Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — France

Share of children out of school in France in 2024 — 0.2%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 120. Since 2001, the indicator has fallen by 3.43 pp.

2024 0.2% +0.09 pp vs 2023
World rank 10of 120
Period maximum 3.93%2003
Period minimum 0.01%2018

Trend over time

2001–2024 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — France, 2001–2024012342001200420072010201320162019202220242001: 3.63%2002: 3.7%2003: 3.93%2004: 3.93%2005: 0.08%2006: 0.03%2007: 0.13%2008: 0.5%2009: 0.89%2010: 1.27%2011: 0.24%2012: 0.37%2013: 0.58%2014: 1.36%2015: 0.51%2016: 0.17%2017: 0.06%2018: 0.01%2019: 0.12%2020: 0.02%2021: 0.07%2022: 0.04%2023: 0.11%2024: 0.2%
Change over the period: −3.43 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

France 0.2%
Western Europe computed 0.3%
Share of children out of school — France, by year France All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.2 +0.09 pp
2023 0.11 +0.07 pp
2022 0.04 −0.03 pp
2021 0.07 +0.05 pp
2020 0.02 −0.1 pp
2019 0.12 +0.1 pp
2018 0.01 −0.04 pp
2017 0.06 −0.11 pp
2016 0.17 −0.35 pp
2015 0.51 −0.85 pp
2014 1.36 +0.78 pp
2013 0.58 +0.21 pp
2012 0.37 +0.13 pp
2011 0.24 −1.03 pp
2010 1.27 +0.37 pp
2009 0.89 +0.39 pp
2008 0.5 +0.37 pp
2007 0.13 +0.1 pp
2006 0.03 −0.06 pp
2005 0.08 −3.84 pp
2004 3.93 −0 pp
2003 3.93 +0.23 pp
2002 3.7 +0.07 pp
2001 3.63

Western Europe, 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.