Indonesia: Children out of school, primary, female

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2018, Indonesia's children out of school, primary, female rose 10.6% on 2017 (from 1.2 million to 1.33 million).

Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2017), the average change was +8.8% and a typical year strayed about 41.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 167.5% in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 40.6% in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Indonesia in the 2018 ranking

• Bangladesh — 2nd of 4: 189,119
• Mozambique — 3rd of 4: 136,850
• United Kingdom — 4th of 4: 6,273

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 31 values

Children out of school, primary, female in nearby economies

• Australia — 1,110 (2023)
• Brunei Darussalam — 657 (2024)
• Cambodia — 46,902 (2024)
• Fiji — 2,673 (2016)
• Kiribati — 959 (2024)
• Korea, Rep. — 15,928 (2022)
• Lao PDR — 40,481 (2025)
• Macao SAR, China — 2,169 (2024)
• Malaysia — 181,582 (2024)
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 1,500 (2024)
• Mongolia

More education data for Indonesia

• Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 13 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 28.68 million (2025)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 100.37% (2025)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 99.06% (2025)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 101.61% (2025)
• Primary education, teachers — 1.51 million (2025)
• Secondary education, pupils — 27.84 million (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Indonesia's children out of school, primary, female?

1.33 million in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is down 58.42% from 3.2 million in 1971 (1.85% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 3.68 million in 1974 and the lowest 218,927 in 2013.

Is the latest change in children out of school, primary, female unusual for Indonesia?

In 2018, Indonesia's children out of school, primary, female rose 10.6% on 2017 (from 1.2 million to 1.33 million). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1972 to 2017), the average change was +8.8% and a typical year strayed about 41.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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?

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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