Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Cambodia

Share of children out of school in Cambodia in 2024 — 3.69%. Ranked 60 in the world out of 120. Since 1997, the indicator has fallen by 10.84 pp.

2024 3.69% −4.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 60of 120
Period maximum 16.98%1998
Period minimum 1.36%2011

Trend over time

1997–2024 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Cambodia, 1997–20240510152019972000200320062009201220152018202120241997: 14.53%1998: 16.98%1999: 15.61%2000: 10.38%2003: 4.07%2006: 5.16%2007: 4.21%2008: 4.95%2010: 6.74%2011: 1.36%2012: 2.57%2014: 8.72%2015: 8.29%2016: 10.09%2017: 11.43%2018: 10.92%2019: 9.3%2020: 9.43%2021: 11.05%2022: 15.74%2023: 7.79%2024: 3.69%
Change over the period: −10.84 pp Annual average: -0.4 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Cambodia 3.69%
South-Eastern Asia computed 4.18%
Share of children out of school — Cambodia, by year Cambodia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 3.69 −4.1 pp
2023 7.79 −7.95 pp
2022 15.74 +4.69 pp
2021 11.05 +1.61 pp
2020 9.43 +0.13 pp
2019 9.3 −1.62 pp
2018 10.92 −0.51 pp
2017 11.43 +1.35 pp
2016 10.09 +1.8 pp
2015 8.29 −0.43 pp
2014 8.72
2012 2.57 +1.21 pp
2011 1.36 −5.38 pp
2010 6.74
2008 4.95 +0.73 pp
2007 4.21 −0.95 pp
2006 5.16
2003 4.07
2000 10.38 −5.23 pp
1999 15.61 −1.37 pp
1998 16.98 +2.45 pp
1997 14.53

South-Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.