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Education > Children out of school > Primary: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Pakistan 6.3 million 2005
2 Sudan 2.7 million 2000
3 United States 1.62 million 2004
4 Niger 1.37 million 2005
5 Cote d'Ivoire 1.22 million 2003
6 Burkina Faso 1.2 million 2005
7 Ghana 1.13 million 2005
8 Mali 1.11 million 2005
9 Kenya 1.03 million 2005
10 Vietnam 1.01 million 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
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 159,819.83 2001
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
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 77,676.5 2004
47 Australia 77,047 2004
High income OECD countries average (profile) 77,015.76 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 The Gambia 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
NATO countries average (profile) 40,225 2002
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 South Korea 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
European Union average (profile) 12,215 2002
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 The Bahamas 3,159 2005
113 Luxembourg 2,868 2004
114 Greece 2,536 2004
115 Suriname 2,357 2005
116 Grenada 2,352 2005
117 Finland 1,957 2004
118 New Zealand 1,914 2004
119 Malta 1,798 2004
120 Vanuatu 1,643 2005
121 Fiji 1,428 2005
122 Bahrain 1,328 2005
123 Brunei 1,323 2005
124 Dominica 1,236 2005
125 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,220 2005
126 United Kingdom 1,069 2004
127 Andorra 820 2005
128 Cyprus 783 2004
129 Marshall Islands 653 2003
130 Cayman Islands 580 2005
131 Barbados 488 2005
132 Saint Lucia 444 2005
133 Netherlands Antilles 428 2003
134 Saint Kitts and Nevis 423 2005
135 Iceland 414 2004
136 Trinidad and Tobago 351 2005
137 Belize 331 2005
138 Qatar 298 2005
139 Seychelles 294 2004
140 Tonga 276 2005
141 Samoa 273 2004
142 Slovenia 256 2004
143 Liechtenstein 251 2004
144 Bermuda 78 2005
145 Palau 61 2000
146 Aruba 41 2005
147 Kiribati 37 2002
148 Sao Tome and Principe 33 2005

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Background

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Conflict

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Cost of living

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Crime

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Culture

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Disasters

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Economy

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Education

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TOP STATS: Children out of school, primary, Pupil-teacher ratio, primary, Compulsary education duration and 908 more

Energy

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Environment

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Geography

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Government

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Health

Statistics about the health of a country's citizens are present in this category. You can find stats related to birth weights, rates on smoking, HIV incidence, incidence of cancer, circulatory and other diseases, stats on infant and maternal mortality, life expectancy, suicide rates, teenage pergnancy and other health related topics. We also have some details on health expenditure and health care funding out here.

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Industry

Lists all industry related stats like production of cars, buses trucks, LCVs, different industries like biotech firms and so on.

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Labor

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Language

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Lifestyle

Here we rank countries based on amphetamine and cannabis use. But more interestingly, we go into their mindset. What do the citizens of different countries think of their armed forces? Will they report a crime? Do they trust their neighbours? What about their governments? Are they happy with life in general? How charitable are they? What is their political orientation? Are they proud of their countries? Will they fight for their countries? This is an utterly captivating category.

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Media

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Military

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People

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Religion

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Terrorism

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Transport

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Travel

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Weather

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STAT
COUNTRIES COVERED
Female > Per capita 144
Male 146
Male > Per capita 145
Male per 1000 143

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