Education

Children out of school

SE.PRM.UNER

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China. 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, France: 8,1552024
Period covered: 2001 - 202424 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 8.25 mChina, 1997
Lowest of the compared countries: 3,326United Kingdom, 2023

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

China8.25 m1997
United States965,8532022
Italy52,1172023
Spain34,0502024
Germany8,8202024
France8,1552024
Netherlands5,6982023
United Kingdom3,3262023

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	France	Germany	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China
2024	8,155	8,820			34,050
2023	4,470	6,559	3,326	52,117	35,806	5,698
2022	1,773	58,820	3,458	64,907	35,604	4,446	965,853
2021	2,925	43,851	1,601	55,640	40,101	2,114	996,160
2020	768	35,069	1,260	39,912	39,965	1,937	489,065
2019	4,882	27,953	2,533	43,971	47,054	1,416	224,977
2018	618	25,345	14,916	43,832	59,102	2,928	141,533
2017	2,457	31,356	37,098	46,243	68,903	2,274	104,711
2016	7,005	49,857	59,716	47,236	75,587		88,850
2015	21,490	24,047	66,907	42,524	79,588		446,256
2014	56,322	34,341	75,047	34,972	75,432
2013	23,622	25,436	83,792	25,050	71,360		711,515
2012	14,993	25,123	81,776	9,482	64,111
2011	9,824	17,059	46,270	8,257	53,950
2010	51,322	31,781	23,362	6,072	48,223
2009	36,009	48,033	31,426	8,458	23,183
2008	20,115	46,745	16,367	11,421	14,385
2007	5,208	51,117	101,041	11,020	2,320
2006	1,136	61,404	44,924	10,258	4,285
2005	3,243	55,095	3,486	9,911	3,433		135,557
2004	148,892	63,242	25,967	5,185	1,772
2003	149,151	67,843	1,887	7,617	2,051
2002	140,553	73,176	1,175	5,632	1,002
2001	138,945	16,186	2,186	6,006	576
2000			2,385
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

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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