Education > Participation > Children out of school > Elementary > 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 | Nigeria | 4.02 million | 2007 | ||
2 | Pakistan | 3.06 million | 2008 | ||
3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.85 million | 1999 | ||
4 | China | 1.96 million | 1997 | ||
5 | India | 1.78 million | 2007 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 1.62 million | 2006 | |||
6 | Sudan | 1.52 million | 2000 | ||
7 | Ethiopia | 1.18 million | 2008 | ||
8 | Bangladesh | 1.11 million | 2008 | ||
9 | United States | 944,307 | 2008 | ||
10 | Afghanistan | 795,669 | 1993 | ||
11 | Kenya | 563,479 | 2008 | ||
12 | Philippines | 554,742 | 2008 | ||
13 | Cote d'Ivoire | 521,190 | 2003 | ||
14 | Niger | 509,718 | 2009 | ||
15 | Ghana | 414,200 | 2008 | ||
16 | Burkina Faso | 392,446 | 2009 | ||
17 | Mozambique | 377,724 | 2008 | ||
18 | Angola | 366,133 | 1998 | ||
19 | Thailand | 321,231 | 2008 | ||
20 | Nepal | 320,983 | 2000 | ||
21 | Russia | 295,275 | 1995 | ||
22 | Haiti | 290,037 | 1997 | ||
23 | Brazil | 288,979 | 2008 | ||
24 | South Africa | 283,981 | 2007 | ||
25 | Senegal | 248,259 | 2008 | ||
26 | Saudi Arabia | 243,986 | 2008 | ||
27 | Indonesia | 237,558 | 1997 | ||
28 | Chad | 213,333 | 2003 | ||
29 | Mali | 190,043 | 2008 | ||
30 | Guinea | 174,981 | 2008 | ||
31 | Eritrea | 172,665 | 2008 | ||
32 | Iraq | 162,662 | 2005 | ||
33 | Malawi | 154,991 | 2008 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 154,442.35 | 1996 | |||
34 | Morocco | 148,187 | 2008 | ||
35 | Turkey | 147,329 | 2008 | ||
36 | Colombia | 146,899 | 2008 | ||
37 | Vietnam | 143,322 | 2001 | ||
38 | Venezuela | 141,014 | 2008 | ||
39 | Tanzania | 137,737 | 2006 | ||
40 | Uganda | 133,543 | 2008 | ||
41 | Zimbabwe | 120,833 | 2006 | ||
42 | Dominican Republic | 116,766 | 2008 | ||
43 | Cambodia | 99,060 | 2008 | ||
44 | Uzbekistan | 95,672 | 2008 | ||
45 | Papua New Guinea | 95,115 | 1990 | ||
46 | Congo, Republic of the | 90,944 | 2006 | ||
47 | Ukraine | 89,006 | 2008 | ||
48 | Cameroon | 83,060 | 2008 | ||
49 | Central African Republic | 79,323 | 2008 | ||
50 | Algeria | 68,230 | 2008 | ||
51 | Laos | 65,200 | 2008 | ||
52 | Mauritania | 63,836 | 2008 | ||
53 | Malaysia | 62,590 | 2007 | ||
54 | Poland | 59,818 | 2007 | ||
55 | Burundi | 54,694 | 2007 | ||
56 | Oman | 53,908 | 2008 | ||
57 | Peru | 53,855 | 2008 | ||
58 | Lesotho | 53,751 | 2007 | ||
59 | Zambia | 49,882 | 2008 | ||
60 | Togo | 43,672 | 2007 | ||
61 | Chile | 41,194 | 2007 | ||
62 | Paraguay | 40,850 | 2007 | ||
63 | The Gambia | 39,640 | 2008 | ||
64 | Mexico | 38,619 | 2008 | ||
65 | Bolivia | 38,564 | 2007 | ||
66 | Rwanda | 38,391 | 2008 | ||
67 | Guinea-Bissau | 36,396 | 2000 | ||
68 | Liberia | 33,421 | 2000 | ||
69 | Australia | 32,923 | 2008 | ||
70 | Jamaica | 30,981 | 2008 | ||
71 | Djibouti | 30,047 | 2008 | ||
72 | Jordan | 29,973 | 2008 | ||
73 | Costa Rica | 29,622 | 1991 | ||
74 | Nicaragua | 28,611 | 2008 | ||
75 | Czech Republic | 28,334 | 2006 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 26,535.47 | 1996 | |||
76 | Lebanon | 24,629 | 2008 | ||
77 | El Salvador | 23,243 | 2008 | ||
78 | Guatemala | 23,117 | 2008 | ||
79 | Namibia | 21,590 | 2008 | ||
80 | Honduras | 21,579 | 2008 | ||
81 | East Timor | 20,428 | 2008 | ||
82 | Swaziland | 19,331 | 2007 | ||
83 | Kyrgyzstan | 19,206 | 2008 | ||
