Education

Children out of school

SE.PRM.UNER

Countries compared

9 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 8,820 for Germany in 2024, over a series running from 2001 to 2024 and 9 countries compared, from the highest (South Sudan, 1.2 m) to the lowest (Albania, 617).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	South Sudan	Poland	Kyrgyzstan	Albania
2025								18,854
2024	8,820		34,050			1.2 m	1,392	18,748	617
2023	6,559	52,117	35,806	5,698			1,874		17,039
2022	58,820	64,907	35,604	4,446	965,853		286	21,412	13,560
2021	43,851	55,640	40,101	2,114	996,160		334	25,931	10,881
2020	35,069	39,912	39,965	1,937	489,065		23,857	30,936	10,359
2019	27,953	43,971	47,054	1,416	224,977		83,029	15,475	3,575.11
2018	25,345	43,832	59,102	2,928	141,533		110,315	12,165	2,234.39
2017	31,356	46,243	68,903	2,274	104,711		114,695	13,463	1,139.42
2016	49,857	47,236	75,587		88,850			12,987	197.98
2015	24,047	42,524	79,588		446,256	1.15 m		22,796	313.29
2014	34,341	34,972	75,432				90,018	20,258	709.86
2013	25,436	25,050	71,360		711,515		81,415	23,592	6,190
2012	25,123	9,482	64,111				73,980	23,777	5,736
2011	17,059	8,257	53,950			887,775	69,263	24,136	9,558
2010	31,781	6,072	48,223				62,828	21,192	13,995
2009	48,033	8,458	23,183				66,145	26,580	13,173
2008	46,745	11,421	14,385				58,929	28,506	13,381
2007	51,117	11,020	2,320				48,877	28,752
2006	61,404	10,258	4,285				36,824	26,008
2005	55,095	9,911	3,433		135,557		31,908	33,015
2004	63,242	5,185	1,772				30,711	21,705	8,228
2003	67,843	7,617	2,051				28,806	43,918	3,146
2002	73,176	5,632	1,002				30,693	40,255
2001	16,186	6,006	576				29,178	38,112	7,819
2000								39,256	8,207
1999								32,311	8,349
1996								61,830

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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