Education

Children out of school

SE.PRM.UNER

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Canada, Mexico. 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, United Kingdom: 3,3262023
Period covered: 2000 - 202324 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
Canada127,6662023
Italy52,1172023
Mexico46,8592024
Spain34,0502024
Netherlands5,6982023
United Kingdom3,3262023

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Canada	Mexico
2024			34,050					46,859
2023	3,326	52,117	35,806	5,698			127,666	45,955
2022	3,458	64,907	35,604	4,446	965,853		132,683	45,259
2021	1,601	55,640	40,101	2,114	996,160		119,579	44,228
2020	1,260	39,912	39,965	1,937	489,065		77,439	38,701
2019	2,533	43,971	47,054	1,416	224,977		69,676	42,275
2018	14,916	43,832	59,102	2,928	141,533		32,648	34,220
2017	37,098	46,243	68,903	2,274	104,711		32,791	44,745
2016	59,716	47,236	75,587		88,850		34,118	42,015
2015	66,907	42,524	79,588		446,256		6,768	42,584
2014	75,047	34,972	75,432				10,728	42,418
2013	83,792	25,050	71,360		711,515		13,615	36,338
2012	81,776	9,482	64,111				11,171	31,456
2011	46,270	8,257	53,950					27,853
2010	23,362	6,072	48,223					21,830
2009	31,426	8,458	23,183					16,661
2008	16,367	11,421	14,385					12,914
2007	101,041	11,020	2,320					21,382
2006	44,924	10,258	4,285					25,605
2005	3,486	9,911	3,433		135,557			29,060
2004	25,967	5,185	1,772					40,213
2003	1,887	7,617	2,051					36,972
2002	1,175	5,632	1,002					34,103
2001	2,186	6,006	576					23,211
2000	2,385						14,517	8,115
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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