Children out of school, primary, female by country
Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
Countries reporting
177
Highest
4.68 million
Nigeria
Lowest
35
San Marino
Median
14,764
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
3,681
What the numbers show
Children out of school, primary, female is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 4.68 million in Nigeria; the lowest is 35 in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 14,764, and the mean is 180,735.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 2,432.5%), and the largest decrease in France (down 99.2%).
Children out of school, primary, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 4.68 million | 2023 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 2 | China | 3.91 million | 1997 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.65 million | 1999 | up 116.9% | rising |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 2.33 million | 2024 | up 30.3% | falling |
| 5 | Sudan | 1.50 million | 2019 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 6 | Indonesia | 1.33 million | 2018 | up 232.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Angola | 1.14 million | 2023 | up 157.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Niger | 952,357 | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 9 | India | 907,274 | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Philippines | 872,062 | 2024 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 11 | Yemen | 863,289 | 2016 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 12 | Tanzania | 822,227 | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 659,756 | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 14 | Mali | 653,474 | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 15 | Chad | 519,892 | 2024 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 16 | United States | 448,218 | 2022 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Somalia | 414,337 | 1980 | — | rising |
| 18 | Iraq | 381,552 | 2007 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 19 | Cote d'Ivoire | 337,596 | 2024 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 20 | Burundi | 309,603 | 2025 | up 265.3% | falling |
| 21 | Syria | 279,350 | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Egypt | 270,649 | 2024 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 23 | Haiti | 257,455 | 1997 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 24 | Cameroon | 251,398 | 2019 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 25 | Zambia | 229,960 | 2017 | up 140.2% | rising |
| 26 | South Africa | 218,959 | 2023 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 27 | Guinea | 217,989 | 2020 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 28 | Senegal | 201,790 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 29 | Venezuela | 192,258 | 2017 | up 159.8% | rising |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 189,119 | 2018 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Malaysia | 181,582 | 2024 | up 91.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Central African Republic | 177,758 | 2012 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 33 | Honduras | 162,426 | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 34 | Liberia | 157,569 | 2022 | up 606.5% | flat |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 151,054 | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 36 | Mozambique | 136,850 | 2018 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 37 | Benin | 136,278 | 2022 | up 44.0% | falling |
| 38 | Colombia | 131,157 | 2022 | up 291.1% | rising |
| 39 | Uganda | 128,991 | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Brazil | 128,826 | 2024 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 41 | Ghana | 99,325 | 2024 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 42 | Guatemala | 98,449 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 43 | Eritrea | 95,607 | 2022 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 44 | Ukraine | 91,122 | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 45 | Congo | 84,011 | 2023 | up 205.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Madagascar | 78,735 | 2020 | up 2,432.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Romania | 78,616 | 2023 | up 192.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Russia | 78,377 | 2023 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 72,506 | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 50 | Lebanon | 71,222 | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 69,079 | 2025 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 52 | Bolivia | 66,961 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 53 | Equatorial Guinea | 62,954 | 2015 | up 136.9% | rising |
| 54 | Uzbekistan | 61,295 | 2023 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 55 | Lesotho | 60,997 | 2024 | up 147.6% | rising |
| 56 | Canada | 60,948 | 2023 | up 855.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Iran | 60,444 | 2020 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Morocco | 55,174 | 2019 | down 75.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Paraguay | 52,035 | 2024 | up 945.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Cambodia | 46,902 | 2024 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 61 | El Salvador | 45,017 | 2024 | up 134.6% | falling |
| 62 | Mauritania | 43,009 | 2024 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 63 | Laos | 40,481 | 2025 | up 92.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Peru | 39,928 | 2003 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Guinea-Bissau | 38,662 | 2010 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 66 | Algeria | 36,496 | 2022 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Togo | 31,015 | 2021 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 68 | Ecuador | 28,201 | 2023 | up 223.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Palestine | 27,289 | 2023 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 70 | Thailand | 27,087 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 26,967 | 2024 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 72 | Italy | 26,661 | 2023 | up 125.1% | rising |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 26,358 | 2017 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 74 | Nicaragua | 25,719 | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Papua New Guinea | 24,839 | 2020 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Germany | 22,689 | 2022 | up 113.2% | falling |
| 77 | Gambia | 22,326 | 2025 | down 51.4% | flat |
| 78 | Chile | 21,887 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 79 | Nepal | 19,465 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 80 | Botswana | 18,800 | 2014 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 81 | Solomon Islands | 18,048 | 2024 | up 1,065.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Kenya | 17,499 | 2023 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Spain | 17,236 | 2024 | down 50.2% | flat |
