High income's children out of school, primary, female was 984,900 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 57.08% from 627,000 in 2015 (4.62% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 984,900 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 691,800 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 627,000 | 2015 |
| Highest | 1.63 million | 2001 |
| Lowest | 616,800 | 2017 |
| Average since 2016 | 763,120 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 1.54 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, High income's children out of school, primary, female rose 3.8% on 2024 (from 949,100 to 984,900).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2024), the average change was −1.6% and a typical year strayed about 8.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above 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 10% in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 25% in 2003. 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 46,149 a year. A straight line explains 94% 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.
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 26 values
| Year | Children out of school, primary, female |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 984,900 |
| 2024 | 949,100 |
| 2023 | 898,500 |
| 2022 | 835,100 |
| 2021 | 760,700 |
| 2020 | 691,800 |
| 2019 | 649,400 |
| 2018 | 627,500 |
| 2017 | 616,800 |
| 2016 | 617,400 |
| 2015 |
Children out of school, primary, female in nearby economies
More education data for High income
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 84.04 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers — 6.16 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers (% female) — 83.51% (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 106.52 million (2024)
- Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) — 92.97% (2023)
- Secondary education, teachers — 9.06 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1 (2020)
- School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
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Questions people ask
- What is High income's children out of school, primary, female?
- 984,900 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is down 36.09% from 1.54 million in 2000 (1.77% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.63 million in 2001 and the lowest 616,800 in 2017.
- Is the latest change in children out of school, primary, female unusual for High income?
- In 2025, High income's children out of school, primary, female rose 3.8% on 2024 (from 949,100 to 984,900). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2024), the average change was −1.6% and a typical year strayed about 8.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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..
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.UNER.FE, 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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