Education

Children out of school

SE.PRM.UNER

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Cyprus, El Salvador. 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: 247Cyprus, 2023

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

China8.25 m1997
United States965,8532022
El Salvador57,3392024
Italy52,1172023
Spain34,0502024
Netherlands5,6982023
United Kingdom3,3262023
Cyprus2472023

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Cyprus	El Salvador
2024			34,050					57,339
2023	3,326	52,117	35,806	5,698			247	95,913
2022	3,458	64,907	35,604	4,446	965,853		235	105,097
2021	1,601	55,640	40,101	2,114	996,160		13	106,135
2020	1,260	39,912	39,965	1,937	489,065		83	100,432
2019	2,533	43,971	47,054	1,416	224,977		115	97,817
2018	14,916	43,832	59,102	2,928	141,533		168	79,271
2017	37,098	46,243	68,903	2,274	104,711		701	84,737
2016	59,716	47,236	75,587		88,850		756	57,212
2015	66,907	42,524	79,588		446,256		911	51,888
2014	75,047	34,972	75,432				1,371	46,479
2013	83,792	25,050	71,360		711,515		882
2012	81,776	9,482	64,111				710
2011	46,270	8,257	53,950				82
2010	23,362	6,072	48,223				19
2009	31,426	8,458	23,183				68
2008	16,367	11,421	14,385				17
2007	101,041	11,020	2,320				276
2006	44,924	10,258	4,285				189
2005	3,486	9,911	3,433		135,557		605
2004	25,967	5,185	1,772				837
2003	1,887	7,617	2,051				664	45,093
2002	1,175	5,632	1,002				724	57,367
2001	2,186	6,006	576				1,347	83,326
2000	2,385							100,163
1998								183,470
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
1970								213,782

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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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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