Data for 1999

Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 1999

Figures for 1999, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 1999 covers 60 countries on 3 measures. Niger is highest, at 88.33; Barbados is lowest, at 0.78. The middle country reads 20.31.

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Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age · Data for 1999

HighestNiger

88.33

LowestBarbados

0.78

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

60countries
3measures per country
1999the year it describes
60distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 1999, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 1999: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	NigerNERWestern Africa	88.33	90.96	85.80
2	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	85.98	89.03	83.02
3	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	80.58	84.82	76.43
4	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	74.91	85.77	64.14
5	GuineaGINWestern Africa	69.04	81.41	56.99
6	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	65.02	74.57	55.83
7	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	60.53	69.61	51.40
8	IraqIRQWestern Asia	51.64	62.03	41.65
9	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	49.26	52.93	45.71
10	YemenYEMWestern Asia	46.85	67.38	27.14
11	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	45.65	53.28	38.21
12	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	44.50	52.60	36.66
13	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	43.17	47.39	39.05
14	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	39.22	43.31	35.30
15	TogoTGOWestern Africa	34.91	51.23	18.80
16	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	32.27	29.73	34.78
17	EritreaERIEastern Africa	32.05	38.90	25.18
18	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	30.15	33.88	26.61
19	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	28.64	26.92	30.26
20	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	28.63	35.47	21.99
21	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	28.34	33.24	23.12
22	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	27.64	22.38	32.97
23	VenezuelaVENSouth America	26.54	24.48	28.52
24	AnguillaAIACaribbean	26.29	27.45	25.08
25	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	24.93	17.68	32.31
26	MontserratMSRCaribbean	24.58	22.39	26.35
27	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	23.49	32.16	15.21
28	PanamaPANCentral America	23.44	23.55	23.34
29	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	22.11	20.57	23.61
30	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	21.11	20.41	21.79
31	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	19.51	25.78	12.91
32	OmanOMNWestern Asia	19.36	16.93	21.54
33	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	19.11	17.60	20.58
34	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	18.69	22.24	15.07
35	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	18.56	18.27	18.84
36	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	18.55	16.22	20.75
37	ParaguayPRYSouth America	15.35	16.69	14.06
38	JordanJORWestern Asia	13.12	11.53	14.63
39	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	12.22	10.85	13.55
40	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	11.98	8.36	15.28
41	DominicaDMACaribbean	11.12	5.69	16.91
42	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	10.51	10.70	10.32
43	SamoaWSMPolynesia	10.40	9.40	11.33
44	BelizeBLZCentral America	9.94	8.13	11.70
45	PeruPERSouth America	9.36	10.77	7.98
46	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	8.95	7.00	10.79
47	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	8.44	6.17	10.78
48	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	7.77	—	—
49	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	7.57	3.47	11.23
50	BoliviaBOLSouth America	7.08	9.89	4.38
51	QatarQATWestern Asia	7.04	2.52	10.82
52	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	6.41	5.06	7.78
53	TongaTONPolynesia	6.33	6.21	6.44
54	CubaCUBCaribbean	4.44	3.29	5.53
55	BahamasBHSCaribbean	3.62	4.57	2.70
56	FijiFJIMelanesia	3.33	0.93	5.66
57	ArgentinaARGSouth America	2.47	—	—
58	ArubaABWCaribbean	1.87	—	—
59	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.85	1.02	0.67
60	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.78	—	—

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Niger88.33
2Cambodia85.98
3Burkina Faso80.58
4Chad74.91
5Guinea69.04

Lowest

60Barbados0.78
59Iceland0.85
58Aruba1.87
57Argentina2.47
56Fiji3.33

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 20.31. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestNiger90.96
LowestFiji0.93
Middle country: 22.31
Male
HighestNiger85.80
LowestIceland0.67
Middle country: 21.66

03Caveats

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1999). Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/out-of-school-rate-lower-secondary/1999

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