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, Jamaica. 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
Italy52,1172023
Spain34,0502024
Jamaica9,4192024
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	Jamaica
2024	8,820		34,050				1.2 m	9,419
2023	6,559	52,117	35,806	5,698				27,604
2022	58,820	64,907	35,604	4,446	965,853			15,425
2021	43,851	55,640	40,101	2,114	996,160			35,301
2020	35,069	39,912	39,965	1,937	489,065			30,434
2019	27,953	43,971	47,054	1,416	224,977			22,970
2018	25,345	43,832	59,102	2,928	141,533			26,687
2017	31,356	46,243	68,903	2,274	104,711			27,831
2016	49,857	47,236	75,587		88,850			30,166
2015	24,047	42,524	79,588		446,256		1.15 m	29,167
2014	34,341	34,972	75,432					30,276
2013	25,436	25,050	71,360		711,515			25,218
2012	25,123	9,482	64,111
2011	17,059	8,257	53,950				887,775
2010	31,781	6,072	48,223
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
2005	55,095	9,911	3,433		135,557			35,282
2004	63,242	5,185	1,772					35,931
2003	67,843	7,617	2,051					47,215
2002	73,176	5,632	1,002					44,134
2001	16,186	6,006	576					39,941
2000								38,811
1999								41,735
1997						8.25 m
1996						9.46 m
1995						10.1 m
1994						11.12 m
1993						10.62 m		29,781
1992						9.98 m
1991						8.65 m		18,871
1990						7.87 m		15,073
1989						4.53 m		13,758
1988						2.75 m		25,329
1987						3.84 m		13,953
1986								17,330
1985								15,878
1984								10,898
1983								4,882
1981								7,349
1980								5,110
1979								2,942
1977								8,865
1976								7,348
1975								2,657

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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