Education > Children out of school > Primary > Male: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Pakistan | 2.33 million | 2005 | ||
2 | Sudan | 1.27 million | 2000 | ||
3 | Niger | 634,171 | 2005 | ||
4 | United States | 593,372 | 2004 | ||
5 | Ghana | 572,108 | 2005 | ||
6 | Burkina Faso | 552,853 | 2005 | ||
7 | Kenya | 525,858 | 2005 | ||
8 | Cote d'Ivoire | 518,910 | 2003 | ||
9 | Mali | 505,286 | 2005 | ||
10 | Saudi Arabia | 425,916 | 2005 | ||
11 | Philippines | 391,596 | 2004 | ||
12 | Turkey | 353,712 | 2004 | ||
13 | Angola | 343,361 | 1998 | ||
14 | Mozambique | 331,051 | 2005 | ||
15 | South Africa | 320,779 | 2004 | ||
16 | Iran | 306,852 | 2005 | ||
17 | Colombia | 275,598 | 2005 | ||
18 | Tanzania | 273,267 | 2005 | ||
19 | Burma | 266,743 | 2005 | ||
20 | Zimbabwe | 223,598 | 2003 | ||
21 | Burundi | 222,281 | 2005 | ||
22 | Morocco | 215,840 | 2005 | ||
23 | Congo, Republic of the | 202,778 | 2005 | ||
24 | Russia | 198,350 | 2004 | ||
25 | Rwanda | 196,473 | 2005 | ||
26 | Senegal | 166,939 | 2005 | ||
27 | Ukraine | 152,258 | 2005 | ||
28 | Eritrea | 143,979 | 2005 | ||
29 | Venezuela | 129,789 | 2005 | ||
30 | Zambia | 118,626 | 2005 | ||
31 | Vietnam | 113,301 | 2001 | ||
32 | Malaysia | 112,026 | 2003 | ||
33 | Madagascar | 93,436 | 2005 | ||
34 | Malawi | 82,971 | 2005 | ||
35 | Dominican Republic | 66,999 | 2005 | ||
36 | Liberia | 65,505 | 2000 | ||
37 | Mauritania | 65,404 | 2005 | ||
38 | Namibia | 62,368 | 2005 | ||
39 | Egypt | 58,051 | 2004 | ||
40 | Laos | 55,251 | 2005 | ||
41 | Guinea-Bissau | 51,929 | 2001 | ||
42 | Indonesia | 50,288 | 2000 | ||
43 | Azerbaijan | 44,996 | 2005 | ||
44 | Honduras | 42,802 | 2004 | ||
45 | Australia | 41,839 | 2004 | ||
46 | Oman | 41,044 | 2005 | ||
47 | Poland | 40,553 | 2004 | ||
48 | Djibouti | 39,775 | 2005 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 39,549.92 | 2004 | |||
49 | United Arab Emirates | 36,732 | 2005 | ||
50 | Bolivia | 28,286 | 2004 | ||
51 | Nicaragua | 26,767 | 2005 | ||
52 | Jordan | 26,306 | 2004 | ||
53 | El Salvador | 26,104 | 2005 | ||
54 | Botswana | 25,985 | 2005 | ||
55 | Georgia | 25,669 | 2005 | ||
56 | Lesotho | 25,071 | 2005 | ||
57 | The Gambia | 23,598 | 2001 | ||
58 | Romania | 23,180 | 2004 | ||
59 | Gabon | 23,138 | 2001 | ||
60 | Comoros | 22,499 | 2000 | ||
61 | Mexico | 22,317 | 2004 | ||
62 | Swaziland | 20,790 | 2004 | ||
63 | Belarus | 16,594 | 2005 | ||
64 | Jamaica | 16,146 | 2004 | ||
65 | Kuwait | 13,847 | 2005 | ||
66 | Solomon Islands | 13,156 | 2003 | ||
67 | Mongolia | 12,900 | 2005 | ||
68 | Kyrgyzstan | 12,615 | 2005 | ||
69 | Peru | 12,295 | 2004 | ||
70 | Moldova | 12,038 | 2005 | ||
71 | Lebanon | 11,792 | 2005 | ||
