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 (Iceland, 599).

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Netherlands	United States	China	South Sudan	Slovenia	Iceland	France
2024	8,820					1.2 m			8,155
2023	6,559	52,117	5,698				1,904	599	4,470
2022	58,820	64,907	4,446	965,853			1,596	503	1,773
2021	43,851	55,640	2,114	996,160			2,011	476	2,925
2020	35,069	39,912	1,937	489,065			1,338	474	768
2019	27,953	43,971	1,416	224,977			1,705	395	4,882
2018	25,345	43,832	2,928	141,533			1,962	361	618
2017	31,356	46,243	2,274	104,711			2,606	345	2,457
2016	49,857	47,236		88,850			2,694	327	7,005
2015	24,047	42,524		446,256		1.15 m	2,011	389	21,490
2014	34,341	34,972					2,175	356	56,322
2013	25,436	25,050		711,515			2,207	359	23,622
2012	25,123	9,482					2,188	337	14,993
2011	17,059	8,257				887,775	2,394	375	9,824
2010	31,781	6,072					2,255	351	51,322
2009	48,033	8,458					2,342	478	36,009
2008	46,745	11,421					2,418	473	20,115
2007	51,117	11,020					2,937	436	5,208
2006	61,404	10,258					1,467	335	1,136
2005	55,095	9,911		135,557			1,835	265	3,243
2004	63,242	5,185					2,634	291	148,892
2003	67,843	7,617					2,073	298	149,151
2002	73,176	5,632					2,347	373	140,553
2001	16,186	6,006					1,925	218	138,945
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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