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 (Lithuania, 156).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	United States	China	South Sudan	Uzbekistan	Lithuania	Turkey
2025							18,501
2024	8,820		34,050			1.2 m	15,824	156
2023	6,559	52,117	35,806				130,836	120	32,563
2022	58,820	64,907	35,604	965,853			107,838	27	13,955
2021	43,851	55,640	40,101	996,160			37,201	4	11,341
2020	35,069	39,912	39,965	489,065			31,580	133	11,545
2019	27,953	43,971	47,054	224,977			40,438	222	10,253
2018	25,345	43,832	59,102	141,533			9,453.97	188	10,494
2017	31,356	46,243	68,903	104,711			44,956	107	36,009
2016	49,857	47,236	75,587	88,850			38,752	152	92,179
2015	24,047	42,524	79,588	446,256		1.15 m	51,623	56	67,914
2014	34,341	34,972	75,432				57,099	69	13,915
2013	25,436	25,050	71,360	711,515			97,381	116	411
2012	25,123	9,482	64,111				100,061
2011	17,059	8,257	53,950			887,775	90,668
2010	31,781	6,072	48,223				67,860
2009	48,033	8,458	23,183				51,681
2008	46,745	11,421	14,385				64,669
2007	51,117	11,020	2,320				124,903
2006	61,404	10,258	4,285
2005	55,095	9,911	3,433	135,557
2004	63,242	5,185	1,772
2003	67,843	7,617	2,051					197
2002	73,176	5,632	1,002					480
2001	16,186	6,006	576					639
1997					8.25 m				784,142
1996					9.46 m
1995					10.1 m				866,162
1994					11.12 m				777,516
1993					10.62 m				692,938
1992					9.98 m				528,967
1991					8.65 m				549,628
1990					7.87 m				515,717
1989					4.53 m				631,138
1988					2.75 m				614,601
1987					3.84 m				691,637
1986									642,714
1985									662,362
1974									1.25 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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