Nauru
Percentage of children one year before primary not attending school: 5.8%
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10/237 countriesBack to EducationGlobal11.1%Year-over-year+55.49%5-year change+100.25%
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2025
Rankings at a glance
Top 10 · Percentage of children one year before primary not attending school (2025)
Niue leads the world in percentage of children one year before primary not attending school at 75% in 2025, followed by Tokelau (53.33%) and the Gambia (37.31%). Laos (34.06%) and Kazakhstan (25.91%) close out the top 5. Next up, Kyrgyzstan (25.09%) and Algeria (24.06%). Thailand (9.19%), Indonesia (7.06%), and Nauru (5.84%) round out the top ten. The gap across the top ten is wide: Niue has 13× the value of Nauru (5.84%). Five of the top ten are in Asia, with three from South-Eastern Asia. Among these countries, Niue saw the largest year-over-year change at +346.4%.
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