Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Gabon

Share of children out of school in Gabon in 2019 — 28.76%. Ranked 137 in the world out of 141. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 23.53 pp.

2019 28.76% +14.39 pp vs 1997
World rank 137of 141
Period maximum 28.76%2019
Period minimum 0.53%1987

Trend over time

1975–2019 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Gabon, 1975–2019010203019751980198519901995200020052010201520191975: 5.24%1987: 0.53%1997: 14.37%2019: 28.76%
Change over the period: +23.53 pp Annual average: 0.53 pp

Comparison, 2019

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

Gabon 28.76%
Share of children out of school — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 28.76
1997 14.37
1987 0.53
1975 5.24

Middle Africa, 2019

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.