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 (Cyprus, 247).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	United States	China	South Sudan	Cyprus	Slovakia	Iceland
2024	8,820		34,050			1.2 m		2,535
2023	6,559	52,117	35,806				247	2,889	599
2022	58,820	64,907	35,604	965,853			235	6,651	503
2021	43,851	55,640	40,101	996,160			13	10,060	476
2020	35,069	39,912	39,965	489,065			83	11,607	474
2019	27,953	43,971	47,054	224,977			115	14,191	395
2018	25,345	43,832	59,102	141,533			168	16,561	361
2017	31,356	46,243	68,903	104,711			701	13,637	345
2016	49,857	47,236	75,587	88,850			756	15,084	327
2015	24,047	42,524	79,588	446,256		1.15 m	911	13,763	389
2014	34,341	34,972	75,432				1,371	13,766	356
2013	25,436	25,050	71,360	711,515			882	12,578	359
2012	25,123	9,482	64,111				710	12,083	337
2011	17,059	8,257	53,950			887,775	82	11,257	375
2010	31,781	6,072	48,223				19	10,017	351
2009	48,033	8,458	23,183				68	9,519	478
2008	46,745	11,421	14,385				17	8,037	473
2007	51,117	11,020	2,320				276	7,350	436
2006	61,404	10,258	4,285				189	7,860	335
2005	55,095	9,911	3,433	135,557			605	6,495	265
2004	63,242	5,185	1,772				837	6,173	291
2003	67,843	7,617	2,051				664	6,224	298
2002	73,176	5,632	1,002				724	5,518	373
2001	16,186	6,006	576				1,347	1,858	218
2000									272
1999									374
1998									322
1997					8.25 m				253
1996					9.46 m				6
1995					10.1 m
1994					11.12 m				131
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
1977									276

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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