Madagascar: Children out of school, female (% of female primary school age)

Key figures

Since 1972 it is down 39.28 percentage points from 39.4% in 1972. The World Bank has no value for 34 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Madagascar in the 2018 ranking

• Mozambique — 2nd of 5: 4.84%
• Bangladesh — 3rd of 5: 2.39%
• United Kingdom — 4th of 5: 0.27%

What this measures

Children out of school are the percentage of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Children in the official primary age group that are in preprimary education should be considered out of school.

Limitations: The administrative data used in the calculation of the rate of out-of-school children are based on enrolment at a specific date which can bias the results by either counting enrolled children who never attend school or by omitting those who enroll after the reference date for reporting enrolment data. Furthermore, children who drop out of school after the reference date are not counted as out of school. Discrepancies between enrolment and population data from different sources can also result in over- or underestimates of the rate.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 13 values

Children out of school, female (% of female primary school age) in nearby economies

• Benin — 12.44% (2022)
• Burkina Faso — 33.71% (2024)
• Burundi — 24.89% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 51.26% (2022)
• Cameroon — 12.25% (2019)
• Chad — 30.56% (2024)
• Comoros — 20.52% (2024)
• Congo, Rep. — 16.91% (2023)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 13.2% (2024)

More education data for Madagascar

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 5.29 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 132.74% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 138,648 (2024)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 6.15% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 135.63% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross)

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Questions people ask

What is Madagascar's children out of school, female (% of female primary school age)?

0.13% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1972?

It is down 39.28 percentage points from 39.4% in 1972. The highest value was 45.12% in 1996 and the lowest 0.13% in 2018.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.UNER.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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