Education : Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age

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EDUCATION
- Education
  - Education (full dataset)
  - Out-of-school children
  - Entry
  - Participation
  - Progression
    - Repeaters
      - Repeaters in primary education
      - Repeaters in lower secondary general education
    - Percentage of repeaters
      - Percentage of repeaters in primary education
      - Percentage of repeaters in lower secondary general education
    - Repetition rates
      - Repetition rate in primary education
      - Repetition rate in lower secondary general education
    - Survival rates
      - Survival rate in primary education
      - Survival rate in lower secondary general education
    - Early school leaving
    - Transition rate
      - Effective transition rate from primary to secondary
  - Completion
    - Completion and graduation ratios
    - Tertiary graduates
      - Tertiary graduates by level of education
    - Distribution of tertiary graduates
      - Distribution of tertiary graduates by field of study
    - Percentage of tertiary graduates
      - Percentage of female graduates by level of tertiary education
      - Percentage of female graduates by field of study
  - Literacy
  - Educational attainment
  - International student mobility in tertiary education
  - Human resources
  - Financial resources
  - School resources and teaching conditions
    - Access to basic services
      - Access to basic services by level of education
      - Percentage of schools that provide life skills-based HIV and sexuality education
  - School resources and teaching conditions (Africa only)
    - Access to basic services in public schools
      - Access to basic services in public schools by level of education
    - Textbooks per pupil in public primary schools
      - Textbooks per pupil in public primary schools by subject and grade
    - Classes in public primary schools
      - Classes in public primary schools by type of class
      - Classes in public primary schools by grade
    - Teacher training graduates
      - Teacher training graduates to teachers in service
      - Teacher training graduates by level of education
    - Percentage of teachers
      - Percentage of teachers by teaching level of education and recruitment status
    - Percentage of newly recruited teachers
      - Percentage of newly recruited teachers by teaching level of education
      - Percentage of newly recruited teachers by training status
    - School census return rate from public schools
      - School census return rate from public schools by level of education
  - Adult education (Latin America and the Caribbean only)
  - Disparities in teacher's training, deployment, characteristics and working conditions at sub-national level (East and South West Asia only)
  - Population
    - School age
      - School age population by level of education
    - Official entrance age
      - Official entrance age by level of education
  - Education System
    - Official entrance age
      - Official entrance age to each ISCED level of education
    - Theoretical duration
      - Duration by level of education
    - Free and compulsory education
      - Number of years of free education by level of education
      - Number of years of compulsory education by level of education
    - Academic year
      - Start and end of the academic year
SDG 4
- Sustainable Development Goal 4
  - Sustainable Development Goal 4 (full dataset)
  - Target 4.1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
  - Target 4.2: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
  - Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
  - Target 4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
    - 4.4.1 Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill
    - 4.4.3 Youth/adult educational attainment rates by age group, economic activity status, levels of education and programme orientation
  - Target 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
  - Target 4.6: By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
  - Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure all learners acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including among others through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development
    - 4.7.2 Percentage of schools that provide life skills-based HIV and sexuality education
  - Target 4.a: Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
    - 4.a.1 Proportion of schools with access to: (a) electricity; (b) the Internet; (c) computers; (d) adapted infrastructure and materials; (e) basic drinking water; (f) single-sex basic sanitation facilities; and (g) basic handwashing facilities
    - 4.a.2 Percentage of students experiencing bullying
    - 4.a.3 Number of attacks on students, personnel and institutions
  - Target 4.b: By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training, information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries
    - 4.b.1 Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study
  - Target 4.c: By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States
EQUITY
- Equity
  - Equity (full dataset)
  - Target 4.1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
  - Target 4.2: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
    - 4.2.2 Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), by sex
    - 4.2.4 Gross early childhood education enrolment ratio in (a) pre-primary education and (b) early childhood educational development
  - Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
  - Target 4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
    - 4.4.1 Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill
    - 4.4.3 Youth/adult educational attainment rates by age group, economic activity status, levels of education and programme orientation
  - Target 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
  - Target 4.6: By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
  - Target 4.a: Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
    - 4.a.1 Proportion of schools with access to: (a) electricity; (b) the Internet; (c) computers; (d) adapted infrastructure and materials; (e) basic drinking water; (f) single-sex basic sanitation facilities; and (g) basic handwashing facilities
      - 4.a.1 Proportion of schools with access to basic facilities, all schools
    - 4.a.2 Percentage of students who experienced bullying in the past 12 months
  - Target 4.b: By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training, information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries
    - 4.b.1 Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study
  - Target 4.c: By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
- Research and experimental development
- Innovation
CULTURE
- Cultural employment
  - Cultural employment (full dataset)
  - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (%)
    - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (%)
  - Employment in cultural occupations (%)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-demographic characteristics (%)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-economic characteristics (%)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by cultural domain (%)
  - Employment in cultural industries (%)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-demographic characteristics (%)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-economic characteristics (%)
  - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (number)
    - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (number)
  - Employment in cultural occupations (number)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-demographic characteristics (number)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-economic characteristics (number)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by cultural domain (number)
  - Employment in cultural industries (number)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-demographic characteristics (number)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-economic characteristics (number)
      - Existence of more than one job, cultural and non cultural industries (number)
      - Secondary job, cultural and non cultural industries (number)
- Feature films
  - Feature Films (full dataset)
  - Feature film production
  - Distribution of feature films
    - Distribution of feature films
    - Share of top 3 distributors
  - Cinema infrastructure
  - Exhibition of feature films
- International trade in cultural goods
  - International trade in cultural goods (full dataset)
  - International trade of all goods
    - Exports and imports of all goods
  - International trade of cultural goods
    - Exports and imports of cultural goods
    - Distribution of exports and imports of cultural goods
    - Exports and imports of cultural goods by domain
      - Exports of cultural goods by country and by domain
      - Imports of cultural goods by country and by domain
    - Exports and imports of cultural goods by income group and by domain
      - Exports of cultural goods by income group and by domain
      - Imports of cultural goods by income group and by domain
    - Exports and imports of cultural goods by SDGs region and by domain
      - Exports of cultural goods by SDGs regions and domain
      - Imports of cultural goods by SDGs regions and domain
    - Distribution of exports and imports of cultural goods by country and by domain
      - Distribution of exports of cultural goods by country and by domain (%)
      - Distribution of imports of cultural goods by country and by domain (%)
    - Distribution of exports and imports of cultural goods by domain and income group
      - Distribution of exports of cultural goods by income group and domain (%)
      - Distribution of imports of cultural goods by income group and domain (%)
    - Distribution of exports and imports of cultural goods by domain and SDGs region
      - Distribution of exports of cultural goods by SDGs regions and domain (%)
      - Distribution of imports of cultural goods by SDGs regions and domain (%)
  - International trade of goods indicators
    - Trade balance of all goods
    - Trade balance of cultural goods
COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
- Communication and information
  - Communication and information (full dataset)
  - Information and communication technology (ICT) in education
  - Pilot media survey 2011-2012
  - Global media survey 2005-2006
    - Broadcast
    - Newspapers
      - Newspapers
  - Library statistics 1996-2000
    - Librairies
DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC
- Demographic and socio-economic
  - Demographic and socio-economic (full dataset)
  - Demographic
    - Demographic indicators
  - Socio-economic
    - Socio-economic indicators

