Uzbekistan
Percentage of upper secondary school-age children not attending school: 1.0%
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10/237 countriesBack to EducationGlobal23.8%Year-over-year-9.40%5-year change+12.48%
19982025
2025
Rankings at a glance
Top 10 · Percentage of upper secondary school-age children not attending school (2025)
Tokelau leads the world in percentage of upper secondary school-age children not attending school at 70.25% in 2025, followed by Laos (65.74%) and the Gambia (42.71%). Kyrgyzstan (33.48%) and Indonesia (27.97%) close out the top 5. Next up, Algeria (20.38%) and Thailand (18.79%). Nepal (13.8%), Nauru (11.84%), and Uzbekistan (0.97%) round out the top ten. The gap across the top ten is wide: Tokelau has 72× the value of Uzbekistan (0.97%). Six of the top ten are in Asia, with three from South-Eastern Asia. Among these countries, Uzbekistan saw the largest year-over-year change at -82.8%.
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