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 (Montenegro, 80).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	United States	China	South Sudan	Slovenia	Montenegro	Azerbaijan
2024	8,820		34,050			1.2 m			152
2023	6,559	52,117	35,806				1,904	80	9,457
2022	58,820	64,907	35,604	965,853			1,596		26,995
2021	43,851	55,640	40,101	996,160			2,011	64	52,916
2020	35,069	39,912	39,965	489,065			1,338	115	54,317
2019	27,953	43,971	47,054	224,977			1,705	122	55,687
2018	25,345	43,832	59,102	141,533			1,962	868	24,804
2017	31,356	46,243	68,903	104,711			2,606	47	11,966
2016	49,857	47,236	75,587	88,850			2,694	473	4,338.64
2015	24,047	42,524	79,588	446,256		1.15 m	2,011	14	5,979.84
2014	34,341	34,972	75,432				2,175		3,637.82
2013	25,436	25,050	71,360	711,515			2,207		8,544
2012	25,123	9,482	64,111				2,188	335	39,439
2011	17,059	8,257	53,950			887,775	2,394	145	53,310
2010	31,781	6,072	48,223				2,255		65,503
2009	48,033	8,458	23,183				2,342		61,748
2008	46,745	11,421	14,385				2,418	1,708	70,361
2007	51,117	11,020	2,320				2,937	1,944	71,283
2006	61,404	10,258	4,285				1,467	1,138	73,286
2005	55,095	9,911	3,433	135,557			1,835	18	77,428
2004	63,242	5,185	1,772				2,634		78,125
2003	67,843	7,617	2,051				2,073	0	88,738
2002	73,176	5,632	1,002				2,347		79,899
2001	16,186	6,006	576				1,925		79,138
2000									61,173
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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