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 (Slovakia, 2,535).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	United States	China	South Sudan	Slovakia	Uzbekistan	Ukraine
2025								18,501
2024	8,820		34,050			1.2 m	2,535	15,824	193,775
2023	6,559	52,117	35,806				2,889	130,836	193,616
2022	58,820	64,907	35,604	965,853			6,651	107,838
2021	43,851	55,640	40,101	996,160			10,060	37,201	299,855
2020	35,069	39,912	39,965	489,065			11,607	31,580	309,449
2019	27,953	43,971	47,054	224,977			14,191	40,438	311,587
2018	25,345	43,832	59,102	141,533			16,561	9,453.97	318,078
2017	31,356	46,243	68,903	104,711			13,637	44,956	306,822
2016	49,857	47,236	75,587	88,850			15,084	38,752	297,505
2015	24,047	42,524	79,588	446,256		1.15 m	13,763	51,623	279,279
2014	34,341	34,972	75,432				13,766	57,099	199,867
2013	25,436	25,050	71,360	711,515			12,578	97,381	182,253
2012	25,123	9,482	64,111				12,083	100,061	166,944
2011	17,059	8,257	53,950			887,775	11,257	90,668	144,312
2010	31,781	6,072	48,223				10,017	67,860	129,998
2009	48,033	8,458	23,183				9,519	51,681	123,912
2008	46,745	11,421	14,385				8,037	64,669	118,589
2007	51,117	11,020	2,320				7,350	124,903	121,256
2006	61,404	10,258	4,285				7,860		130,457
2005	55,095	9,911	3,433	135,557			6,495		136,829
2004	63,242	5,185	1,772				6,173		152,873
2003	67,843	7,617	2,051				6,224		159,674
2002	73,176	5,632	1,002				5,518		32,157
2001	16,186	6,006	576				1,858
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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