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Education : Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age

Indicator

Time

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Country

Afghanistan

Åland Islands

Albania

9.53

5.63

3.84

4.40

4.34

2.94

Algeria

0.89

0.73

0.77

0.56

American Samoa

Andorra

Angola

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

22.08

22.44

18.53

17.53

Argentina

0.81

0.64

0.33

0.27

0.66

Armenia

^(‡)

3.57

^(‡)

3.45

^(‡)

6.02

^(‡)

7.19

7.67

7.60

Aruba

^(‡)

0.71

Australia

^(‡)

2.34

^(‡)

2.51

^(‡)

2.85

2.88

3.22

3.20

Austria

Azerbaijan

^(‡)

10.71

^(‡)

6.33

^(‡)

5.19

^(‡)

5.74

^(‡)

5.03

^(‡)

5.95

Bahamas

11.63

Bahrain

7.26

6.26

4.28

2.00

2.10

1.14

Bangladesh

4.85

Barbados

8.51

7.47

7.02

9.57

Belarus

5.72

6.80

6.58

5.36

3.57

3.99

Belgium

2.00

1.97

2.03

1.62

1.34

Belize

0.43

1.11

0.85

0.78

0.82

0.73

Benin

4.49

3.64

2.97

Bermuda

16.54

Bhutan

11.31

12.64

15.38

17.00

18.05

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

10.13

10.54

10.75

10.11

9.12

7.50

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

7.17

6.48

10.48

Brazil

⁽⁺⁾

1.45

⁽⁺⁾

2.68

⁽⁺⁾

2.56

⁽⁺⁾

3.15

⁽⁺⁾

2.80

British Virgin Islands

Brunei Darussalam

3.35

2.60

3.63

3.74

3.38

3.59

Bulgaria

2.23

3.62

4.16

5.21

6.84

Burkina Faso

33.93

33.03

31.70

30.04

24.15

23.00

Burundi

2.68

Cambodia

2.59

4.93

^(‡)

