series
# 47   Australia: 77,047   2004 Time series
# 48   United Arab Emirates: 75,754   2005 Time series
# 49   Poland: 73,163   2004 Time series
# 50   Syria: 70,395   2002 Time series
# 51   Honduras: 70,026   2004 Time series
# 52   Nicaragua: 53,436   2005 Time series
# 53   Gambia, The: 53,369   2001 Time series
# 54   Botswana: 51,375   2005 Time series
# 55   Comoros: 49,426   2000 Time series
# 56   Georgia: 47,837   2005 Time series
# 57   El Salvador: 47,632   2005 Time series
# 58   Bolivia: 47,468   2004 Time series
# 59   Sri Lanka: 47,067   2004 Time series
# 60   Romania: 46,827   2004 Time series
# 61   Gabon: 46,307   2001 Time series
# 62   Jordan: 42,896   2004 Time series
# 63   Lesotho: 41,497   2005 Time series
# 64   Swaziland: 40,136   2004 Time series
# 65   Algeria: 39,461   2005 Time series
# 66   Belarus: 37,953   2005 Time series
# 67   Jamaica: 29,931   2004 Time series
# 68   Mexico: 29,642   2004 Time series
# 69   Kuwait: 27,950   2005 Time series
# 70   Solomon Islands: 26,210   2003 Time series
# 71   Lebanon: 24,087   2005 Time series
# 72   Kyrgyzstan: 24,041   2005 Time series
# 73   Moldova: 23,607   2005 Time series
# 74   Mongolia: 22,083   2005 Time series
# 75   Argentina: 21,899   2003 Time series
# 76   Cuba: 18,866   2005 Time series
# 77   Armenia: 18,401   2005 Time series
# 78   Hungary: 18,297   2004 Time series
# 79   Tajikistan: 17,525   2005 Time series
# 80   Tunisia: 16,875   2004 Time series
# 81   Israel: 16,168   2004 Time series
# 82   Ireland: 15,168   2004 Time series
# 83   Peru: 14,606   2004 Time series
# 84   France: 14,290   2004 Time series
# 85   Albania: 14,204   2004 Time series
# 86   Korea, South: 14,161   2005 Time series
# 87   Croatia: 14,129   2003 Time series
# 88   Netherlands: 13,817   2004 Time series
# 89   Lithuania: 13,512   2004 Time series
# 90   Hong Kong: 12,977   2005 Time series
# 91   Spain: 12,671   2004 Time series
# 92   Maldives: 12,547   2005 Time series
# 93   Canada: 12,419   2001 Time series
# 94   Italy: 11,194   2004 Time series
# 95   Ecuador: 10,901   2004 Time series
# 96   Equatorial Guinea: 10,496   2003 Time series
# 97   Bulgaria: 10,092   2004 Time series
# 98   Sweden: 9,536   2004 Time series
# 99   Kazakhstan: 9,393   2005 Time series
# 100   Switzerland: 9,231   2004 Time series
# 101   Serbia and Montenegro: 8,254   2001 Time series
# 102   Cape Verde: 7,048   2005 Time series
# 103   Belgium: 6,984   2004 Time series
# 104   Japan: 6,844   2004 Time series
# 105   Denmark: 6,276   2004 Time series
# 106   Mauritius: 5,981   2005 Time series
# 107   Norway: 4,789   2004 Time series
# 108   Panama: 3,633   2005 Time series
# 109   Portugal: 3,496   2004 Time series
# 110   Estonia: 3,221   2004 Time series
# 111   Macau: 3,192   2005 Time series
# 112   Bahamas, The: 3,159   2005 Time series
# 113   Luxembourg: 2,868   2004 Time series
# 114   Macedonia, Republic of: 2,861   2004 Time series
# 115   Greece: 2,536   2004 Time series
# 116   Suriname: 2,357   2005 Time series
# 117   Grenada: 2,352   2005 Time series
# 118   Finland: 1,957   2004 Time series
# 119   New Zealand: 1,914   2004 Time series
# 120   Malta: 1,798   2004 Time series
# 121   Vanuatu: 1,643   2005 Time series
# 122   Fiji: 1,428   2005 Time series
# 123   Bahrain: 1,328   2005 Time series
# 124   Brunei: 1,323   2005 Time series
# 125   Dominica: 1,236   2005 Time series
# 126   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 1,220   2005 Time series
# 127   United Kingdom: 1,069   2004 Time series
# 128   Andorra: 820   2005 Time series
# 129   Cyprus: 783   2004 Time series
# 130   Marshall Islands: 653   2003 Time series
# 131   Cayman Islands: 580   2005 Time series
# 132   Barbados: 488   2005 Time series
# 133   Saint Lucia: 444   2005 Time series
# 134   Netherlands Antilles: 428   2003 Time series
# 135   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 423   2005 Time series
# 136   Iceland: 414   2004 Time series
# 137   Trinidad and Tobago: 351   2005 Time series
# 138   Belize: 331   2005 Time series
# 139   Qatar: 298   2005 Time series
# 140   Seychelles: 294   2004 Time series
# 141   Tonga: 276   2005 Time series
# 142   Samoa: 273   2004 Time series
# 143   Slovenia: 256   2004 Time series
# 144   Liechtenstein: 251   2004 Time series
# 145   Bermuda: 78   2005 Time series
# 146   Palau: 61   2000 Time series
# 147   Aruba: 41   2005 Time series
# 148   Kiribati: 37   2002 Time series
# 149   São Tomé and Príncipe: 33   2005 Time series
Total: 33,621,415   
Weighted average: 225,647.1   



DEFINITION: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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