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	Netherlands	United States	China	South Sudan	Iceland	Poland	Montenegro
2024	8,820					1.2 m		1,392
2023	6,559	52,117	5,698				599	1,874	80
2022	58,820	64,907	4,446	965,853			503	286
2021	43,851	55,640	2,114	996,160			476	334	64
2020	35,069	39,912	1,937	489,065			474	23,857	115
2019	27,953	43,971	1,416	224,977			395	83,029	122
2018	25,345	43,832	2,928	141,533			361	110,315	868
2017	31,356	46,243	2,274	104,711			345	114,695	47
2016	49,857	47,236		88,850			327		473
2015	24,047	42,524		446,256		1.15 m	389		14
2014	34,341	34,972					356	90,018
2013	25,436	25,050		711,515			359	81,415
2012	25,123	9,482					337	73,980	335
2011	17,059	8,257				887,775	375	69,263	145
2010	31,781	6,072					351	62,828
2009	48,033	8,458					478	66,145
2008	46,745	11,421					473	58,929	1,708
2007	51,117	11,020					436	48,877	1,944
2006	61,404	10,258					335	36,824	1,138
2005	55,095	9,911		135,557			265	31,908	18
2004	63,242	5,185					291	30,711
2003	67,843	7,617					298	28,806	0
2002	73,176	5,632					373	30,693
2001	16,186	6,006					218	29,178
2000							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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