Algeria's children out of school, primary was 78,683 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 434.54% from 14,720 in 2015 (18.25% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 78,683 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 11,104 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 14,720 | 2015 |
| Highest | 803,939 | 1973 |
| Lowest | 11,104 | 2020 |
| Average since 2016 | 50,367 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 803,939 | 1973 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Algeria's children out of school, primary rose 0% on 2024 (from 78,645 to 78,683).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2024), the average change was +15.3% and a typical year strayed about 75.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 266.7% in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 86.6% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 6,950 a year. A straight line explains 42% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Algeria had the 6th highest value of the 12 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 78,683 | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 9.28 million | 2025 |
Closest to Algeria in the 2025 ranking
- India — 3rd of 12: 134,967
- Kazakhstan — 4th of 12: 128,155
- Lao PDR — 5th of 12: 82,273
- Gambia, The — 7th of 12: 74,577
- Thailand — 8th of 12: 36,067
- Nepal — 9th of 12: 21,146
What this measures
Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
Limitations: Due to different data sources for enrollment and population data, the number may not capture the actual number of children not attending in primary school.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 52 values
| Year | Children out of school, primary |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 78,683 |
| 2024 | 78,645 |
| 2023 | 45,584 |
| 2022 | 101,754 |
| 2021 | 40,716 |
| 2020 | 11,104 |
| 2019 | 82,685 |
| 2018 | 30,198 |
| 2017 | 16,519 |
| 2016 | 17,785 |
| 2015 |
Children out of school, primary in nearby economies
More education data for Algeria
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 5.3 million (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 105.48% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 105.73% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 105.25% (2025)
- Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) — 97.34% (2025)
- Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)
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Questions people ask
- What is Algeria's children out of school, primary?
- 78,683 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1973?
- It is down 90.21% from 803,939 in 1973 (4.37% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 803,939 in 1973 and the lowest 11,104 in 2020.
- How does Algeria rank?
- 6th highest of 12 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in children out of school, primary unusual for Algeria?
- In 2025, Algeria's children out of school, primary rose 0% on 2024 (from 78,645 to 78,683). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2024), the average change was +15.3% and a typical year strayed about 75.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.UNER, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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