Percentage of primary school-age children not attending school (2025)

Tokelau tops the global rankings for percentage of primary school-age children not attending school, recording 63.71% in 2025, followed by the Gambia (16.91%) and Laos (10.36%). Kazakhstan (7.91%) and Nauru (6.6%) complete the top 5. Kyrgyzstan (2.96%) and Algeria (1.57%) follow close behind. Indonesia (0.88%), Thailand (0.82%), and Nepal (0.76%) round out the top ten. The spread across the top ten is substantial: Tokelau has 84× the figure recorded by Nepal (0.76%). Six of the top ten are in Asia, with three from South-Eastern Asia. Among these countries, Nauru saw the largest year-over-year change at +120.2%.