4.71

7.22

9.44

Cameroon

^(‡)

5.87

5.20

4.73

4.80

Canada

0.53

0.55

0.60

0.40

0.04

Cabo Verde

12.91

13.24

13.05

12.96

13.59

13.68

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

31.65

Chad

^(‡)

21.08

19.62

25.48

Channel Islands

Chile

8.50

9.34

9.17

8.37

7.05

5.19

China

China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

^(‡)

0.69

^(‡)

0.89

^(‡)

1.12

^(‡)

1.29

^(‡)

1.85

^(‡)

1.96

China, Macao Special Administrative Region

12.50

10.24

5.76

1.95

1.28

0.97

Colombia

5.65

6.92

7.74

6.83

6.42

6.31

Comoros

13.29

17.28

15.82

Congo

12.78

Cook Islands

⁽⁺⁾

1.49

⁽⁺⁾

3.12

⁽⁺⁾

2.14

⁽⁺⁾

4.19

Costa Rica

0.53

1.53

3.64

3.48

3.21

Côte d'Ivoire

30.64

26.03

22.30

12.35

10.99

Croatia

1.49

1.74

1.66

1.65

2.35

Cuba

0.40

0.43

3.44

4.54

4.25

2.96

Curaçao

Cyprus

⁽⁺⁾

1.82

⁽⁺⁾

2.51

⁽⁺⁾

2.86

⁽⁺⁾

2.17

Czechia

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Denmark

1.76

1.35

1.63

1.31

0.98

Djibouti

45.87

38.06

44.41

47.58

44.94

42.46

Dominica

1.80

Dominican Republic

⁽⁺⁾

6.31

⁽⁺⁾

6.60

⁽⁺⁾

8.32

⁽⁺⁾

4.47

⁽⁺⁾

4.86

⁽⁺⁾

5.66

Ecuador

3.58

1.92

2.04

1.81

2.10

Egypt

^(‡)

3.13

3.28

1.36

1.41

El Salvador

5.04

7.92

10.44

13.00

14.47

18.70

Equatorial Guinea

52.85

55.80

Eritrea

53.75

55.82

55.73

57.36

62.28

Estonia

0.40

1.70

5.81

6.43

6.31

Eswatini

^(‡)

20.55

^(‡)

23.79

^(‡)

22.87

^(‡)

23.72

24.15

Ethiopia

^(‡)

20.51

^(‡)

13.68

^(‡)

13.98

Faeroe Islands

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Fiji

1.31

2.88

1.97

0.07

Finland

0.89

0.88

0.57

0.81

0.88

France

⁽⁺⁾

1.08

⁽⁺⁾

1.09

⁽⁺⁾

1.05

⁽⁺⁾

1.02

⁽⁺⁾

0.89

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Gabon

Gambia

27.74

31.73

28.96

25.97

23.89

21.37

20.63

Georgia

1.97

0.34

0.25

0.38

0.37

0.74

Germany

^(‡)

0.43

^(‡)

0.19

^(‡)

0.17

^(‡)

0.19

^(‡)

0.22

Ghana

^(‡)

19.07

14.15

11.61

9.89

13.30

14.86

15.89

Gibraltar

Greece

5.49

6.07

7.33

6.42

7.09

Greenland

Grenada

1.59

2.67

2.23

3.16

Guadeloupe

Guam

Guatemala

7.77

10.06

11.90

12.19

12.80

11.79

Guernsey

Guinea

24.56

23.43

19.70

21.14

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

4.38

Haiti

Holy See

^(a)

Honduras

14.17

17.14

17.31

18.66

16.94

16.29

Hungary

3.88

4.04

3.82

3.65

3.14

Iceland

1.75

1.88

1.78

1.36

0.48

India

^(‡)

3.00

^(‡)

2.27

Indonesia

4.01

6.90

^(‡)