72 | Algeria | 11,280 | 2003 | ||
73 | Armenia | 11,068 | 2005 | ||
74 | Ecuador | 10,901 | 2004 | ||
75 | Tunisia | 10,690 | 2004 | ||
76 | France | 10,611 | 2004 | ||
77 | Hungary | 9,734 | 2004 | ||
78 | Sri Lanka | 9,353 | 2003 | ||
79 | Israel | 9,332 | 2004 | ||
80 | Canada | 8,805 | 2001 | ||
81 | Ireland | 7,853 | 2004 | ||
82 | Albania | 7,281 | 2004 | ||
83 | Lithuania | 7,081 | 2004 | ||
84 | Croatia | 6,895 | 2003 | ||
85 | Japan | 6,844 | 2004 | ||
86 | Maldives | 6,538 | 2005 | ||
87 | Cuba | 5,341 | 2005 | ||
88 | Syria | 5,145 | 2000 | ||
89 | Switzerland | 5,028 | 2004 | ||
90 | Bulgaria | 4,743 | 2004 | ||
91 | Denmark | 4,639 | 2004 | ||
92 | Serbia and Montenegro | 4,446 | 2001 | ||
93 | Sweden | 4,358 | 2004 | ||
94 | Italy | 4,320 | 2004 | ||
95 | Belgium | 3,937 | 2004 | ||
96 | Kazakhstan | 3,858 | 2005 | ||
97 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,837 | 2003 | ||
98 | South Korea | 3,732 | 2005 | ||
99 | Mauritius | 3,493 | 2005 | ||
100 | Cape Verde | 3,299 | 2005 | ||
101 | Argentina | 3,192 | 2003 | ||
102 | Spain | 2,989 | 2004 | ||
103 | Netherlands | 2,740 | 2004 | ||
104 | Tajikistan | 2,466 | 2005 | ||
105 | Norway | 2,357 | 2004 | ||
106 | Greece | 2,053 | 2003 | ||
107 | Estonia | 1,886 | 2004 | ||
108 | The Bahamas | 1,868 | 2005 | ||
109 | Suriname | 1,840 | 2005 | ||
110 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,523 | 1999 | ||
111 | Luxembourg | 1,496 | 2004 | ||
112 | Portugal | 1,366 | 2004 | ||
113 | Macau | 1,330 | 2005 | ||
114 | Panama | 1,309 | 2005 | ||
115 | Grenada | 1,201 | 2005 | ||
116 | Finland | 943 | 2004 | ||
117 | Malta | 883 | 2004 | ||
118 | United Kingdom | 853 | 2004 | ||
119 | New Zealand | 841 | 2004 | ||
120 | Brunei | 837 | 2005 | ||
121 | Hong Kong | 809 | 2005 | ||
122 | Vanuatu | 726 | 2005 | ||
123 | Dominica | 693 | 2005 | ||
124 | Bahrain | 690 | 2005 | ||
125 | Fiji | 571 | 2005 | ||
126 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 481 | 2005 | ||
127 | Andorra | 399 | 2005 | ||
128 | Cyprus | 380 | 2004 | ||
129 | Trinidad and Tobago | 351 | 2005 | ||
130 | Marshall Islands | 336 | 2003 | ||
131 | Netherlands Antilles | 335 | 2003 | ||
132 | Belize | 331 | 2005 | ||
133 | Tonga | 313 | 2001 | ||
134 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 307 | 2005 | ||
135 | Qatar | 298 | 2005 | ||
136 | Samoa | 273 | 2004 | ||
137 | Slovenia | 256 | 2004 | ||
138 | Barbados | 255 | 2005 | ||
139 | Cayman Islands | 201 | 2005 | ||
140 | Seychelles | 166 | 2004 | ||
141 | Liechtenstein | 140 | 2004 | ||
142 | Saint Lucia | 133 | 2005 | ||
143 | Kiribati | 115 | 1999 | ||
144 | Aruba | 28 | 2005 | ||
145 | Palau | 15 | 2000 | ||
146 | Iceland | 2 | 2004 |