Data for 2003
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2003
Figures for 2003, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2003 covers 83 countries on 3 measures. Niger is highest, at 88.062; Hungary is lowest, at 0.012. The middle country reads 6.907. Against 2002, 73 values changed (32 up, 41 down), 10 countries joined, 20 left.
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age · Data for 2003
HighestNiger
88.062LowestHungary
0.012Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2003, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 83 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88.062 | 90.612 | 85.61 | |
| 2 | 82.386 | 85.376 | 79.48 | |
| 3 | 75.796 | 78.362 | 73.31 | |
| 4 | 66.971 | 78.876 | 55.24 | |
| 5 | 55.780 | 66.990 | 44.99 | |
| 6 | 50.666 | 51.700 | 49.67 | |
| 7 | 44.300 | 52.795 | 36.13 | |
| 8 | 40.672 | 42.123 | 39.25 | |
| 9 | 37.598 | 40.208 | 35.05 | |
| 10 | 36.194 | 49.278 | 23.31 | |
| 11 | 34.487 | 40.222 | 29.05 | |
| 12 | 34.152 | 35.351 | 33.00 | |
| 13 | 28.219 | 34.434 | 22.18 | |
| 14 | 27.539 | 21.516 | 33.42 | |
| 15 | 27.217 | 26.235 | 28.16 | |
| 16 | 25.949 | 35.102 | 16.80 | |
| 17 | 24.160 | 27.266 | 21.19 | |
| 18 | 21.839 | 20.725 | 22.90 | |
| 19 | 20.287 | 19.100 | 21.44 | |
| 20 | 20.135 | 15.750 | 24.55 | |
| 21 | 19.845 | 21.437 | 18.35 | |
| 22 | 18.750 | 25.250 | 12.53 | |
| 23 | 18.468 | 21.436 | 15.61 | |
| 24 | 17.596 | 17.838 | 17.36 | |
| 25 | 17.576 | 15.548 | 19.52 | |
| 26 | 15.843 | 13.936 | 17.67 | |
| 27 | 15.130 | 19.819 | 10.32 | |
| 28 | 14.345 | 13.291 | 15.36 | |
| 29 | 14.299 | 12.731 | 15.93 | |
| 30 | 13.583 | 10.940 | 16.06 | |
| 31 | 13.491 | 11.983 | 14.92 | |
| 32 | 12.671 | 11.963 | 13.36 | |
| 33 | 11.844 | 10.045 | 13.55 | |
| 34 | 11.802 | 12.460 | 11.17 | |
| 35 | 10.860 | 11.126 | 10.61 | |
| 36 | 10.333 | 10.594 | 10.09 | |
| 37 | 9.505 | 10.185 | 8.84 | |
| 38 | 9.423 | 3.904 | 14.11 | |
| 39 | 8.205 | 5.688 | 10.76 | |
| 40 | 7.775 | 7.691 | 7.85 | |
| 41 | 6.956 | 2.579 | 10.97 | |
| 42 | 6.907 | 6.771 | 7.04 | |
| 43 | 6.465 | 4.974 | 7.87 | |
| 44 | 6.243 | 5.093 | 7.30 | |
| 45 | 6.031 | 4.195 | 7.77 | |
| 46 | 5.987 | 5.462 | 6.49 | |
| 47 | 5.935 | 6.955 | 4.94 | |
| 48 | 5.606 | 4.449 | 6.76 | |
| 49 | 5.260 | — | — | |
| 50 | 4.836 | 1.948 | 7.60 | |
| 51 | 4.552 | 7.567 | 1.53 | |
| 52 | 4.024 | 7.102 | 1.00 | |
| 53 | 3.412 | 5.509 | 1.29 | |
| 54 | 3.405 | 4.509 | 2.36 | |
| 55 | 2.860 | 2.329 | 3.33 | |
| 56 | 2.721 | 0.667 | 4.67 | |
| 57 | 2.665 | 2.277 | 3.03 | |
| 58 | 2.333 | — | — | |
| 59 | 2.138 | — | — | |
| 60 | 2.082 | — | — | |
| 61 | 2.071 | — | — | |
| 62 | 1.933 | 1.889 | 1.97 | |
| 63 | 1.905 | 1.770 | 2.03 | |
| 64 | 1.480 | 1.188 | 1.76 | |
| 65 | 0.988 | 1.074 | 0.91 | |
| 66 | 0.937 | — | — | |
| 67 | 0.846 | 1.001 | 0.70 | |
| 68 | 0.840 | 0.497 | 1.17 | |
| 69 | 0.800 | — | — | |
| 70 | 0.771 | 0.075 | 1.42 | |
| 71 | 0.745 | 0.783 | 0.71 | |
| 72 | 0.740 | — | — | |
| 73 | 0.519 | 0.765 | 0.29 | |
| 74 | 0.390 | — | — | |
| 75 | 0.374 | — | — | |
| 76 | 0.369 | — | — | |
| 77 | 0.351 | 0.187 | 0.51 | |
| 78 | 0.228 | — | — | |
| 79 | 0.213 | — | — | |
| 80 | 0.107 | — | — | |
| 81 | 0.071 | — | — | |
| 82 | 0.035 | — | — | |
| 83 | 0.012 | — | — |
02In 2003
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Niger88.062
- 2
Burkina Faso82.386
- 3
Cambodia75.796
- 4
Chad66.971
- 5
Ethiopia55.780
Lowest
- 83
Hungary0.012
- 82
Netherlands0.035
- 81
Croatia0.071
- 80
Portugal0.107
- 79
Italy0.213
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 6.907. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
032002 → 2003
Since 2002
What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +10 / −20countries joined / left
- 73values changed, of 73 in both
- 32 · 41rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
Syria36.122 → 24.160−11.962
Kenya14.893 → 4.552−10.342
Mongolia17.095 → 8.205−8.890
Malaysia12.694 → 6.956−5.738
Saint Lucia33.129 → 27.539−5.590
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
The position is ours
UIS publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
34 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
05The files
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2003). Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/out-of-school-rate-lower-secondary/2003
0626 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 200293 countries
The year after ›
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 200491 countries
All of them
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age: every year26 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2003: questions and answers
Which country has the highest out-of-school rate (lower secondary) in Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2003?
Niger, at 88.062, of the 83 countries in the file.
What year does Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2003 describe?
2003.
How many countries does Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2003 cover?
83.
Where can I download Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2003?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2003 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2024.