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