Education
Children out of school
SE.PRM.UNER
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sierra Leone. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, United Kingdom
- 3,3262023
- Period covered
- 2000 - 202324 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 8.25 mChina, 1997
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 3,326United Kingdom, 2023
7 of 8 countries compared, out of 142.
Latest known valuesorted by value
China8.25 m1997
South Sudan1.2 m2024
United States965,8532022
Spain34,0502024
Sierra Leone12,7462015
Netherlands5,6982023
United Kingdom3,3262023
Year by year values
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| United Kingdom | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | South Sudan | Sierra Leone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34,050 | 1.2 m | |||||
| 2023 | 3,326 | 35,806 | 5,698 | ||||
| 2022 | 3,458 | 35,604 | 4,446 | 965,853 | |||
| 2021 | 1,601 | 40,101 | 2,114 | 996,160 | |||
| 2020 | 1,260 | 39,965 | 1,937 | 489,065 | |||
| 2019 | 2,533 | 47,054 | 1,416 | 224,977 | |||
| 2018 | 14,916 | 59,102 | 2,928 | 141,533 | |||
| 2017 | 37,098 | 68,903 | 2,274 | 104,711 | |||
| 2016 | 59,716 | 75,587 | 88,850 | ||||
| 2015 | 66,907 | 79,588 | 446,256 | 1.15 m | 12,746 | ||
| 2014 | 75,047 | 75,432 | |||||
| 2013 | 83,792 | 71,360 | 711,515 | 13,336 | |||
| 2012 | 81,776 | 64,111 | 33,425 | ||||
| 2011 | 46,270 | 53,950 | 887,775 | 61,582 | |||
| 2010 | 23,362 | 48,223 | |||||
| 2009 | 31,426 | 23,183 | |||||
| 2008 | 16,367 | 14,385 | |||||
| 2007 | 101,041 | 2,320 | |||||
| 2006 | 44,924 | 4,285 | |||||
| 2005 | 3,486 | 3,433 | 135,557 | ||||
| 2004 | 25,967 | 1,772 | |||||
| 2003 | 1,887 | 2,051 | |||||
| 2002 | 1,175 | 1,002 | |||||
| 2001 | 2,186 | 576 | |||||
| 2000 | 2,385 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 1983 | 335,881 |
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.
Text published by the World Bank for indicator SE.PRM.UNER, reproduced unchanged.
The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia
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