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, female (per capita) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Guinea-Bissau :
49,501.521
per 1,000 people
2001
# 2
Gambia, The :
21,944.738
per 1,000 people
2001
# 3
Gabon :
17,861.589
per 1,000 people
2001
# 4
Swaziland :
17,275.667
per 1,000 people
2004
# 5
Turkey :
7,675.656
per 1,000 people
2004
# 6
Iran :
5,975.654
per 1,000 people
2004
# 7
South Africa :
5,352.778
per 1,000 people
2004
# 8
Jamaica :
5,217.638
per 1,000 people
2004
# 9
Vietnam :
4,635.469
per 1,000 people
2001
# 10
Honduras :
3,862.477
per 1,000 people
2004
# 11
United States :
3,500.586
per 1,000 people
2004
# 12
Liechtenstein :
3,251.089
per 1,000 people
2004
# 13
Philippines :
3,122.547
per 1,000 people
2004
# 14
Jordan :
3,100.935
per 1,000 people
2004
# 15
Luxembourg :
3,026.715
per 1,000 people
2004
# 16
Samoa :
2,633.84
per 1,000 people
2001
# 17
Malta :
2,280.09
per 1,000 people
2004
# 18
Albania :
2,224.815
per 1,000 people
2004
# 19
Egypt :
2,222.729
per 1,000 people
2004
# 20
Bolivia :
2,129.193
per 1,000 people
2004
# 21
Lithuania :
1,871.879
per 1,000 people
2004
# 22
Ireland :
1,797.982
per 1,000 people
2004
# 23
Australia :
1,752.339
per 1,000 people
2004
# 24
Seychelles :
1,518.359
per 1,000 people
2004
# 25
Iceland :
1,410.494
per 1,000 people
2004
# 26
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,355.56
per 1,000 people
2004
# 27
Russia :
1,188.213
per 1,000 people
2004
# 28
Indonesia :
1,128.806
per 1,000 people
2004
# 29
Romania :
1,090.483
per 1,000 people
2004
# 30
Israel :
1,004.777
per 1,000 people
2004
# 31
Estonia :
989.623
per 1,000 people
2004
# 32
Poland :
854.063
per 1,000 people
2004
# 33
Hungary :
847.226
per 1,000 people
2004
# 34
Bulgaria :
687.444
per 1,000 people
2004
# 35
Netherlands :
680.333
per 1,000 people
2004
# 36
Macedonia, Republic of :
630.389
per 1,000 people
2004
# 37
Tunisia :
622.71
per 1,000 people
2004
# 38
Qatar :
606.228
per 1,000 people
2004
# 39
Sweden :
575.846
per 1,000 people
2004
# 40
Switzerland :
568.774
per 1,000 people
2004
# 41
Cyprus :
544.742
per 1,000 people
2004
# 42
Norway :
529.622
per 1,000 people
2004
# 43
Serbia and Montenegro :
468.725
per 1,000 people
2001
# 44
Belize :
417.551
per 1,000 people
2004
# 45
Denmark :
303.082
per 1,000 people
2004
# 46
Belgium :
292.387
per 1,000 people
2004
# 47
New Zealand :
264.195
per 1,000 people
2004
# 48
Greece :
229.258
per 1,000 people
2004
# 49
Spain :
226.789
per 1,000 people
2004
# 50
Portugal :
202.819
per 1,000 people
2004
# 51
Finland :
193.95
per 1,000 people
2004
# 52
Italy :
118.16
per 1,000 people
2004
# 53
Canada :
116.273
per 1,000 people
2001
# 54
Peru :
83.846
per 1,000 people
2004
# 55
Mexico :
71.779
per 1,000 people
2004
# 56
France :
60.772
per 1,000 people
2004
# 57
Djibouti :
54.961
per 1,000 people
2005
# 58
Niger :
52.795
per 1,000 people
2005
# 59
Comoros :
49.835
per 1,000 people
2000
# 60
Burkina Faso :
49.074
per 1,000 people
2005
# 61
Mali :
44.929
per 1,000 people
2005
# 62
Sudan :
43.432
per 1,000 people
2000
# 63
Congo, Republic of the :
43.373
per 1,000 people
2005
# 64
Côte d'Ivoire :
40.022
per 1,000 people
2003
# 65
Eritrea :
37.262
per 1,000 people
2005
# 66
Liberia :
34.555
per 1,000 people
2000
# 67
Burundi :
34.125
per 1,000 people
2005
# 68
Angola :
31.054
per 1,000 people
1998
# 69
Solomon Islands :
28.761
per 1,000 people
2003
# 70
Pakistan :
25.518
per 1,000 people
2005
# 71
Ghana :
25.199
per 1,000 people
2005
# 72
Namibia :
24.834
per 1,000 people
2005
# 73
Mozambique :
23.665
