Children out of school (% of primary school age)

Children out of school are the percentage of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Children in the official primary age group that are in preprimary education should be considered out of school.

📅 2025📏 % of primary school age12 entries

1🇧🇮Burundi26.5%% of primary school age 2🇬🇲Gambia16.9%64% of #1 3🇱🇦Laos10.4%39% of #1

#4 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 7.9%
#5 🇳🇷 Nauru 6.6%
#6 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 3.0%
#7 🇩🇿 Algeria 1.6%
#8 🇮🇩 Indonesia 0.9%
#9 🇹🇭 Thailand 0.8%
#10 🇳🇵 Nepal 0.8%
#11 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 0.7%
#12 🇮🇳 India 0.1%

The bar under each card is its value as a share of the leader’s.

🇧🇮Burundi

26.5%

🇬🇲Gambia

16.9%

🇱🇦Laos

10.4%

🇰🇿Kazakhstan

7.9%

🇳🇷Nauru

6.6%

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan

3.0%

🇩🇿Algeria

1.6%

🇮🇩Indonesia

0.9%

🇹🇭Thailand

0.8%

🇳🇵Nepal

0.8%

🇺🇿Uzbekistan

0.7%

🇮🇳India

0.1%

Highlights

As of 2025, Burundi ranks first with 26.5%, followed by Gambia (16.9%) and Laos (10.4%).

Burundi is 1.6 times higher than Gambia, the runner-up.

Across 12 countries and territories, values run from 26.5% (Burundi) to 0.1% (India), with a median of 2.3%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Asia, 3 from Africa and 1 from Oceania.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Children out of school (% of primary school age), 2025. Unit: % of primary school age.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Children out of school (% of primary school age) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026