Marshall Islands: Children out of school (% of primary school age)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 0.48 percentage points from 1% in 2019. Since 2002 it is down 2.39 percentage points from 3.87% in 2002. The World Bank has no value for 13 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.86 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 72% of the movement over 8 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 2024, Marshall Islands had the 74th highest value of the 101 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.

Closest to Marshall Islands in the 2024 ranking

• Samoa — 71st of 101: 1.81%
• Finland — 72nd of 101: 1.77%
• Viet Nam — 73rd of 101: 1.73%
• Austria — 75th of 101: 1.43%
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 76th of 101: 1.4%
• Norway — 77th of 101: 1.38%

What this measures

Children out of school are the percentage of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Children in the official primary age group that are in preprimary education should be considered out of school.

Limitations: The administrative data used in the calculation of the rate of out-of-school children are based on enrolment at a specific date which can bias the results by either counting enrolled children who never attend school or by omitting those who enroll after the reference date for reporting enrolment data. Furthermore, children who drop out of school after the reference date are not counted as out of school. Discrepancies between enrolment and population data from different sources can also result in over- or underestimates of the rate.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 10 values

Children out of school (% of primary school age) in nearby economies

• Australia — 0.12% (2024)
• Brunei Darussalam — 3.61% (2024)
• Cambodia — 3.69% (2024)
• Fiji — 2.39% (2024)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 1.4% (2024)
• Indonesia — 0.88% (2025)
• Japan — 0.07% (2023)
• Kiribati — 8.71% (2024)
• Korea, Rep. — 0.06% (2024)
• Lao PDR

More education data for Marshall Islands

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Compulsory education, duration (years) — 13 (2025)
• Preprimary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 5,369 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 101.8% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 102.28% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross)

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Questions people ask

What is Marshall Islands's children out of school (% of primary school age)?

1.48% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is down 2.39 percentage points from 3.87% in 2002. The highest value was 8.93% in 2015 and the lowest 0.04% in 2021.

How does Marshall Islands rank?

74th highest of 101 economies with data for 2024.

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.ZS, 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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