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 (Poland, 1,392).

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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	Poland
2024		34,050				1.2 m		1,392
2023	52,117	35,806	5,698					1,874
2022	64,907	35,604	4,446	965,853				286
2021	55,640	40,101	2,114	996,160				334
2020	39,912	39,965	1,937	489,065				23,857
2019	43,971	47,054	1,416	224,977				83,029
2018	43,832	59,102	2,928	141,533				110,315
2017	46,243	68,903	2,274	104,711				114,695
2016	47,236	75,587		88,850
2015	42,524	79,588		446,256		1.15 m	12,746
2014	34,972	75,432						90,018
2013	25,050	71,360		711,515			13,336	81,415
2012	9,482	64,111					33,425	73,980
2011	8,257	53,950				887,775	61,582	69,263
2010	6,072	48,223						62,828
2009	8,458	23,183						66,145
2008	11,421	14,385						58,929
2007	11,020	2,320						48,877
2006	10,258	4,285						36,824
2005	9,911	3,433		135,557				31,908
2004	5,185	1,772						30,711
2003	7,617	2,051						28,806
2002	5,632	1,002						30,693
2001	6,006	576						29,178
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.

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