Education

Children out of school

SE.PRM.UNER

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, North Macedonia. 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, Italy: 52,1172023
Period covered: 2001 - 202323 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 8.25 mChina, 1997
Lowest of the compared countries: 4,151North Macedonia, 2023

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

China8.25 m1997
South Sudan1.2 m2024
United States965,8532022
Italy52,1172023
Spain34,0502024
Sierra Leone12,7462015
Netherlands5,6982023
North Macedonia4,1512023

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	South Sudan	Sierra Leone	North Macedonia
2024		34,050				1.2 m
2023	52,117	35,806	5,698					4,151
2022	64,907	35,604	4,446	965,853				3,232
2021	55,640	40,101	2,114	996,160				8,539
2020	39,912	39,965	1,937	489,065				7,961
2019	43,971	47,054	1,416	224,977				8,415
2018	43,832	59,102	2,928	141,533				3,842
2017	46,243	68,903	2,274	104,711				3,332
2016	47,236	75,587		88,850
2015	42,524	79,588		446,256		1.15 m	12,746	2,560
2014	34,972	75,432						4,369
2013	25,050	71,360		711,515			13,336	3,869
2012	9,482	64,111					33,425	2,668
2011	8,257	53,950				887,775	61,582
2010	6,072	48,223						383
2009	8,458	23,183						3,007
2008	11,421	14,385						5,304
2007	11,020	2,320						1,765
2006	10,258	4,285						3,059
2005	9,911	3,433		135,557				1,137
2004	5,185	1,772						1,024
2003	7,617	2,051						1,845
2002	5,632	1,002						436
2001	6,006	576						323
2000								66
1999								14,831
1998								12,619
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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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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