Education

Children out of school

SE.PRM.UNER

Countries compared

9 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 8,155 for France in 2024, over a series running from 2001 to 2024 and 9 countries compared, from the highest (China, 8.25 m) to the lowest (United Kingdom, 3,326).

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Annual values by country
	France	Germany	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Ireland
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		10,313
2021	2,925	43,851	1,601	55,640	40,101	2,114	996,160		4,849
2020	768	35,069	1,260	39,912	39,965	1,937	489,065		646
2019	4,882	27,953	2,533	43,971	47,054	1,416	224,977		1,671
2018	618	25,345	14,916	43,832	59,102	2,928	141,533		549
2017	2,457	31,356	37,098	46,243	68,903	2,274	104,711		456
2016	7,005	49,857	59,716	47,236	75,587		88,850		64
2015	21,490	24,047	66,907	42,524	79,588		446,256		263
2014	56,322	34,341	75,047	34,972	75,432				197
2013	23,622	25,436	83,792	25,050	71,360		711,515		376
2012	14,993	25,123	81,776	9,482	64,111				294
2011	9,824	17,059	46,270	8,257	53,950				621
2010	51,322	31,781	23,362	6,072	48,223				981
2009	36,009	48,033	31,426	8,458	23,183				128
2008	20,115	46,745	16,367	11,421	14,385				354
2007	5,208	51,117	101,041	11,020	2,320				806
2006	1,136	61,404	44,924	10,258	4,285				526
2005	3,243	55,095	3,486	9,911	3,433		135,557		1,139
2004	148,892	63,242	25,967	5,185	1,772				402
2003	149,151	67,843	1,887	7,617	2,051				83
2002	140,553	73,176	1,175	5,632	1,002				952
2001	138,945	16,186	2,186	6,006	576				795
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.

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