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, Congo, Saudi Arabia. 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.

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2. Main theme

3. Sub-types within education

1 of 21 indicators in this category. Each indicator gives one card and its chart.

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Latest known value: 3,326 for United Kingdom in 2023, over a series running from 2000 to 2023 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (China, 8.25 m) to the lowest (United Kingdom, 3,326).

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Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Congo	Saudi Arabia
2024			34,050					17,458
2023	3,326	52,117	35,806	5,698			171,125
2022	3,458	64,907	35,604	4,446	965,853			92,867
2021	1,601	55,640	40,101	2,114	996,160			109,130
2020	1,260	39,912	39,965	1,937	489,065			69,746
2019	2,533	43,971	47,054	1,416	224,977
2018	14,916	43,832	59,102	2,928	141,533		190,282
2017	37,098	46,243	68,903	2,274	104,711
2016	59,716	47,236	75,587		88,850			84,608
2015	66,907	42,524	79,588		446,256			107,094
2014	75,047	34,972	75,432					166,103
2013	83,792	25,050	71,360		711,515			205,071
2012	81,776	9,482	64,111				81,086
2011	46,270	8,257	53,950
2010	23,362	6,072	48,223				89,656
2009	31,426	8,458	23,183
2008	16,367	11,421	14,385
2007	101,041	11,020	2,320
2006	44,924	10,258	4,285				266,400
2005	3,486	9,911	3,433		135,557		282,292
2004	25,967	5,185	1,772
2003	1,887	7,617	2,051
2002	1,175	5,632	1,002
2001	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
1984							39,308
1983							45,312
1982							48,917
1981							52,742
1980							51,365
1979							29,385	266,642
1978							31,263
1976							40,482
1974							43,509
1972							54,967

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

Latest known value for each country in the region, ranked from highest to lowest. Click a country to add it to your comparison.

The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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