Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Philippines

Share of children out of school in the Philippines in 2024 — 11.64%. Ranked 94 in the world out of 120. Since 1976, the indicator has fallen by 0.33 pp.

2024 11.64% +1.14 pp vs 2023
World rank 94of 120
Period maximum 15.44%1999
Period minimum 4.76%1990

Trend over time

1976–2024 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Philippines, 1976–202405101520197619811986199119962001200620112016202120241976: 11.97%1979: 11.09%1981: 12.08%1982: 11.26%1983: 11.97%1984: 11.81%1985: 7.87%1986: 8.4%1987: 8.22%1988: 6.39%1989: 5.17%1990: 4.76%1992: 8.62%1993: 9.93%1994: 11.71%1996: 9.55%1998: 12.82%1999: 15.44%2001: 13.94%2002: 13.53%2003: 13.9%2004: 14.05%2005: 13.46%2006: 14.68%2007: 14.51%2008: 13.75%2009: 12.09%2014: 9.93%2015: 10.56%2016: 10.73%2017: 10.58%2018: 10.7%2019: 9.06%2020: 8.46%2021: 12.28%2022: 10.9%2023: 10.5%2024: 11.64%
Change over the period: −0.33 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Philippines 11.64%
South-Eastern Asia computed 4.18%
Share of children out of school — Philippines, by year Philippines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 11.64 +1.14 pp
2023 10.5 −0.41 pp
2022 10.9 −1.37 pp
2021 12.28 +3.82 pp
2020 8.46 −0.6 pp
2019 9.06 −1.65 pp
2018 10.7 +0.13 pp
2017 10.58 −0.16 pp
2016 10.73 +0.18 pp
2015 10.56 +0.62 pp
2014 9.93
2009 12.09 −1.66 pp
2008 13.75 −0.76 pp
2007 14.51 −0.17 pp
2006 14.68 +1.22 pp
2005 13.46 −0.59 pp
2004 14.05 +0.15 pp
2003 13.9 +0.37 pp
2002 13.53 −0.41 pp
2001 13.94
1999 15.44 +2.63 pp
1998 12.82
1996 9.55
1994 11.71 +1.78 pp
1993 9.93 +1.31 pp
1992 8.62
1990 4.76 −0.4 pp
1989 5.17 −1.22 pp
1988 6.39 −1.83 pp
1987 8.22 −0.19 pp
1986 8.4 +0.54 pp
1985 7.87 −3.95 pp
1984 11.81 −0.16 pp
1983 11.97 +0.72 pp
1982 11.26 −0.82 pp
1981 12.08
1979 11.09
1976 11.97

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.