Education

Children out of school

SE.PRM.UNER

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Zambia. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, Germany: 8,8202024
Period covered: 2001 - 202424 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 8.25 mChina, 1997
Lowest of the compared countries: 3,326United Kingdom, 2023

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

China8.25 m1997
United States965,8532022
Zambia136,5392024
Italy52,1172023
Spain34,0502024
Germany8,8202024
Netherlands5,6982023
United Kingdom3,3262023

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Germany	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Zambia
2024	8,820			34,050				136,539
2023	6,559	3,326	52,117	35,806	5,698
2022	58,820	3,458	64,907	35,604	4,446	965,853
2021	43,851	1,601	55,640	40,101	2,114	996,160
2020	35,069	1,260	39,912	39,965	1,937	489,065
2019	27,953	2,533	43,971	47,054	1,416	224,977
2018	25,345	14,916	43,832	59,102	2,928	141,533
2017	31,356	37,098	46,243	68,903	2,274	104,711		493,015
2016	49,857	59,716	47,236	75,587		88,850
2015	24,047	66,907	42,524	79,588		446,256
2014	34,341	75,047	34,972	75,432
2013	25,436	83,792	25,050	71,360		711,515		271,401
2012	25,123	81,776	9,482	64,111				173,742
2011	17,059	46,270	8,257	53,950				208,858
2010	31,781	23,362	6,072	48,223				308,248
2009	48,033	31,426	8,458	23,183				234,997
2008	46,745	16,367	11,421	14,385				158,908
2007	51,117	101,041	11,020	2,320				171,316
2006	61,404	44,924	10,258	4,285				226,714
2005	55,095	3,486	9,911	3,433		135,557		177,787
2004	63,242	25,967	5,185	1,772				359,221
2003	67,843	1,887	7,617	2,051
2002	73,176	1,175	5,632	1,002				608,632
2001	16,186	2,186	6,006	576				653,063
2000		2,385						631,488
1999								612,379
1998								569,412
1997							8.25 m
1996							9.46 m
1995							10.1 m	472,672
1994							11.12 m	424,207
1993							10.62 m
1992							9.98 m
1991							8.65 m
1990							7.87 m
1989							4.53 m
1988							2.75 m	280,407
1987							3.84 m
1986								250,895
1984								258,470
1983								264,923
1982								276,336
1981								267,845
1980								260,455
1979								251,280
1978								237,205
1977								216,591
1976								207,116
1972								199,266

World Bank definition

Children out of school, primary

Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

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