Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Solomon Islands

Share of children out of school in the Solomon Islands in 2024 — 30.14%. Ranked 116 in the world out of 120. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 3.86 pp.

2024 30.14% −2.27 pp vs 2023
World rank 116of 120
Period maximum 32.4%2023
Period minimum 1.75%2013

Trend over time

2005–2024 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Solomon Islands, 2005–2024010203040200520072009201120132015201720192021202320242005: 26.28%2006: 21.18%2007: 20.72%2013: 1.75%2014: 2.78%2015: 2.84%2018: 9.8%2019: 12.09%2023: 32.4%2024: 30.14%
Change over the period: +3.86 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Solomon Islands 30.14%
Melanesia computed 14.77%
Share of children out of school — Solomon Islands, by year Solomon Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 30.14 −2.27 pp
2023 32.4
2019 12.09 +2.29 pp
2018 9.8
2015 2.84 +0.06 pp
2014 2.78 +1.03 pp
2013 1.75
2007 20.72 −0.46 pp
2006 21.18 −5.1 pp
2005 26.28

Melanesia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

FJ Fiji 2.39 VU Vanuatu 2.53 SB Solomon Islands 30.14

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.