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Out-of-school rate for children one year before official primary entry age

Name: Out-of-school rate for children one year before official primary entry age by country, 2025
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

% · higher is better · 195 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2025

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9 countries · 2025

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Out-of-school rate for children one year before official primary entry age league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Burundi	71.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Gambia, The	37.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Lao PDR	34.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
4	Kazakhstan	25.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
5	Kyrgyz Republic	25.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
6	Algeria	24.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
7	Thailand	9.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
8	Indonesia	7.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
9	Naoero	5.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income

Out-of-school rate for children one year before official primary entry age