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 (Iceland, 599).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	United States	China	South Sudan	Iceland	Bosnia	Poland
2024	8,820		34,050			1.2 m			1,392
2023	6,559	52,117	35,806				599	2,933	1,874
2022	58,820	64,907	35,604	965,853			503	2,119	286
2021	43,851	55,640	40,101	996,160			476	2,263	334
2020	35,069	39,912	39,965	489,065			474	2,798	23,857
2019	27,953	43,971	47,054	224,977			395		83,029
2018	25,345	43,832	59,102	141,533			361	1,125	110,315
2017	31,356	46,243	68,903	104,711			345	3,236	114,695
2016	49,857	47,236	75,587	88,850			327	8,183
2015	24,047	42,524	79,588	446,256		1.15 m	389	13,611
2014	34,341	34,972	75,432				356	17,435	90,018
2013	25,436	25,050	71,360	711,515			359	20,272	81,415
2012	25,123	9,482	64,111				337	21,575	73,980
2011	17,059	8,257	53,950			887,775	375	19,769	69,263
2010	31,781	6,072	48,223				351	20,719	62,828
2009	48,033	8,458	23,183				478	21,750	66,145
2008	46,745	11,421	14,385				473		58,929
2007	51,117	11,020	2,320				436		48,877
2006	61,404	10,258	4,285				335		36,824
2005	55,095	9,911	3,433	135,557			265		31,908
2004	63,242	5,185	1,772				291		30,711
2003	67,843	7,617	2,051				298		28,806
2002	73,176	5,632	1,002				373		30,693
2001	16,186	6,006	576				218		29,178
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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