Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Somalia

Share of children out of school in Somalia in 1980 — 85.27%. Ranked 40 in the world out of 41. Since 1976, the indicator has risen by 2.77 pp.

1980 85.27% +0.51 pp vs 1979
World rank 40of 41
Period maximum 85.27%1980
Period minimum 82.5%1976

Trend over time

1976–1980 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Somalia, 1976–19808283848586197619771978197919801976: 82.5%1977: 83.29%1978: 84.94%1979: 84.76%1980: 85.27%
Change over the period: +2.77 pp Annual average: 0.69 pp
Share of children out of school — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
1980 85.27 +0.51 pp
1979 84.76 −0.18 pp
1978 84.94 +1.65 pp
1977 83.29 +0.79 pp
1976 82.5

Eastern Africa, 1980

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.