Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Nauru

Share of children out of school in Nauru in 2025 — 6.6%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 12. Since 2007, the indicator has fallen by 3.82 pp.

2025 6.6% +3.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 8of 12
Period maximum 18.71%2012
Period minimum 0.42%2023

Trend over time

2007–2025 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Nauru, 2007–20250510152020072009201120132015201720192021202320252007: 10.42%2012: 18.71%2014: 7.99%2016: 8.21%2019: 3.63%2020: 8.26%2022: 4.92%2023: 0.42%2024: 3%2025: 6.6%
Change over the period: −3.82 pp Annual average: -0.21 pp
Share of children out of school — Nauru, by year Nauru All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 6.6 +3.6 pp
2024 3 +2.57 pp
2023 0.42 −4.5 pp
2022 4.92
2020 8.26 +4.63 pp
2019 3.63
2016 8.21
2014 7.99
2012 18.71
2007 10.42

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.