Data for 2017
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2017
Figures for 2017, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2017 covers 134 countries on 3 measures. Chad is highest, at 66.174; Japan is lowest, at 0.003. The middle country reads 5.190. Against 2016, 120 values changed (53 up, 67 down), 14 countries joined, 14 left.
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age · Data for 2017
HighestChad
66.174LowestJapan
0.003Shaded 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, 2017, 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 134 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 66.174 | 72.975 | 59.5586 | |
| 2 | 65.595 | 69.602 | 61.7334 | |
| 3 | 58.203 | 61.342 | 55.1455 | |
| 4 | 54.358 | 54.415 | 54.3019 | |
| 5 | 48.314 | 47.454 | 49.1497 | |
| 6 | 46.702 | 45.681 | 47.7532 | |
| 7 | 43.807 | 48.287 | 39.7003 | |
| 8 | 40.576 | 43.772 | 37.3686 | |
| 9 | 39.838 | 38.565 | 41.0532 | |
| 10 | 38.587 | 37.594 | 39.5650 | |
| 11 | 36.050 | 33.811 | 38.1584 | |
| 12 | 35.519 | 40.850 | 30.2598 | |
| 13 | 35.127 | 32.627 | 37.6163 | |
| 14 | 31.735 | 32.358 | 31.1223 | |
| 15 | 31.515 | 35.004 | 28.1084 | |
| 16 | 29.712 | 26.073 | 33.2878 | |
| 17 | 29.395 | 27.795 | 31.0320 | |
| 18 | 27.627 | 32.994 | 21.1656 | |
| 19 | 27.457 | 26.754 | 28.1474 | |
| 20 | 27.422 | 25.427 | 29.2816 | |
| 21 | 23.622 | 23.942 | 23.2992 | |
| 22 | 22.852 | 23.618 | 22.1078 | |
| 23 | 22.190 | 19.331 | 25.0452 | |
| 24 | 22.185 | 27.846 | 16.6367 | |
| 25 | 21.324 | 18.239 | 24.1076 | |
| 26 | 20.828 | 20.285 | 21.3425 | |
| 27 | 20.296 | 20.750 | 19.8358 | |
| 28 | 19.495 | 17.587 | 21.3388 | |
| 29 | 18.787 | 14.959 | 22.6055 | |
| 30 | 17.689 | 16.345 | 18.9597 | |
| 31 | 17.567 | 17.747 | 17.3943 | |
| 32 | 17.274 | 17.019 | 17.5339 | |
| 33 | 16.650 | 16.476 | 16.8240 | |
| 34 | 16.446 | 18.819 | 14.1401 | |
| 35 | 16.017 | 16.554 | 15.4917 | |
| 36 | 15.710 | 8.377 | 22.5356 | |
| 37 | 14.270 | 14.177 | 14.3594 | |
| 38 | 13.979 | 10.233 | 17.0303 | |
| 39 | 13.785 | 13.954 | 13.6197 | |
| 40 | 13.317 | 10.453 | 16.0469 | |
| 41 | 12.899 | 12.357 | 13.4040 | |
| 42 | 12.754 | 11.289 | 14.1392 | |
| 43 | 12.046 | 14.360 | 9.8593 | |
| 44 | 12.045 | 11.194 | 12.8580 | |
| 45 | 11.600 | 5.746 | 16.6014 | |
| 46 | 11.367 | 11.033 | 11.6826 | |
| 47 | 10.728 | 1.686 | 19.4869 | |
| 48 | 10.437 | 6.898 | 13.5522 | |
| 49 | 10.412 | 9.679 | 11.1053 | |
| 50 | 10.216 | 5.548 | 14.7019 | |
| 51 | 10.211 | 10.460 | 9.9746 | |
| 52 | 9.789 | 8.371 | 11.1493 | |
| 53 | 9.767 | 9.903 | 9.6343 | |
| 54 | 8.923 | 9.285 | 8.5737 | |
| 55 | 8.689 | 7.213 | 10.1252 | |
| 56 | 8.650 | 9.649 | 7.7476 | |
| 57 | 8.282 | 9.654 | 6.9812 | |
| 58 | 8.235 | 8.066 | 8.3961 | |
| 59 | 7.250 | 8.140 | 6.3847 | |
| 60 | 6.582 | 7.502 | 5.7107 | |
| 61 | 6.573 | 3.147 | 9.7430 | |
| 62 | 5.932 | 5.282 | 6.5685 | |
| 63 | 5.699 | 4.449 | 6.9502 | |
| 64 | 5.684 | 6.425 | 4.9282 | |
| 65 | 5.444 | 6.327 | 4.5878 | |
| 66 | 5.432 | 4.933 | 5.9095 | |
| 67 | 5.228 | 2.428 | 7.9089 | |
| 68 | 5.152 | 4.962 | 5.3403 | |
| 69 | 5.018 | 4.178 | 5.8304 | |
| 70 | 4.994 | 6.108 | 3.9662 | |
| 71 | 4.971 | 5.141 | 4.8100 | |
| 72 | 4.727 | 4.669 | 4.7821 | |
| 73 | 4.476 | 4.414 | 4.5352 | |
| 74 | 4.463 | 3.901 | 5.0018 | |
| 75 | 4.295 | 3.306 | 5.2074 | |
| 76 | 4.188 | 4.625 | 3.7722 | |
| 77 | 4.154 | 3.849 | 4.4464 | |
| 78 | 4.051 | 4.856 | 3.2824 | |
| 79 | 3.929 | 5.645 | 2.2636 | |
| 80 | 3.766 | — | — | |
| 81 | 3.664 | 3.795 | 3.5397 | |
| 82 | 3.504 | 3.751 | 3.2752 | |
