Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (2024)

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Drop outs in primary school are the students or pupils who leave school definitively in a given school year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school.

Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (2)Chad (2005)70.2
2Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (3)Rwanda (2003)69.1
3Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (4)Uganda (2006)67.63
4Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (5)Equatorial Guinea (2001)67.39
5Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (6)Malawi (2006)64.34
6Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (7)Ethiopia (2007)59.69
7Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (8)Madagascar (2007)57.51
8Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (9)Mozambique (2007)56.31
9Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (10)Togo (2006)55.48
10Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (11)Central African Republic (2008)54.36
11Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (12)Lesotho (2006)54.24
12Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (13)Nicaragua (2007)51.61
13Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (14)Burundi (2007)46.32
14Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (15)Cambodia (2007)45.56
15Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (16)Bangladesh (2005)45.19
16Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (17)Guinea (2007)45.09
17Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (18)Gabon (2002)44.47
18Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (19)Cameroon (2007)43.29
19Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (20)Senegal (2007)41.58
20Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (21)Guyana (2001)41.15
21Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (22)Yemen (2004)40.5
22Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (23)Ghana (2002)40.01
23Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (24)Nepal (2007)38.43
24Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (25)Zimbabwe (2002)37.93
25Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (26)Benin (2003)36.94
26Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (27)St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2000)35.93
27Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (28)Guatemala (2007)35.28
28Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (29)India (2005)34.21
29Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (30)Laos (2007)33.22
30Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (31)Niger (2008)33.21
31Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (32)Suriname (2006)32.32
32Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (33)St. Kitts and Nevis (2007)31.97
33Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (34)Dominican Republic (2007)31.23
34Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (35)Pakistan (2004)30.32
35Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (36)Iraq (2004)29.86
36Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (37)Republic of the Congo (2007)29.81
37Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (38)Gambia (2007)29.68
38Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (39)Burkina Faso (2008)28.87
39Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (40)Comoros (2004)28.31
40Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (41)Philippines (2006)26.76
41Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (42)Eritrea (2007)26.72
42Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (43)Vanuatu (2006)26.58
43Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (44)Swaziland (2006)26.3
44Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (45)Burma (2007)26.09
45Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (46)Sao Tome and Principe (2007)26.08
46Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (47)Nigeria (2003)25.12
47Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (48)Brazil (2004)24.37
48Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (49)El Salvador (2007)24.3
49Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (50)Morocco (2007)23.83
50Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (51)Honduras (2007)23.81
51Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (52)Namibia (2005)23.44
52Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (53)South Africa (2003)23.02
53Cayman Islands (2004)21.87
54Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (54)Zambia (2007)21.44
55Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (55)Paraguay (2006)20.91
56Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (56)Mali (2008)20.9
57Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (57)Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)20.5
58Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (58)Indonesia (2007)19.89
59Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (59)Bolivia (2006)19.8
60Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (60)Venezuela (2007)19.26
61Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (61)Ecuador (2007)18.65
62Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (62)Kiribati (2003)18.56
63Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (63)Liechtenstein (2007)18.17
64Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (64)Mauritania (2008)18.11
65Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (65)Grenada (2002)17.38
66Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (66)Tanzania (2006)17.2
67Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (67)Peru (2007)17.04
68Netherlands Antilles (2001)16.88
69Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (68)Kenya (2004)16.42
70Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (69)Panama (2007)14.79
71Aruba (2007)13.52
72Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (70)Luxembourg (2007)13.51
73Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (71)Bermuda (2005)13.5
74Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (72)Botswana (2005)13.16
75Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (73)Cape Verde (2007)12.87
76Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (74)Jamaica (2001)12.79
77Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (75)Belgium (2007)12.77
78Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (76)Iran (2002)12.19
79Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (77)Colombia (2007)12.19
80Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (78)Ivory Coast (2007)10.46
81Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (79)Albania (2003)10.07
82Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (80)Bhutan (2008)9.92
83Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (81)Belize (2007)9.51
84Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (82)Dominica (2007)9.25
85Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (83)Bahamas (2007)9.14
86Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (84)Tonga (2005)9.1
87Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (85)Mexico (2007)8.49
88Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (86)Denmark (2004)7.94
89Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (87)Vietnam (2005)7.88
90Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (88)Malaysia (2006)7.77
91Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (89)Algeria (2007)7.05
92Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (90)Sudan (2007)6.91
93Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (91)Lebanon (2008)6.87
94Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (92)Romania (2007)6.71
95Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (93)Uruguay (2006)6.33
96Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (94)Bulgaria (2007)6.31
97Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (95)Barbados (2007)6.1
98Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (96)Tunisia (2007)5.88
99Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (97)Turkey (2007)5.77
100Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (98)Costa Rica (2007)5.7
101Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (99)Fiji (2007)5.41
102Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (100)Chile (2006)5.14
103Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (101)Mongolia (2007)5.13
104Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (102)Argentina (2006)5.09
105Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (103)Georgia (2007)4.9
106Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (104)Russia (2007)4.8
107Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (105)Cuba (2008)4.44
108Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (106)Moldova (2007)4.43
109Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (107)Germany (2007)4.37
110Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (108)Latvia (2007)4.3
111Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (109)Trinidad and Tobago (2007)4.17
112Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (110)United States (2005)4.15
113Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (111)Western Samoa (2000)4.12
114Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (112)St. Lucia (2004)3.98
115Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (113)Saudi Arabia (2007)3.58
116Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (114)Syria (2007)3.32
117Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (115)Qatar (2007)3.25
118Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (116)Egypt (2006)3.17
119Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (117)Ukraine (2007)2.72
120Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (118)Poland (2006)2.7
121Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (119)Antigua and Barbuda (2007)2.64
122Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (120)Slovakia (2007)2.59
123Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (121)Macedonia (2006)2.51
124Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (122)Armenia (2006)2.29
125Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (123)Austria (2007)2.16
126Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (124)Mauritius (2008)2.05
127Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (125)France (1999)2.04
128Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (126)Lithuania (2007)1.98
129Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (127)Sri Lanka (2007)1.97
130Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (128)Greece (2006)1.76
131Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (129)Estonia (2007)1.74
132Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (130)Netherlands (2002)1.66
133Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (131)Kyrgyzstan (2007)1.65
134Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (132)Serbia (2007)1.64
135Brunei Darussalam (2007)1.63
136Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (133)North Korea (2007)1.62
137Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (134)South Korea (2007)1.62
138Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (135)Seychelles (2008)1.58
139Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (136)Azerbaijan (2008)1.57
140Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (137)Cyprus (2007)1.55
141Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (138)Uzbekistan (2007)1.32
142Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (139)Bahrain (2004)1.29
143Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (140)Slovenia (2002)1.14
144Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (141)Czech Republic (2007)1.09
145Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (142)Hungary (2007)1.05
146Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (143)Kazakhstan (2008)0.98
147Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (144)Malta (2002)0.98
148West Bank and Gaza (2007)0.94
149Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (145)Iceland (2005)0.92
150Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (146)United Arab Emirates (2005)0.9
151Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (147)Jordan (2006)0.85
152Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (148)Tajikistan (2007)0.52
153Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (149)Oman (2007)0.5
154Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (150)Kuwait (2006)0.47
155Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (151)Belarus (2006)0.47
156Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (152)Italy (2006)0.44
157Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (153)Macau (2008)0.44
158Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (154)China (2007)0.43
159Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (155)Israel (2007)0.37
160Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (156)Finland (2007)0.2
161Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (157)Croatia (2006)0.19
162Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (158)Norway (2007)0.16
163Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (159)Spain (2005)0.14
164Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (160)Sweden (2007)0.07
165Drop-out rate (%), primary - Primary (161)Hong Kong (2007)0.02
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