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Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes
Barriers to Education
Out-of-school rates
Child marriage
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Country Region Income level Female Male Gap Female Male Gap
Afghanistan South Asia Low income 56.10 25.40 -30.80 7.40 3.10 -4.30
Bangladesh South Asia Lower middle income 8.00 17.90 9.90 15.10 2.10 -13.00
Bhutan South Asia Lower middle income 18.40 20.20 1.80 6.70 - -
Cambodia East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 24.90 25.50 0.70 6.10 3.00 -3.10
China East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income 3.20 3.40 0.20 2.40 0.90 -1.50
Democratic People's Republic of Korea East Asia & Pacific Low income 0.30 - -0.30 - - -
Fiji East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income - - - 3.90 0.40 -3.50
India South Asia Lower middle income 7.50 6.90 -0.60 6.40 2.20 -4.20
Indonesia East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income 4.30 6.70 2.40 4.10 - -
Kiribati East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 5.30 14.80 9.50 5.10 5.10 -
Lao People's Democratic Republic East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 22.30 17.90 -4.40 13.60 5.90 -7.70
Malaysia East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income - - - 6.00 5.10 -0.90
Maldives South Asia Upper middle income 3.80 4.10 0.30 0.60 0.40 -0.20
Marshall Islands East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income - - - - - -
Micronesia, Federated States of East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income - - - - - -
Mongolia East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 3.30 5.30 2.00 0.10 1.10 1.00
Myanmar East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 17.40 15.50 -1.90 6.10 5.00 -1.10
Nepal South Asia Lower middle income 4.50 4.20 -0.30 7.40 5.30 -2.10
Pakistan South Asia Lower middle income 31.90 21.70 -10.20 6.30 2.60 -3.70
Palau East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income - - - - - -
Papua New Guinea East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income - - - 6.70 1.40 -5.30
Philippines East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 3.20 5.30 2.20 3.20 - -
Samoa East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 3.50 6.60 3.10 3.90 2.10 -1.80
Solomon Islands East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income - - - 6.90 1.70 -5.20
Sri Lanka South Asia Lower middle income 0.70 1.00 0.30 1.60 - -
Thailand East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income 1.60 5.10 3.50 6.80 4.20 -2.60
Timor-Leste East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 7.80 9.60 1.70 3.60 0.70 -2.90
Tonga East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income 7.80 13.80 6.00 2.70 1.80 -0.90
Tuvalu East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income 17.30 26.10 8.80 - 2.90 2.90
Vanuatu East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income - - - 3.30 3.50 0.20
Viet Nam East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income 5.90 6.20 0.30 7.40 1.40 -6.00

Afghanistan

Region Income Level
South Asia Low income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
56.10 25.40 -30.80
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
7.40 3.10 -4.30

Bangladesh

Region Income Level
South Asia Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
8.00 17.90 9.90
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
15.10 2.10 -13.00

Bhutan

Region Income Level
South Asia Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
18.40 20.20 1.80
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
6.70 - -

Cambodia

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
24.90 25.50 0.70
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
6.10 3.00 -3.10

China

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
3.20 3.40 0.20
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
2.40 0.90 -1.50

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Low income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
0.30 - -0.30
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
- - -

Fiji

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
- - -
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
3.90 0.40 -3.50

India

Region Income Level
South Asia Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
7.50 6.90 -0.60
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
6.40 2.20 -4.20

Indonesia

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
4.30 6.70 2.40
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
4.10 - -

Kiribati

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
5.30 14.80 9.50
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
5.10 5.10 -

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
22.30 17.90 -4.40
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
13.60 5.90 -7.70

Malaysia

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
- - -
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
6.00 5.10 -0.90

Maldives

Region Income Level
South Asia Upper middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
3.80 4.10 0.30
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
0.60 0.40 -0.20

Marshall Islands

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
- - -
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
- - -

Micronesia, Federated States of

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
- - -
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
- - -

Mongolia

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
3.30 5.30 2.00
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
0.10 1.10 1.00

Myanmar

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
17.40 15.50 -1.90
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
6.10 5.00 -1.10

Nepal

Region Income Level
South Asia Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
4.50 4.20 -0.30
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
7.40 5.30 -2.10

Pakistan

Region Income Level
South Asia Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
31.90 21.70 -10.20
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
6.30 2.60 -3.70

Palau

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
- - -
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
- - -

Papua New Guinea

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
- - -
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
6.70 1.40 -5.30

Philippines

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
3.20 5.30 2.20
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
3.20 - -

Samoa

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
3.50 6.60 3.10
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
3.90 2.10 -1.80

Solomon Islands

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
- - -
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
6.90 1.70 -5.20

Sri Lanka

Region Income Level
South Asia Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
0.70 1.00 0.30
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
1.60 - -

Thailand

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
1.60 5.10 3.50
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
6.80 4.20 -2.60

Timor-Leste

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
7.80 9.60 1.70
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
3.60 0.70 -2.90

Tonga

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
7.80 13.80 6.00
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
2.70 1.80 -0.90

Tuvalu

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
17.30 26.10 8.80
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
- 2.90 2.90

Vanuatu

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
- - -
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
3.30 3.50 0.20

Viet Nam

Region Income Level
East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income
Education Outcomes: Enrolment & Attainment outcomes / Out-of-school rates Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age (%)
Female Male Gap
5.90 6.20 0.30
Barriers to Education / Child marriage Percent aged 15-19 who are currently married or living in union (%)
Female Male Gap
7.40 1.40 -6.00