Children out of school, primary by country

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.

Each country's latest available year is shown; countries report on different schedules, so compare years before comparing values.

Ranking

Regions and income groups

More education indicators

• Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)
• Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)
• Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)
• Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)
• Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)
• Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)
• Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
• Compulsory education, duration (years)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
• School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
• School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
• School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

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Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, SE.PRM.UNER, 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. View on data.worldbank.org; the full definition is in the World Bank's metadata glossary.