Adolescents out of school, male (% of male lower secondary school age) - Country Ranking

Definition: Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Somalia 74.51 1980
2 Afghanistan 66.09 1974
3 Tanzania 65.78 2016
4 Senegal 63.62 2020
5 Niger 60.97 2017
6 Chad 54.94 2019
7 Mali 49.39 2018
8 Burkina Faso 49.21 2020
9 Sierra Leone 48.89 2018
10 Uganda 48.52 2017
11 Guinea 46.06 2016
12 Dem. Rep. Congo 45.92 1994
13 Ethiopia 44.95 2015
14 Honduras 44.39 2020
15 Central African Republic 42.86 2017
16 Bangladesh 40.49 2017
17 Djibouti 40.10 2021
18 Guinea-Bissau 38.22 2000
19 Côte d'Ivoire 38.10 2020
20 Benin 38.09 2020
21 Syrian Arab Republic 37.09 2013
22 Mozambique 34.97 2020
23 Sudan 33.22 2018
24 Cameroon 33.08 2016
25 Burundi 32.99 2021
26 Guatemala 32.70 2020
27 Eritrea 32.04 2018
28 Gabon 31.77 2019
29 Madagascar 31.06 2019
30 Mauritania 30.78 2019
31 Tuvalu 30.57 2020
32 Lao PDR 30.46 2020
33 Jordan 27.84 2020
34 Solomon Islands 27.78 2007
35 Vanuatu 26.55 2020
36 Jamaica 25.85 2020
37 Paraguay 24.62 2020
38 Samoa 23.85 2001
39 Papua New Guinea 23.65 2018
40 Panama 23.20 2020
41 Puerto Rico 23.13 2016
42 Yemen 22.63 2016
43 Myanmar 22.11 2018
44 El Salvador 21.98 2019
45 The Gambia 21.63 2021
46 Fiji 21.14 2003
47 Comoros 20.13 2018
48 Tunisia 19.00 1985
49 Malawi 18.99 2019
50 Indonesia 18.98 2018
51 Iraq 18.70 2007
52 Suriname 18.63 2015
53 Bhutan 17.99 2018
54 Lesotho 17.61 2018
55 Cambodia 17.15 2020
56 Liberia 17.02 2014
57 Tonga 16.88 2020
58 India 16.67 2020
59 Kiribati 16.58 1986
60 Togo 15.28 2017
61 Venezuela 14.91 2017
62 Algeria 14.88 1997
63 Belize 14.47 2020
64 Bulgaria 14.00 2019
65 Nicaragua 13.74 2010
66 Malaysia 13.65 2019
67 Philippines 13.60 2019
68 The Bahamas 13.26 2004
69 Bolivia 13.17 2018
70 Angola 13.03 2010
71 Cuba 12.69 2020
72 Cayman Islands 12.57 2020
73 Trinidad and Tobago 12.45 2004
74 Nauru 12.33 2019
75 São Tomé and Principe 12.33 2015
76 Timor-Leste 11.84 2019
77 Cabo Verde 11.80 2019
78 St. Kitts and Nevis 11.26 2012
79 Romania 10.88 2019
80 Armenia 10.78 2020
81 South Africa 10.72 2019
82 Botswana 10.61 2017
83 Grenada 9.85 2003
84 Dominican Republic 9.52 2020
85 Ghana 9.27 2020
86 Seychelles 8.86 2019
87 Mexico 8.81 2019
88 St. Lucia 8.71 2020
89 San Marino 8.58 2020
90 Kuwait 8.53 2015
91 Guyana 8.14 2012
92 Mongolia 7.79 2019
93 Bahrain 7.04 2019
94 North Macedonia 6.78 2005
95 Montenegro 5.96 2020
96 Morocco 5.87 2020
97 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5.80 2019
98 Rwanda 5.55 2019
99 Albania 5.48 2020
100 Germany 5.37 2019
101 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.32 2018
102 Ecuador 5.27 2019
103 Korea 4.80 2019
104 Ireland 4.80 1998
105 Mauritius 4.66 2021
106 Sweden 4.56 2012
107 Slovak Republic 4.47 2019
108 Qatar 4.12 2020
109 Costa Rica 4.12 2020
110 Ukraine 4.04 2014
111 Thailand 3.98 2009
112 Nepal 3.94 2019
113 Colombia 3.92 2019
114 Congo 3.88 1976
115 Barbados 3.59 2020
116 Peru 3.46 2016
117 Brazil 3.43 2019
118 Kenya 3.36 2006
119 Chile 3.35 2019
120 Netherlands 3.26 2019
121 Iran 3.19 2017
122 Egypt 3.13 2019
123 Turkey 3.00 2019
124 Macao SAR, China 2.98 2019
125 Dominica 2.95 2015
126 Serbia 2.95 2020
127 Hungary 2.77 2019
128 Tajikistan 2.76 2011
129 Namibia 2.69 2018
130 Croatia 2.69 2013
131 Greece 2.65 2019
132 Eswatini 2.58 2015
133 Oman 2.41 2020
134 Cyprus 2.37 2016
135 Poland 2.29 2019
136 Zimbabwe 2.29 2012
137 Italy 2.26 2019
138 Russia 2.25 2014
139 Latvia 2.00 2019
140 Malta 1.94 2014
141 Antigua and Barbuda 1.77 2019
142 Australia 1.76 2019
143 United Kingdom 1.75 2015
144 United Arab Emirates 1.73 2016
145 Libya 1.71 1983
146 Georgia 1.67 2020
147 Estonia 1.62 2019
148 Slovenia 1.50 2019
149 Liechtenstein 1.43 2018
150 Luxembourg 1.34 2019
151 Uruguay 1.31 2016
152 Belarus 1.29 2018
153 Spain 1.21 2014
154 Hong Kong SAR, China 1.19 2015
155 Austria 1.12 2019
156 Azerbaijan 0.76 2020
157 Finland 0.64 2017
158 Argentina 0.64 2019
159 Japan 0.57 2018
160 Iceland 0.50 2017
161 Belgium 0.49 2019
162 France 0.42 2019
163 Singapore 0.41 2019
164 Czech Republic 0.37 2019
165 Norway 0.37 2017
166 Saudi Arabia 0.37 2018
167 Canada 0.33 2014
168 Portugal 0.32 2017
169 Brunei 0.28 2011
170 Denmark 0.26 2017
171 Switzerland 0.20 2019
172 Lithuania 0.20 2012
173 Kyrgyz Republic 0.19 2020
174 New Zealand 0.17 2019
175 Sri Lanka 0.15 2018
176 Uzbekistan 0.08 2019
177 Kazakhstan 0.06 2008

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Limitations and Exceptions: The administrative data used in the calculation of the rate of out-of-school children are based on enrolment at a specific date which can bias the results by either counting enrolled children who never attend school or by omitting those who enroll after the reference date for reporting enrolment data. Furthermore, children who drop out of school after the reference date are not counted as out of school. Discrepancies between enrolment and population data from different sources can also result in over- or underestimates of the rate. Lastly, the international comparability of this indicator can be affected by the use of different concepts of enrolment and out-of-school children across countries.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The rate of out-of-school adolescents allows to compare across countries with different population sizes. It shows the share of official lower secondary age adolescents who never attended school or dropped out to the population of official lower secondary school age. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual