Lower middle income: Children out of school, primary, male

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Lower middle income's children out of school, primary, male fell 0.7% on 2024 (from 24.44 million to 24.26 million).

Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2024), the average change was −2.6% and a typical year strayed about 1.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly fall was 5.1% in 2008. 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 downward, about 242,848 a year. A straight line explains 99% 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.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 23.38 million for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 286,242, against 386,667 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

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

Children out of school, primary, male in nearby economies

• Algeria — 65,258 (2022)
• Bahrain — 3,489 (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 289,060 (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 91,080 (2020)
• Israel — 15,104 (2024)
• Jordan — 12,306 (2024)
• Kuwait — 18,443 (2016)
• Lebanon — 75,674 (2024)
• Morocco — 71,553 (2019)
• Oman — 11,567 (2024)
• Qatar

More education data for Lower middle income

• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 343.48 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 105.35% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 104.88% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 105.8% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 11.3 million (2024)
• Primary education, teachers (% female) — 60.47% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 265.95 million (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Lower middle income's children out of school, primary, male?

24.26 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is down 47.33% from 46.06 million in 2000 (2.53% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 46.06 million in 2000 and the lowest 24.26 million in 2025.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.UNER.MA, 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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