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	Paraguay
2024		34,050				1.2 m		105,859
2023	52,117	35,806	5,698					97,283
2022	64,907	35,604	4,446	965,853				93,829
2021	55,640	40,101	2,114	996,160				93,012
2020	39,912	39,965	1,937	489,065				89,796
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				74,167
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	10,851
2011	8,257	53,950				887,775	61,582	11,085
2010	6,072	48,223						11,843
2009	8,458	23,183						15,679
2008	11,421	14,385						9,493
2007	11,020	2,320						4,428
2006	10,258	4,285						5,463
2005	9,911	3,433		135,557				6,259
2004	5,185	1,772						5,720
2003	7,617	2,051						5,193
2002	5,632	1,002						5,680
2001	6,006	576						6,173
2000								6,735
1999								5,408
1997					8.25 m
1996					9.46 m			20,213
1995					10.1 m			41,132
1994					11.12 m			33,568
1993					10.62 m			2,425
1992					9.98 m			61,541
1991					8.65 m			2,405
1990					7.87 m			3,292
1989					4.53 m			6,359
1988					2.75 m			14,829
1987					3.84 m			24,021
1986								29,877
1985								26,807
1984								29,878
1983							335,881	30,054
1981								30,540
1980								37,312
1979								47,633
1978								55,115
1977								65,473
1976								72,670
1975								80,213
1973								67,354
1972								118,171
1970								61,648

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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