Education

Children out of school

SE.PRM.UNER

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Congo. 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: 5,698Netherlands, 2023

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

China8.25 m1997
South Sudan1.2 m2024
United States965,8532022
Congo171,1252023
Italy52,1172023
Spain34,0502024
Germany8,8202024
Netherlands5,6982023

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	South Sudan	Congo
2024	8,820		34,050				1.2 m
2023	6,559	52,117	35,806	5,698				171,125
2022	58,820	64,907	35,604	4,446	965,853
2021	43,851	55,640	40,101	2,114	996,160
2020	35,069	39,912	39,965	1,937	489,065
2019	27,953	43,971	47,054	1,416	224,977
2018	25,345	43,832	59,102	2,928	141,533			190,282
2017	31,356	46,243	68,903	2,274	104,711
2016	49,857	47,236	75,587		88,850
2015	24,047	42,524	79,588		446,256		1.15 m
2014	34,341	34,972	75,432
2013	25,436	25,050	71,360		711,515
2012	25,123	9,482	64,111					81,086
2011	17,059	8,257	53,950				887,775
2010	31,781	6,072	48,223					89,656
2009	48,033	8,458	23,183
2008	46,745	11,421	14,385
2007	51,117	11,020	2,320
2006	61,404	10,258	4,285					266,400
2005	55,095	9,911	3,433		135,557			282,292
2004	63,242	5,185	1,772
2003	67,843	7,617	2,051
2002	73,176	5,632	1,002
2001	16,186	6,006	576
1997						8.25 m
1996						9.46 m
1995						10.1 m
1994						11.12 m
1993						10.62 m
1992						9.98 m
1991						8.65 m
1990						7.87 m
1989						4.53 m
1988						2.75 m
1987						3.84 m
1984								39,308
1983								45,312
1982								48,917
1981								52,742
1980								51,365
1979								29,385
1978								31,263
1976								40,482
1974								43,509
1972								54,967

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.

Text published by the World Bank for indicator SE.PRM.UNER, reproduced unchanged.

The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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