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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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	South Sudan	Sierra Leone	Mali
2024		34,050				1.2 m
2023	52,117	35,806	5,698					1.19 m
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				1.39 m
2017	46,243	68,903	2,274	104,711				1.26 m
2016	47,236	75,587		88,850				1.38 m
2015	42,524	79,588		446,256		1.15 m	12,746	1.37 m
2014	34,972	75,432						1.24 m
2013	25,050	71,360		711,515			13,336	1.21 m
2012	9,482	64,111					33,425	1.05 m
2011	8,257	53,950				887,775	61,582	947,621
2010	6,072	48,223						925,682
2009	8,458	23,183						909,099
2008	11,421	14,385
2007	11,020	2,320						995,934
2006	10,258	4,285						1.01 m
2005	9,911	3,433		135,557				1 m
2004	5,185	1,772						1.08 m
2003	7,617	2,051						1.06 m
2002	5,632	1,002						1.05 m
2001	6,006	576
1999								1.13 m
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
1977								830,363
1974								771,466
1973								777,189
1972								764,241
1971								754,601

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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