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 (Greece, 622).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	United States	China	South Sudan	Greece	Slovakia	Kazakhstan
2025									128,155
2024	8,820		34,050			1.2 m		2,535	102,766
2023	6,559	52,117	35,806				622	2,889	93,210
2022	58,820	64,907	35,604	965,853			437	6,651	162,925
2021	43,851	55,640	40,101	996,160			24,137	10,060	170,299
2020	35,069	39,912	39,965	489,065			23,966	11,607	165,748
2019	27,953	43,971	47,054	224,977			20,810	14,191	58,533
2018	25,345	43,832	59,102	141,533			19,606	16,561	72,946
2017	31,356	46,243	68,903	104,711			12,943	13,637	80,808
2016	49,857	47,236	75,587	88,850			9,269	15,084	113,415
2015	24,047	42,524	79,588	446,256		1.15 m	14,054	13,763	105,069
2014	34,341	34,972	75,432				18,430	13,766	100,221
2013	25,436	25,050	71,360	711,515			14,515	12,578	91,695
2012	25,123	9,482	64,111				12,388	12,083	80,042
2011	17,059	8,257	53,950			887,775	10,127	11,257	75,710
2010	31,781	6,072	48,223				9,572	10,017	78,577
2009	48,033	8,458	23,183					9,519	67,436
2008	46,745	11,421	14,385					8,037	52,341
2007	51,117	11,020	2,320				15,171	7,350	38,263
2006	61,404	10,258	4,285				18,417	7,860	23,156
2005	55,095	9,911	3,433	135,557			14,379	6,495	21,178
2004	63,242	5,185	1,772				15,816	6,173	24,586
2003	67,843	7,617	2,051				28,045	6,224	24,507
2002	73,176	5,632	1,002				42,270	5,518	27,422
2001	16,186	6,006	576				1,258	1,858	28,095
2000							474		53,182
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

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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