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	Slovenia	Kazakhstan	Iceland
2025								128,155
2024	8,820		34,050			1.2 m		102,766
2023	6,559	52,117	35,806				1,904	93,210	599
2022	58,820	64,907	35,604	965,853			1,596	162,925	503
2021	43,851	55,640	40,101	996,160			2,011	170,299	476
2020	35,069	39,912	39,965	489,065			1,338	165,748	474
2019	27,953	43,971	47,054	224,977			1,705	58,533	395
2018	25,345	43,832	59,102	141,533			1,962	72,946	361
2017	31,356	46,243	68,903	104,711			2,606	80,808	345
2016	49,857	47,236	75,587	88,850			2,694	113,415	327
2015	24,047	42,524	79,588	446,256		1.15 m	2,011	105,069	389
2014	34,341	34,972	75,432				2,175	100,221	356
2013	25,436	25,050	71,360	711,515			2,207	91,695	359
2012	25,123	9,482	64,111				2,188	80,042	337
2011	17,059	8,257	53,950			887,775	2,394	75,710	375
2010	31,781	6,072	48,223				2,255	78,577	351
2009	48,033	8,458	23,183				2,342	67,436	478
2008	46,745	11,421	14,385				2,418	52,341	473
2007	51,117	11,020	2,320				2,937	38,263	436
2006	61,404	10,258	4,285				1,467	23,156	335
2005	55,095	9,911	3,433	135,557			1,835	21,178	265
2004	63,242	5,185	1,772				2,634	24,586	291
2003	67,843	7,617	2,051				2,073	24,507	298
2002	73,176	5,632	1,002				2,347	27,422	373
2001	16,186	6,006	576				1,925	28,095	218
2000								53,182	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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