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Children out of school

SE.PRM.UNER

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Africa, Costa Rica. 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

8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.

02.5 M5 M7.5 M10 M12.5 M19701984199720112024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China8.25 m1997
  • United States965,8532022
  • South Africa448,1462023
  • Italy52,1172023
  • Spain34,0502024
  • Costa Rica19,7012024
  • Netherlands5,6982023
  • United Kingdom3,3262023

Year by year values

Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.

Annual values by country
United KingdomItalySpainNetherlandsUnited StatesChinaSouth AfricaCosta Rica
202434,05019,701
20233,32652,11735,8065,698448,14621,131
20223,45864,90735,6044,446965,853430,54027,179
20211,60155,64040,1012,114996,160288,48027,816
20201,26039,91239,9651,937489,065620,73724,123
20192,53343,97147,0541,416224,977630,82021,545
201814,91643,83259,1022,928141,533701,27830,015
201737,09846,24368,9032,274104,711761,15645,307
201659,71647,23675,58788,85035,333
201566,90742,52479,588446,256676,71638,932
201475,04734,97275,43241,750
201383,79225,05071,360711,51530,022
201281,7769,48264,11121,598
201146,2708,25753,95014,145
201023,3626,07248,223
200931,4268,45823,183
200816,36711,42114,385
2007101,04111,0202,320
200644,92410,2584,285
20053,4869,9113,433135,557976,269

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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