| 83 | 3.502 | 4.131 | 2.8992 | |
| 84 | 3.227 | 3.048 | 3.3937 | |
| 85 | 3.176 | 2.472 | 3.8543 | |
| 86 | 3.145 | 2.449 | 3.8019 | |
| 87 | 3.092 | 3.449 | 2.7471 | |
| 88 | 3.002 | — | — | |
| 89 | 2.675 | — | — | |
| 90 | 2.659 | 2.924 | 2.3996 | |
| 91 | 2.482 | 1.400 | 3.5034 | |
| 92 | 2.475 | 2.572 | 2.3851 | |
| 93 | 2.456 | 2.354 | 2.5525 | |
| 94 | 2.438 | 2.002 | 2.8545 | |
| 95 | 2.320 | — | — | |
| 96 | 2.277 | 2.296 | 2.2587 | |
| 97 | 2.140 | 1.811 | 2.4550 | |
| 98 | 1.975 | 1.723 | 2.2137 | |
| 99 | 1.651 | 1.522 | 1.7730 | |
| 100 | 1.550 | 1.148 | 1.9272 | |
| 101 | 1.530 | 2.177 | 0.9067 | |
| 102 | 1.500 | 0.319 | 2.6012 | |
| 103 | 1.461 | — | — | |
| 104 | 1.442 | 1.122 | 1.7435 | |
| 105 | 1.363 | 1.426 | 1.3041 | |
| 106 | 1.295 | 0.793 | 1.7733 | |
| 107 | 1.283 | 1.065 | 1.4899 | |
| 108 | 1.156 | 1.231 | 1.0855 | |
| 109 | 1.152 | 1.176 | 1.1299 | |
| 110 | 1.113 | 0.394 | 1.7948 | |
| 111 | 0.892 | 1.113 | 0.6811 | |
| 112 | 0.891 | 0.723 | 1.0506 | |
| 113 | 0.850 | 1.074 | 0.6534 | |
| 114 | 0.774 | — | — | |
| 115 | 0.712 | 0.668 | 0.7535 | |
| 116 | 0.706 | — | — | |
| 117 | 0.687 | 0.718 | 0.6565 | |
| 118 | 0.686 | 0.623 | 0.7459 | |
| 119 | 0.632 | 0.707 | 0.5601 | |
| 120 | 0.592 | 0.761 | 0.4316 | |
| 121 | 0.467 | — | — | |
| 122 | 0.413 | 0.250 | 0.5684 | |
| 123 | 0.371 | — | — | |
| 124 | 0.357 | 0.129 | 0.5740 | |
| 125 | 0.332 | — | — | |
| 126 | 0.260 | 0.204 | 0.3137 | |
| 127 | 0.252 | 0.462 | 0.0516 | |
| 128 | 0.218 | — | — | |
| 129 | 0.142 | 0.166 | 0.1187 | |
| 130 | 0.073 | — | — | |
| 131 | 0.065 | — | — | |
| 132 | 0.048 | — | — | |
| 133 | 0.040 | — | — | |
| 134 | 0.003 | — | — |
02In 2017
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Chad66.174
- 2
Niger65.595
- 3
Mali58.203
- 4
Tanzania54.358
- 5
Burkina Faso48.314
Lowest
- 134
Japan0.003
- 133
Cook Islands0.040
- 132
Australia0.048
- 131
Singapore0.065
- 130
Samoa0.073
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.190. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
032016 → 2017
Since 2016
What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +14 / −14countries joined / left
- 120values changed, of 120 in both
- 53 · 67rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
Tanzania72.703 → 54.358−18.345
Maldives22.750 → 13.979−8.772
Azerbaijan6.621 → 0.850−5.771
Malawi22.837 → 17.274−5.562
Eswatini9.936 → 5.152−4.785
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.
32 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) (2017). Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/out-of-school-rate-lower-secondary/2017
0626 held
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Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2016134 countries
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Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2018134 countries
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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, 2017: questions and answers
Which country has the highest out-of-school rate (lower secondary) in Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2017?
Chad, at 66.174, of the 134 countries in the file.
What year does Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2017 describe?
2017.
How many countries does Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2017 cover?
134.
Where can I download Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2017?
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, 2017 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2024.