per 1,000 people
2005
# 74
Mauritania :
21.123
per 1,000 people
2005
# 75
Rwanda :
19.538
per 1,000 people
2005
# 76
Maldives :
18.253
per 1,000 people
2005
# 77
Senegal :
16.711
per 1,000 people
2005
# 78
Zimbabwe :
15.99
per 1,000 people
2003
# 79
Saudi Arabia :
15.866
per 1,000 people
2005
# 80
Kenya :
14.762
per 1,000 people
2005
# 81
Oman :
14.623
per 1,000 people
2005
# 82
Botswana :
14.386
per 1,000 people
2005
# 83
Equatorial Guinea :
13.84
per 1,000 people
2003
# 84
Laos :
11.98
per 1,000 people
2005
# 85
Grenada :
10.808
per 1,000 people
2005
# 86
Morocco :
10.243
per 1,000 people
2005
# 87
Zambia :
9.353
per 1,000 people
2005
# 88
Lesotho :
9.152
per 1,000 people
2005
# 89
Tanzania :
8.639
per 1,000 people
2005
# 90
United Arab Emirates :
8.608
per 1,000 people
2005
# 91
Cayman Islands :
8.422
per 1,000 people
2005
# 92
Dominica :
7.542
per 1,000 people
2005
# 93
Cape Verde :
7.397
per 1,000 people
2005
# 94
Andorra :
6.36
per 1,000 people
2005
# 95
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6.207
per 1,000 people
2005
# 96
Dominican Republic :
5.941
per 1,000 people
2005
# 97
Colombia :
5.636
per 1,000 people
2005
# 98
Kuwait :
5.562
per 1,000 people
2005
# 99
Azerbaijan :
5.457
per 1,000 people
2005
# 100
Marshall Islands :
5.373
per 1,000 people
2003
# 101
Nicaragua :
5.179
per 1,000 people
2005
# 102
Madagascar :
5.104
per 1,000 people
2005
# 103
Georgia :
4.954
per 1,000 people
2005
# 104
Malaysia :
4.494
per 1,000 people
2003
# 105
Burma :
4.367
per 1,000 people
2005
# 106
Vanuatu :
4.338
per 1,000 people
2005
# 107
Macau :
4.046
per 1,000 people
2005
# 108
Bahamas, The :
3.996
per 1,000 people
2005
# 109
Syria :
3.981
per 1,000 people
2002
# 110
Venezuela :
3.98
per 1,000 people
2005
# 111
United Kingdom :
3.61
per 1,000 people
2004
# 112
Mongolia :
3.596
per 1,000 people
2005
# 113
Lebanon :
3.437
per 1,000 people
2005
# 114
Japan :
3.295
per 1,000 people
2001
# 115
El Salvador :
3.129
per 1,000 people
2005
# 116
Ukraine :
3.054
per 1,000 people
2005
# 117
Moldova :
2.751
per 1,000 people
2005
# 118
Tonga :
2.698
per 1,000 people
2005
# 119
Armenia :
2.431
per 1,000 people
2005
# 120
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2.417
per 1,000 people
2005
# 121
Malawi :
2.358
per 1,000 people
2005
# 122
Palau :
2.335
per 1,000 people
2000
# 123
Tajikistan :
2.314
per 1,000 people
2005
# 124
Kyrgyzstan :
2.221
per 1,000 people
2005
# 125
Belarus :
2.185
per 1,000 people
2005
# 126
Mauritius :
2.001
per 1,000 people
2005
# 127
Saint Lucia :
1.887
per 1,000 people
2005
# 128
Hong Kong :
1.752
per 1,000 people
2005
# 129
Croatia :
1.629
per 1,000 people
2003
# 130
Brunei :
1.303
per 1,000 people
2005
# 131
Algeria :
1.201
per 1,000 people
2005
# 132
Cuba :
1.2
per 1,000 people
2005
# 133
Suriname :
1.151
per 1,000 people
2005
# 134
Fiji :
1.011
per 1,000 people
2005
# 135
Bahrain :
0.878
per 1,000 people
2005
# 136
Barbados :
0.861
per 1,000 people
2005
# 137
Panama :
0.719
per 1,000 people
2005
# 138
Sri Lanka :
0.674
per 1,000 people
2003
# 139
Netherlands Antilles :
0.52
per 1,000 people
2003
# 140
Argentina :
0.492
per 1,000 people
2003
# 141
Kazakhstan :
0.365
per 1,000 people
2005
# 142
Slovenia :
0.285
per 1,000 people
2003
# 143
Ecuador :
0.223
per 1,000 people
1999
# 144
Korea, South :
0.216
per 1,000 people
2005
# 145
São Tomé and Príncipe :
0.211
per 1,000 people
2005
# 146
Aruba :
0.13
per 1,000 people
2005
Weighted average:
1,322.9
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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