Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2021

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Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, 2021: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Out-of-school rate, lower secondary age (%)	Female	Male
1	NigerNERWestern Africa	72.047	73.812	70.344
2	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	60.336	66.708	54.152
3	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	51.003	49.470	52.465
4	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	49.829	48.209	51.438
5	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	49.580	46.546	52.528
6	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	47.960	50.455	45.477
7	HondurasHNDCentral America	47.321	44.475	50.034
8	BeninBENWestern Africa	46.971	49.983	44.048
9	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	44.007	45.268	42.808
10	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	42.500	41.414	43.562
11	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	40.434	38.662	42.106
12	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	38.325	34.818	41.485
13	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	33.970	36.280	31.714
14	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	33.941	31.810	35.931
15	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	32.871	31.050	34.657
16	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	31.890	38.573	25.550
17	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	31.750	31.586	31.909
18	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	31.352	29.709	33.020
19	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	28.340	31.893	24.908
20	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	28.293	24.375	32.199
21	BahamasBHSCaribbean	24.710	23.321	26.074
22	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	22.934	15.074	29.278
23	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	22.553	18.993	25.941
24	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	22.395	20.179	24.473
25	SurinameSURSouth America	21.293	18.484	24.019

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.013. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Female

  HighestNiger73.812

  LowestGermany0.139

  Middle country: 6.865

• Male

  HighestNiger70.344

  LowestMontenegro0.224

  Middle country: 8.433

• +15 / −11countries joined / left
• 132values changed, of 132 in both
• 60 · 72rose · fell
• 0unchanged

+ Bangladesh+ Bahamas+ Bhutan+ Cameroon+ Comoros+ Grenada+ Jamaica+ Sri Lanka+ Niger+ Nepal+ Pakistan+ Rwanda+ Chad+ Tanzania+ British Virgin Islands− Burundi− Curaçao− Iran− Saint Kitts and Nevis− Maldives− Mozambique− Mauritania− Niue− Solomon Islands− Timor-Leste− Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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.

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