Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Republic of the Congo

Share of children out of school in the Republic of the Congo in 2023 — 17.08%. Ranked 127 in the world out of 146. Since 1972, the indicator has fallen by 5.73 pp.

2023 17.08% −4.17 pp vs 2018
World rank 127of 146
Period maximum 49.74%2005
Period minimum 9.67%1979

Trend over time

1972–2023 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Republic of the Congo, 1972–2023020406019721978198419901996200220082014202020231972: 22.81%1974: 16.82%1976: 14.57%1978: 10.57%1979: 9.67%1980: 16.51%1981: 16.59%1982: 15.05%1983: 13.63%1984: 11.55%2005: 49.74%2006: 45.93%2010: 13.86%2012: 11.65%2018: 21.24%2023: 17.08%
Change over the period: −5.73 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 17.08%
World computed 8.88%
Share of children out of school — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 17.08
2018 21.24
2012 11.65
2010 13.86
2006 45.93 −3.81 pp
2005 49.74
1984 11.55 −2.08 pp
1983 13.63 −1.42 pp
1982 15.05 −1.53 pp
1981 16.59 +0.08 pp
1980 16.51 +6.84 pp
1979 9.67 −0.9 pp
1978 10.57
1976 14.57
1974 16.82
1972 22.81

Middle Africa, 2023

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.