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 (Netherlands, 5,698).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Netherlands	United States	China	South Sudan	Ireland	Kyrgyzstan	Belarus
2025								18,854
2024	8,820					1.2 m		18,748	20,600
2023	6,559	52,117	5,698						25,871
2022	58,820	64,907	4,446	965,853			10,313	21,412	25,137
2021	43,851	55,640	2,114	996,160			4,849	25,931	23,529
2020	35,069	39,912	1,937	489,065			646	30,936	23,041
2019	27,953	43,971	1,416	224,977			1,671	15,475	20,343
2018	25,345	43,832	2,928	141,533			549	12,165	15,398
2017	31,356	46,243	2,274	104,711			456	13,463	11,766
2016	49,857	47,236		88,850			64	12,987	8,892
2015	24,047	42,524		446,256		1.15 m	263	22,796	8,570
2014	34,341	34,972					197	20,258	5,759
2013	25,436	25,050		711,515			376	23,592	1,898
2012	25,123	9,482					294	23,777	2,240
2011	17,059	8,257				887,775	621	24,136	2,100
2010	31,781	6,072					981	21,192	2,196
2009	48,033	8,458					128	26,580	2,565
2008	46,745	11,421					354	28,506	1,838
2007	51,117	11,020					806	28,752	4,066
2006	61,404	10,258					526	26,008	5,123
2005	55,095	9,911		135,557			1,139	33,015	6,526
2004	63,242	5,185					402	21,705	7,319
2003	67,843	7,617					83	43,918	1,806
2002	73,176	5,632					952	40,255	2,795
2001	16,186	6,006					795	38,112	0
2000								39,256
1999								32,311
1997					8.25 m
1996					9.46 m			61,830
1995					10.1 m				93,543
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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