| 84 | Rwanda | 16,932 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Panama | 16,435 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 86 | Libya | 16,378 | 1983 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 87 | South Korea | 15,928 | 2022 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Mongolia | 15,550 | 2024 | up 135.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Cape Verde | 14,764 | 2022 | up 905.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Cuba | 14,674 | 2024 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Myanmar | 13,676 | 2009 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Israel | 13,540 | 2024 | up 520.0% | falling |
| 93 | Turkey | 12,296 | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Belarus | 12,179 | 2024 | up 209.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Greece | 12,106 | 2021 | up 75.0% | falling |
| 96 | Poland | 11,415 | 2020 | down 63.7% | rising |
| 97 | Albania | 10,813 | 2023 | up 239.6% | rising |
| 98 | Comoros | 10,666 | 2024 | up 182.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Costa Rica | 10,421 | 2024 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 100 | Oman | 10,355 | 2024 | up 298.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Georgia | 9,783 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Puerto Rico | 9,745 | 2024 | up 109.9% | flat |
| 103 | Jordan | 9,045 | 2024 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Guyana | 8,815 | 2023 | up 197.6% | falling |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 8,359 | 2025 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Serbia | 7,724 | 2024 | up 1,659.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 6,943 | 2024 | up 108.1% | rising |
| 108 | Belgium | 6,554 | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 109 | United Kingdom | 6,273 | 2018 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Suriname | 5,441 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 111 | Hong Kong | 5,014 | 2007 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 112 | Hungary | 4,886 | 2024 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 113 | New Zealand | 4,845 | 2024 | up 193.1% | rising |
| 114 | Saudi Arabia | 4,633 | 2024 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Jamaica | 4,604 | 2024 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Eswatini | 4,410 | 2022 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 117 | East Timor | 4,375 | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,926 | 2024 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 119 | Armenia | 3,891 | 2023 | down 26.9% | flat |
| 120 | Portugal | 3,626 | 2019 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 121 | Qatar | 3,307 | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Finland | 3,118 | 2024 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 123 | Norway | 2,951 | 2024 | up 222.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Tunisia | 2,882 | 2023 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Kuwait | 2,740 | 2016 | up 64.6% | falling |
| 126 | Fiji | 2,673 | 2016 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 127 | Austria | 2,599 | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 128 | Bhutan | 2,533 | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Bahrain | 2,504 | 2024 | up 337.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Bahamas | 2,319 | 2024 | up 629.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Belize | 2,317 | 2024 | up 449.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Namibia | 2,300 | 2012 | down 85.6% | falling |
| 133 | Czechia | 2,259 | 2023 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Macao | 2,169 | 2024 | up 615.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Sweden | 2,067 | 2024 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Netherlands | 1,931 | 2023 | up 159.2% | volatile |
| 137 | North Macedonia | 1,869 | 2023 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Barbados | 1,659 | 2024 | up 174.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Denmark | 1,658 | 2024 | up 85.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Estonia | 1,527 | 2024 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 141 | Micronesia (country) | 1,500 | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 142 | Latvia | 1,370 | 2024 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 143 | Slovakia | 1,130 | 2024 | down 82.5% | rising |
| 144 | Australia | 1,110 | 2023 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Kiribati | 959 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Uruguay | 883 | 2015 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Tonga | 882 | 1999 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 148 | Slovenia | 853 | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 738 | 2023 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 150 | New Caledonia | 709 | 1991 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 151 | Brunei | 657 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Sao Tome and Principe | 627 | 2017 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 153 | French Polynesia | 603 | 1996 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 154 | British Virgin Islands | 555 | 2024 | up 418.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Mauritius | 527 | 2023 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 156 | France | 523 | 2016 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Samoa | 509 | 2024 | up 149.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 495 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 159 | Saint Lucia | 466 | 2024 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Maldives | 380 | 2023 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Malta | 358 | 2023 | up 101.1% | rising |
| 162 | Switzerland | 352 | 2024 | up 506.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Montenegro | 339 | 2016 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Seychelles | 323 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 165 | United Arab Emirates | 312 | 2023 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Iceland | 284 | 2023 | up 55.2% | flat |
| 167 | Grenada | 271 | 2021 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 201 | 2015 | up 89.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Dominica | 173 | 2023 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Cyprus | 95 | 2017 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Cayman Islands | 92 | 2024 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 172 | Luxembourg | 85 | 2023 | down 77.6% | falling |
| 173 | Azerbaijan | 81 | 2024 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Andorra | 61 | 2024 | down 71.1% | falling |
| 175 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 58 | 2007 | up 222.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Nauru | 40 | 2025 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 177 | San Marino | 35 | 2024 | down 48.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Lower middle income 22.14 million
- Middle income 17.86 million
- Low income 15.71 million
- Upper middle income 4.06 million
- High income 984,900
About this data
Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.