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Primary school age children out-of-school (%)

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.

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Key Insights

Global Average
3.8%
Median: 2.4%
Countries Covered
54
with available data
Highest
Jordan
19.0%
Lowest
Singapore
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Jordan19.0%
2Kenya18.8%
3Slovakia16.8%
4Bulgaria11.9%
5Austria11.4%
By Region
Africa7.2%(4 countries)
North America4.4%(1 countries)
Asia3.7%(10 countries)
Europe3.7%(25 countries)
Other3.2%(12 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (19.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 3.8%)

Africa (4)
North America (1)
Asia (10)
Europe (25)
Other (12)
Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Jordan19.0%
2Kenya18.8%
3Slovakia16.8%
4Bulgaria11.9%
5Austria11.4%
6Czech Republic10.6%
7Germany9.6%
8South Africa7.6%
9Azerbaijan7.4%
10Türkiye5.1%
11Saudi Arabia4.9%
12Oman4.5%
13United States of America4.4%
14The Republic of North Macedonia4.3%
15Hong Kong3.7%
16Australia3.5%
17Hungary3.5%
18Macao3.2%
19Uzbekistan3.2%
20Montenegro3.1%
21Latvia2.9%
22Poland2.8%
23Italy2.8%
24Israel2.7%
25Spain2.7%
26Albania2.6%
27Bangladesh2.4%
28Portugal2.3%
29Cyprus2.2%
30Russian Federation2.2%
31Croatia2.0%
32Bahrain1.9%
33Qatar1.8%
34Serbia1.8%
35Slovenia1.7%
36Egypt1.5%
37Finland1.3%
38United Arab Emirates1.3%
39Kazakhstan1.2%
40Denmark1.1%
41Netherlands1.0%
42Belgium0.9%
43Morocco0.8%
44New Zealand0.8%
45Georgia0.8%
46Sweden0.6%
47France0.5%
48Malta0.4%
49United Kingdom0.4%
50Lithuania0.4%
51Islamic Republic of Iran0.2%
52Norway0.1%
53Ireland0.1%
54Singapore0.0%
Showing 54 of 54 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).

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