Education

Children out of school

SE.PRM.UNER

Countries compared

8 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 3,326 for United Kingdom in 2023, over a series running from 2000 to 2023 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (China, 8.25 m) to the lowest (Albania, 617).

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Iraq	Albania
2024			34,050					617
2023	3,326	52,117	35,806	5,698				17,039
2022	3,458	64,907	35,604	4,446	965,853			13,560
2021	1,601	55,640	40,101	2,114	996,160			10,881
2020	1,260	39,912	39,965	1,937	489,065			10,359
2019	2,533	43,971	47,054	1,416	224,977			3,575.11
2018	14,916	43,832	59,102	2,928	141,533			2,234.39
2017	37,098	46,243	68,903	2,274	104,711			1,139.42
2016	59,716	47,236	75,587		88,850			197.98
2015	66,907	42,524	79,588		446,256			313.29
2014	75,047	34,972	75,432					709.86
2013	83,792	25,050	71,360		711,515			6,190
2012	81,776	9,482	64,111					5,736
2011	46,270	8,257	53,950					9,558
2010	23,362	6,072	48,223					13,995
2009	31,426	8,458	23,183					13,173
2008	16,367	11,421	14,385					13,381
2007	101,041	11,020	2,320				498,693
2006	44,924	10,258	4,285
2005	3,486	9,911	3,433		135,557
2004	25,967	5,185	1,772				670,413	8,228
2003	1,887	7,617	2,051				622,762	3,146
2002	1,175	5,632	1,002
2001	2,186	6,006	576					7,819
2000	2,385						712,580	8,207
1999							596,787	8,349
1997						8.25 m
1996						9.46 m	918,723
1995						10.1 m
1994						11.12 m
1993						10.62 m	644,561
1992						9.98 m
1991						8.65 m
1990						7.87 m
1989						4.53 m	309,657
1988						2.75 m	276,988
1987						3.84 m	316,421
1986							353,506
1985							397,577
1983							344,513
1981							202,499
1980							143,366
1979							212,425
1978							523,663
1977							552,175
1976							588,870
1975							753,240
1974							752,851
1973							749,868
1972							723,420
1971							689,516

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.

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