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 (China, 8.25 m) to the lowest (Austria, 5,200).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	United States	China	South Sudan	Austria	Ireland	Turkey
2024	8,820		34,050			1.2 m	5,200
2023	6,559	52,117	35,806				5,345		32,563
2022	58,820	64,907	35,604	965,853			5,781	10,313	13,955
2021	43,851	55,640	40,101	996,160			3,232	4,849	11,341
2020	35,069	39,912	39,965	489,065			3,979	646	11,545
2019	27,953	43,971	47,054	224,977			4,146	1,671	10,253
2018	25,345	43,832	59,102	141,533			4,209	549	10,494
2017	31,356	46,243	68,903	104,711			4,410	456	36,009
2016	49,857	47,236	75,587	88,850			6,546	64	92,179
2015	24,047	42,524	79,588	446,256		1.15 m	4,351	263	67,914
2014	34,341	34,972	75,432				4,200	197	13,915
2013	25,436	25,050	71,360	711,515			4,807	376	411
2012	25,123	9,482	64,111				6,279	294
2011	17,059	8,257	53,950			887,775	6,683	621
2010	31,781	6,072	48,223				4,232	981
2009	48,033	8,458	23,183				4,638	128
2008	46,745	11,421	14,385				4,625	354
2007	51,117	11,020	2,320				5,215	806
2006	61,404	10,258	4,285				6,800	526
2005	55,095	9,911	3,433	135,557			5,680	1,139
2004	63,242	5,185	1,772				5,516	402
2003	67,843	7,617	2,051				7,430	83
2002	73,176	5,632	1,002				7,188	952
2001	16,186	6,006	576				6,615	795
1997					8.25 m				784,142
1996					9.46 m
1995					10.1 m				866,162
1994					11.12 m				777,516
1993					10.62 m				692,938
1992					9.98 m				528,967
1991					8.65 m				549,628
1990					7.87 m				515,717
1989					4.53 m				631,138
1988					2.75 m				614,601
1987					3.84 m				691,637
1986									642,714
1985									662,362
1974									1.25 m

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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