Education

Children out of school

SE.PRM.UNER

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Armenia. 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, Germany: 8,8202024
Period covered: 2001 - 202424 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 8.25 mChina, 1997
Lowest of the compared countries: 1,710.19Armenia, 2024

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

China8.25 m1997
United States965,8532022
Italy52,1172023
Spain34,0502024
Germany8,8202024
Netherlands5,6982023
United Kingdom3,3262023
Armenia1,710.192024

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Germany	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Armenia
2024	8,820			34,050				1,710.19
2023	6,559	3,326	52,117	35,806	5,698			5,589
2022	58,820	3,458	64,907	35,604	4,446	965,853		8,614
2021	43,851	1,601	55,640	40,101	2,114	996,160		11,846
2020	35,069	1,260	39,912	39,965	1,937	489,065		14,802
2019	27,953	2,533	43,971	47,054	1,416	224,977		14,058
2018	25,345	14,916	43,832	59,102	2,928	141,533		12,469
2017	31,356	37,098	46,243	68,903	2,274	104,711		11,671
2016	49,857	59,716	47,236	75,587		88,850		11,834
2015	24,047	66,907	42,524	79,588		446,256		10,910
2014	34,341	75,047	34,972	75,432				12,456
2013	25,436	83,792	25,050	71,360		711,515		8,711
2012	25,123	81,776	9,482	64,111				7,661
2011	17,059	46,270	8,257	53,950				6,927
2010	31,781	23,362	6,072	48,223
2009	48,033	31,426	8,458	23,183
2008	46,745	16,367	11,421	14,385
2007	51,117	101,041	11,020	2,320				1,981
2006	61,404	44,924	10,258	4,285				5,073
2005	55,095	3,486	9,911	3,433		135,557		8,443
2004	63,242	25,967	5,185	1,772
2003	67,843	1,887	7,617	2,051				10,296
2002	73,176	1,175	5,632	1,002				13,007
2001	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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