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

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