Education

Children out of school

SE.PRM.UNER

Countries compared

9 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 52,117 for Italy in 2023, over a series running from 2001 to 2023 and 9 countries compared, from the highest (China, 8.25 m) to the lowest (Croatia, 2,642).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	South Sudan	Croatia	Turkey	Russia
2024		34,050				1.2 m
2023	52,117	35,806	5,698				2,642	32,563	187,975
2022	64,907	35,604	4,446	965,853			2,570	13,955	26,138
2021	55,640	40,101	2,114	996,160			2,717	11,341	19,320
2020	39,912	39,965	1,937	489,065			2,901	11,545	20,198
2019	43,971	47,054	1,416	224,977			3,154	10,253	13,749
2018	43,832	59,102	2,928	141,533			2,566	10,494	5,373
2017	46,243	68,903	2,274	104,711			2,406	36,009	24,203
2016	47,236	75,587		88,850			2,856	92,179	130,343
2015	42,524	79,588		446,256		1.15 m	2,360	67,914	123,062
2014	34,972	75,432					2,334	13,915	161,531
2013	25,050	71,360		711,515			2,049	411	183,618
2012	9,482	64,111					1,695		155,659
2011	8,257	53,950				887,775	1,726		245,998
2010	6,072	48,223					1,693
2009	8,458	23,183					3,854		247,977
2008	11,421	14,385					1,969		235,054
2007	11,020	2,320					1,606		315,003
2006	10,258	4,285					1,539		306,702
2005	9,911	3,433		135,557			1,381
2004	5,185	1,772
2003	7,617	2,051					882
2002	5,632	1,002					790
2001	6,006	576					492
1997					8.25 m			784,142
1996					9.46 m
1995					10.1 m			866,162	658,834
1994					11.12 m			777,516	334,236
1993					10.62 m			692,938
1992					9.98 m			528,967
1991					8.65 m			549,628
1990					7.87 m			515,717
1989					4.53 m			631,138
1988					2.75 m			614,601
1987					3.84 m			691,637
1986								642,714
1985								662,362
1974								1.25 m

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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