84 | Gabon | 18,485 | 2001 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 18,435.32 | 2006 | |||
85 | France | 18,320 | 2008 | ||
86 | Botswana | 18,031 | 2006 | ||
87 | Germany | 17,720 | 2004 | ||
88 | Romania | 15,874 | 2008 | ||
89 | Sweden | 15,826 | 2008 | ||
90 | Madagascar | 15,804 | 2007 | ||
91 | Ecuador | 14,115 | 1999 | ||
92 | Solomon Islands | 13,412 | 2007 | ||
93 | Israel | 13,360 | 2008 | ||
94 | Albania | 11,889 | 2004 | ||
95 | Belarus | 11,820 | 2008 | ||
96 | Equatorial Guinea | 10,909 | 2003 | ||
97 | Denmark | 9,993 | 2007 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 9,962.09 | 2007 | |||
98 | Syria | 9,668 | 2000 | ||
99 | Hungary | 9,295 | 2008 | ||
100 | Canada | 8,881 | 2000 | ||
101 | Comoros | 8,742 | 2000 | ||
102 | Ireland | 8,734 | 2008 | ||
103 | Moldova | 7,475 | 2008 | ||
104 | Benin | 7,355 | 2008 | ||
105 | Azerbaijan | 7,167 | 2008 | ||
106 | Finland | 7,082 | 2008 | ||
107 | Sri Lanka | 7,016 | 2008 | ||
108 | Serbia and Montenegro | 6,562 | 2008 | ||
109 | Bhutan | 6,466 | 2009 | ||
110 | Kuwait | 6,374 | 2008 | ||
111 | Tunisia | 6,312 | 2007 | ||
112 | Austria | 6,040 | 1999 | ||
113 | Belgium | 5,971 | 2008 | ||
114 | Georgia | 5,918 | 2007 | ||
115 | Fiji | 5,734 | 2008 | ||
116 | Cape Verde | 5,472 | 2008 | ||
117 | United Kingdom | 5,414 | 2008 | ||
118 | Armenia | 5,306 | 2007 | ||
119 | Italy | 4,643 | 2007 | ||
120 | Kazakhstan | 4,460 | 2009 | ||
121 | Mauritius | 4,410 | 2008 | ||
122 | Netherlands | 4,164 | 2008 | ||
123 | Uruguay | 3,723 | 2007 | ||
124 | Bulgaria | 3,638 | 2008 | ||
125 | Norway | 3,165 | 2008 | ||
126 | Switzerland | 3,048 | 2008 | ||
127 | Suriname | 2,890 | 2008 | ||
128 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,838 | 2008 | ||
129 | Lithuania | 2,591 | 2008 | ||
130 | Tajikistan | 2,065 | 2008 | ||
131 | Croatia | 2,039 | 2007 | ||
132 | Greece | 1,940 | 2007 | ||
133 | Portugal | 1,887 | 2007 | ||
134 | Cuba | 1,847 | 2008 | ||
135 | Argentina | 1,783 | 1998 | ||
136 | The Bahamas | 1,719 | 2008 | ||
137 | Panama | 1,608 | 2008 | ||
138 | Dominica | 1,534 | 2008 | ||
139 | Marshall Islands | 1,508 | 2007 | ||
140 | Slovenia | 1,391 | 2008 | ||
141 | Estonia | 1,390 | 2008 | ||
142 | New Zealand | 1,372 | 2008 | ||
143 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,357 | 1999 | ||
144 | Malta | 1,305 | 2007 | ||
145 | Spain | 1,252 | 2008 | ||
146 | United Arab Emirates | 1,228 | 2007 | ||
147 | Mongolia | 1,099 | 2008 | ||
148 | Latvia | 918 | 1999 | ||
149 | Guyana | 758 | 2008 | ||
150 | Saint Lucia | 658 | 2008 | ||
151 | Brunei | 614 | 2008 | ||
152 | Luxembourg | 606 | 2008 | ||
153 | Maldives | 575 | 2008 | ||
154 | Samoa | 553 | 2007 | ||
155 | Antigua and Barbuda | 517 | 2008 | ||
156 | Iceland | 392 | 2008 | ||
157 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 278 | 2005 | ||
158 | Seychelles | 264 | 2003 | ||
159 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 230 | 2005 | ||
160 | Qatar | 229 | 2003 | ||
161 | Tonga | 225 | 2004 | ||
162 | Cyprus | 212 | 2008 | ||
163 | Vanuatu | 190 | 2005 | ||
164 | Bahrain | 161 | 2008 | ||
165 | Grenada | 142 | 2008 | ||
166 | Cayman Islands | 135 | 2008 | ||
167 | Liechtenstein | 125 | 2008 | ||
168 | Belize | 110 | 2008 | ||
169 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28 | 2005 | ||
170 | Aruba | 24 | 2008 | ||
171 | Palau | 15 | 2000 | ||
172 | Japan | 0.0 | 1995 |