Education
Children out of school
SE.PRM.UNER
Annual series published by the World Bank. 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.
Countries compared
8 countries compared out of 142 available.
Latest known value: 52,117 for Italy in 2023, over a series running from 2001 to 2023 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (China, 8.25 m) to the lowest (Netherlands, 5,698).
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Year by year values
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| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | South Sudan | Sierra Leone | Cent. African Rep. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34,050 | 1.2 m | ||||||
| 2023 | 52,117 | 35,806 | 5,698 | |||||
| 2022 | 64,907 | 35,604 | 4,446 | 965,853 | ||||
| 2021 | 55,640 | 40,101 | 2,114 | 996,160 | ||||
| 2020 | 39,912 | 39,965 | 1,937 | 489,065 | ||||
| 2019 | 43,971 | 47,054 | 1,416 | 224,977 | ||||
| 2018 | 43,832 | 59,102 | 2,928 | 141,533 | ||||
| 2017 | 46,243 | 68,903 | 2,274 | 104,711 | ||||
| 2016 | 47,236 | 75,587 | 88,850 | |||||
| 2015 | 42,524 | 79,588 | 446,256 | 1.15 m | 12,746 | |||
| 2014 | 34,972 | 75,432 | ||||||
| 2013 | 25,050 | 71,360 | 711,515 | 13,336 | ||||
| 2012 | 9,482 | 64,111 | 33,425 | 306,334 | ||||
| 2011 | 8,257 | 53,950 | 887,775 | 61,582 | 322,446 | |||
| 2010 | 6,072 | 48,223 | 298,341 | |||||
| 2009 | 8,458 | 23,183 | 325,989 | |||||
| 2008 | 11,421 | 14,385 | 321,940 | |||||
| 2007 | 11,020 | 2,320 | 378,045 | |||||
| 2006 | 10,258 | 4,285 | 422,895 | |||||
| 2005 | 9,911 | 3,433 | 135,557 | 415,049 | ||||
| 2004 | 5,185 | 1,772 | ||||||
| 2003 | 7,617 | 2,051 | ||||||
| 2002 | 5,632 | 1,002 | ||||||
| 2001 | 6,006 | 576 | ||||||
| 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 | 222,870 | ||||||
| 1990 | 7.87 m | 188,652 | ||||||
| 1989 | 4.53 m | 215,261 | ||||||
| 1988 | 2.75 m | 206,539 | ||||||
| 1987 | 3.84 m | 190,675 | ||||||
| 1986 | 145,706 | |||||||
| 1983 | 335,881 | 166,199 | ||||||
| 1982 | 180,276 | |||||||
| 1981 | 194,776 | |||||||
| 1978 | 221,599 | |||||||
| 1977 | 221,137 | |||||||
| 1973 | 188,604 | |||||||
| 1972 | 189,982 | |||||||
| 1971 | 192,427 |
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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