8.00

8.29

7.27

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

⁽⁺⁾

0.35

1.36

0.45

0.59

0.86

1.34

Iraq

Ireland

⁽⁺⁾

0.25

^(‡)

0.46

⁽⁺⁾

0.41

⁽⁺⁾

0.05

⁽⁺⁾

0.03

Isle of Man

Israel

2.34

2.74

2.94

2.44

2.95

2.68

Italy

0.69

0.55

0.67

0.96

1.39

Jamaica

Japan

⁽⁺⁾

1.36

⁽⁺⁾

1.71

1.20

1.76

Jersey

Jordan

Kazakhstan

0.64

0.67

0.56

0.15

0.28

0.90

1.07

Kenya

^(‡)

16.88

Kiribati

2.35

3.13

1.87

3.46

Kuwait

1.63

2.53

2.62

2.41

3.26

6.80

Kyrgyzstan

1.58

^(‡)

1.58

1.91

1.53

1.46

Lao People's Democratic Republic

5.26

3.23

2.81

4.39

5.28

6.66

Latvia

⁽⁺⁾

2.82

⁽⁺⁾

3.26

⁽⁺⁾

3.54

⁽⁺⁾

3.51

⁽⁺⁾

3.21

⁽⁺⁾

2.89

Lebanon

^(‡)

9.73

10.96

16.08

16.35

15.65

11.46

Lesotho

18.39

^(‡)

20.46

^(‡)

19.85

19.49

18.43

Liberia

61.79

62.32

63.25

Libya

Liechtenstein

⁽⁺⁾

1.52

⁽⁺⁾

2.50

⁽⁺⁾

0.19

⁽⁺⁾

0.69

Lithuania

⁽⁺⁾

0.65

⁽⁺⁾

0.33

⁽⁺⁾

0.25

⁽⁺⁾

0.25

⁽⁺⁾

0.26

Luxembourg

4.38

4.80

4.04

2.35

1.20

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

0.70

0.09

0.37

0.46

1.09

1.40

Maldives

3.51

1.75

0.49

Mali

33.04

37.47

36.61

39.43

37.93

32.74

Malta

1.99

0.60

1.17

1.51

2.43

Marshall Islands

21.59

21.47

Martinique

Mauritania

30.40

27.68

25.55

28.77

23.39

Mauritius

6.21

3.91

3.48

3.72

4.66

3.82

Mayotte

Mexico

1.04

1.17

1.23

1.13

1.01

0.88

Micronesia (Federated States of)

12.95

15.99

Monaco

Mongolia

^(‡)

2.49

^(‡)

4.71

^(‡)

4.20

^(‡)

2.34

^(‡)

1.27

^(‡)

1.14

Montenegro

3.72

5.16

6.18

3.74

Montserrat

Morocco

^(‡)

7.22

5.88

6.51

5.42

3.14

Mozambique

13.67

^(‡)

12.54

11.87

10.43

11.39

12.46

Myanmar

3.79

2.29

Namibia

11.52

9.44

2.18

Nauru

⁽⁺⁾

23.06

⁽⁺⁾

12.73

⁽⁺⁾

15.57

Nepal

0.41

5.67

3.23

5.16

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

New Zealand

2.23

2.52

2.27

1.48

0.82

Nicaragua

Niger

38.71

38.99

38.95

37.31

^(‡)

36.21

33.18

Nigeria

Niue

Norfolk Island

North Macedonia

^(‡)

10.29

11.37

10.77

8.29

Northern Mariana Islands

Norway

0.31

0.14

0.17

0.23

0.19

0.12

Oman

2.47

1.90

^(‡)

2.12

2.24

1.46

1.25

Pakistan

⁽⁺⁾

28.94

⁽⁺⁾

30.19

⁽⁺⁾

27.27

⁽⁺⁾

26.39

⁽⁺⁾

22.22

⁽⁺⁾

23.55

Palau

⁽⁺⁾

0.88

⁽⁺⁾

0.59

Palestine

7.03

7.24

6.80

7.69

7.70

6.08

Panama

^(‡)

