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
Date
# 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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