Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Bahrain

Share of children out of school in Bahrain in 2024 — 4.75%. Ranked 68 in the world out of 120. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 26.1 pp.

2024 4.75% −1.97 pp vs 2023
World rank 68of 120
Period maximum 30.92%1973
Period minimum 0.42%2013

Trend over time

1971–2024 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Bahrain, 1971–202401020304019711977198319891995200120072013201920241971: 30.84%1972: 30.61%1973: 30.92%1974: 29.13%1975: 23.98%1976: 23.34%1977: 20.49%1978: 20.76%1979: 20.13%1980: 20.29%1981: 23.8%1982: 26.66%1983: 24.55%1984: 21.08%1985: 16.21%1986: 10.72%1987: 10.32%1988: 7%1989: 6.79%1991: 10.29%1992: 15.73%1993: 15.13%1994: 14.65%1995: 12.7%1996: 11.54%1997: 10.75%1998: 6.97%1999: 4.88%2000: 7.09%2001: 7.23%2002: 8.95%2003: 10.72%2004: 10.17%2005: 9.96%2006: 4.42%2011: 6.41%2012: 0.52%2013: 0.42%2014: 0.54%2015: 1.59%2016: 1.69%2017: 1.81%2018: 2.83%2019: 3.01%2022: 3.24%2023: 6.71%2024: 4.75%
Change over the period: −26.1 pp Annual average: -0.49 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bahrain

Bahrain 4.75%
Western Asia computed 7.34%
Share of children out of school — Bahrain, by year Bahrain All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 4.75 −1.97 pp
2023 6.71 +3.47 pp
2022 3.24
2019 3.01 +0.18 pp
2018 2.83 +1.02 pp
2017 1.81 +0.12 pp
2016 1.69 +0.1 pp
2015 1.59 +1.04 pp
2014 0.54 +0.13 pp
2013 0.42 −0.1 pp
2012 0.52 −5.88 pp
2011 6.41
2006 4.42 −5.55 pp
2005 9.96 −0.21 pp
2004 10.17 −0.54 pp
2003 10.72 +1.76 pp
2002 8.95 +1.72 pp
2001 7.23 +0.14 pp
2000 7.09 +2.21 pp
1999 4.88 −2.1 pp
1998 6.97 −3.77 pp
1997 10.75 −0.8 pp
1996 11.54 −1.16 pp
1995 12.7 −1.95 pp
1994 14.65 −0.48 pp
1993 15.13 −0.6 pp
1992 15.73 +5.44 pp
1991 10.29
1989 6.79 −0.2 pp
1988 7 −3.32 pp
1987 10.32 −0.4 pp
1986 10.72 −5.49 pp
1985 16.21 −4.87 pp
1984 21.08 −3.48 pp
1983 24.55 −2.11 pp
1982 26.66 +2.86 pp
1981 23.8 +3.51 pp
1980 20.29 +0.16 pp
1979 20.13 −0.63 pp
1978 20.76 +0.27 pp
1977 20.49 −2.85 pp
1976 23.34 −0.64 pp
1975 23.98 −5.15 pp
1974 29.13 −1.79 pp
1973 30.92 +0.3 pp
1972 30.61 −0.23 pp
1971 30.84

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.