5.35

7.08

9.55

12.34

Papua New Guinea

28.77

22.29

Paraguay

10.80

Peru

2.11

0.58

0.67

0.57

Philippines

3.16

3.78

4.55

Pitcairn

Poland

4.68

4.37

4.66

4.85

4.40

Portugal

0.88

1.02

1.89

2.85

3.57

Puerto Rico

16.07

16.27

16.76

18.54

23.96

Qatar

2.57

6.32

6.14

3.43

2.17

1.33

Republic of Korea

2.67

5.55

5.33

2.66

3.46

Republic of Moldova

⁽⁺⁾

9.47

⁽⁺⁾

9.42

⁽⁺⁾

10.00

⁽⁺⁾

10.05

⁽⁺⁾

9.96

⁽⁺⁾

10.29

Réunion

Romania

8.02

9.20

9.96

Russian Federation

2.67

^(‡)

2.49

^(‡)

3.70

^(‡)

2.51

^(‡)

2.41

Rwanda

4.14

6.07

Saint Helena

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

0.88

3.74

1.23

1.90

1.65

Saint-Barthélemy

Saint-Martin (French part)

Samoa

3.89

2.71

2.67

3.66

3.81

San Marino

⁽⁺⁾

6.94

Sao Tome and Principe

9.16

8.59

8.64

3.00

Saudi Arabia

0.46

^(‡)

2.17

^(‡)

2.54

Senegal

25.25

26.41

25.73

25.81

^(‡)

27.66

24.83

Serbia

⁽⁺⁾

3.84

⁽⁺⁾

3.66

⁽⁺⁾

1.41

⁽⁺⁾

0.79

⁽⁺⁾

0.83

⁽⁺⁾

1.44

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

6.74

1.32

5.03

0.82

Singapore

⁽⁺⁾

0.06

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Slovakia

Slovenia

1.47

2.12

2.34

1.97

2.24

Solomon Islands

29.43

29.79

29.41

27.36

30.47

Somalia

South Africa

^(‡)

8.45

South Sudan

^(‡)

67.84

Spain

0.33

0.88

1.48

1.07

1.47

Sri Lanka

4.65

3.52

2.69

0.92

0.70

Sudan

44.59

^(‡)

43.66

^(‡)

43.37

^(‡)

42.68

^(‡)

40.43

^(‡)

37.86

Sudan (pre-secession)

Suriname

8.49

8.43

8.56

6.64

^(‡)

5.29

9.81

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

Sweden

0.40

0.33

0.29

0.37

0.39

Switzerland

0.79

0.37

0.35

0.37

0.24

Syrian Arab Republic

32.77

Tajikistan

1.87

2.46

4.23

4.89

4.53

1.47

Thailand

Timor-Leste

8.38

9.46

11.96

15.01

18.16

19.24

Togo

8.54

3.43

^(‡)

8.93

8.35

Tokelau

⁽⁺⁾

8.17

Tonga

1.58

3.95

1.31

0.06

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

0.11

0.38

Turkey

6.16

6.46

5.12

5.03

5.56

Turkmenistan

Turks and Caicos Islands

Tuvalu

⁽⁺⁾

0.34

⁽⁺⁾

2.52

Uganda

9.00

Ukraine

6.12

5.74

7.23

United Arab Emirates

5.35

5.88

4.74

4.03

2.82

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1.37

0.11

0.09

0.06

0.24

United Republic of Tanzania

17.06

^(‡)

19.24

20.68

^(‡)

19.19

^(‡)

19.19

United States of America

⁽⁺⁾

6.27

^(‡)

6.14

⁽⁺⁾

5.83

⁽⁺⁾

5.40

⁽⁺⁾

4.11

United States Virgin Islands

Uruguay

^(‡)

0.50

5.49

2.30

1.65

Uzbekistan

5.95

4.67

3.50

2.88

2.49

1.45

Vanuatu

13.30

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

6.34

7.08

7.35

8.00

11.06

13.81

Viet Nam

1.80

^(‡)

1.89

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Western Sahara

Yemen

15.45

15.02

16.68

Zambia

^(‡)

9.87

12.09

13.98

Zimbabwe

11.94

14.77

Sustainable Development Goal Regions

World

8.97

^(‡)

9.01

^(‡)

8.98

^(‡)

8.90

^(‡)

8.79

^(‡)

8.88

Landlocked Developing Countries

19.08

^(‡)

17.95

^(‡)

17.98

^(‡)

18.25

^(‡)

18.03

^(‡)

17.89

Least Developed Countries

^(‡)

18.94

^(‡)

18.35

^(‡)

18.25

^(‡)

18.51

^(‡)

18.48

^(‡)

18.63

Small Island Developing States

^(‡)

11.06

^(‡)

11.16

^(‡)

11.90

^(‡)

11.53

11.59

^(‡)

11.35

Africa (Sub-Saharan)

^(‡)

21.72

^(‡)

21.06

^(‡)

20.71

^(‡)

20.68

^(‡)

20.52

^(‡)

20.51

Western Asia and Northern Africa

9.67

^(‡)

11.00

11.46

^(‡)

11.07

10.76

^(‡)

10.48

Africa (Northern)

12.96

^(‡)

12.53

12.74

^(‡)

12.21

11.04

10.65

Asia (Western)

6.48

9.42

^(‡)

10.20

^(‡)

9.94

^(‡)

10.48

^(‡)

10.30

Asia (Central and Southern)

7.08

6.80

^(‡)

6.56

^(‡)

6.28

^(‡)

5.95

^(‡)

6.21

Asia (Central)

4.57

4.03

4.00

3.63

3.32

2.51

Asia (Southern)

7.14

6.86

^(‡)

6.62

^(‡)

6.34

^(‡)

6.02

^(‡)

6.32

Asia (Eastern and South-eastern)

^(‡)

3.40

^(‡)

3.77

^(‡)

3.69

^(‡)

3.71

^(‡)

3.82

^(‡)

3.78

Asia (Eastern)

^(‡)

2.93

^(‡)

3.04

^(‡)

3.07

^(‡)

2.97

^(‡)

3.02

^(‡)

3.04

Asia (South-eastern)

4.17

4.98

4.72

^(‡)

4.94

5.17

5.04

Latin America and the Caribbean

3.83

4.32

4.62

4.60

^(‡)

4.72

Oceania

10.68

10.42

10.15

9.65

9.15

^(‡)

9.21

Oceania (Australia/New Zealand)

2.28

2.46

2.80

2.79

2.95

^(‡)

2.96

Oceania (excl. Australia/New Zealand)

24.69

^(‡)

23.75

^(‡)

22.54

^(‡)

21.35

19.81

^(‡)

20.03

Northern America and Europe

3.76

3.64

3.75

3.44

2.93

^(‡)

2.94

Europe

2.25

2.16

2.56

2.34

2.35

^(‡)

2.37

Northern America

5.80

5.69

5.40

4.99

3.76

^(‡)

3.76

UIS Regions

World

8.97

^(‡)

9.01

^(‡)

8.98

^(‡)

8.90

^(‡)

8.79

^(‡)

8.88

Arab States

10.78

^(‡)

12.16

^(‡)

12.77

^(‡)

12.30

11.96

^(‡)

11.54

Central and Eastern Europe

4.81

4.77

4.92

4.55

4.61

^(‡)

4.61

Central Asia

4.90

4.06

3.98

3.70

3.36

2.81

East Asia and the Pacific

^(‡)

3.55

^(‡)

3.91

^(‡)

3.83

^(‡)

3.84

^(‡)

3.95

^(‡)

3.91

Latin America and the Caribbean

3.83

4.32

4.62

4.60

^(‡)

4.72

North America and Western Europe

3.63

3.49

3.43

3.16

2.56

^(‡)

2.56

South and West Asia

7.14

6.86

^(‡)

6.62

^(‡)

6.34

^(‡)

6.02

^(‡)

6.32

Sub-Saharan Africa

^(‡)

21.67

^(‡)

21.02

^(‡)

20.68

^(‡)

20.66

^(‡)

20.48

^(‡)

20.48

Small Island Developing States

^(‡)

10.83

^(‡)

10.93

^(‡)

11.69

^(‡)

11.22

11.29

^(‡)

11.05

World Bank Income Groups

Low income countries

^(‡)

19.92

^(‡)

19.83

^(‡)

19.74

^(‡)

20.02

^(‡)

19.93

^(‡)

19.96

Lower middle income countries

9.94

9.93

^(‡)

9.84

^(‡)

9.71

^(‡)

9.46

^(‡)

9.57

Middle income countries

7.60

^(‡)

7.60

^(‡)

7.52

^(‡)

7.37

^(‡)

7.23

^(‡)

7.31

Upper middle income countries

^(‡)

3.78

^(‡)

3.86

^(‡)

3.77

^(‡)

3.60

^(‡)

3.63

^(‡)

3.69

High income countries

3.21

3.35

3.38

2.97

2.79

^(‡)

2.80

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+	National Estimation
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‡	UIS Estimation

Data extracted on 21 Jul 2019 11:00 UTC (GMT) from UIS.Stat

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