Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — South Sudan

Share of children out of school in South Sudan in 2024 — 64.73%. Ranked 120 in the world out of 120. Since 2011, the indicator has risen by 9.41 pp.

2024 64.73% +1 pp vs 2015
World rank 120of 120
Period maximum 64.73%2024
Period minimum 55.33%2011

Trend over time

2011–2024 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — South Sudan, 2011–20245557.56062.565201120132015201720192021202320242011: 55.33%2015: 63.74%2024: 64.73%
Change over the period: +9.41 pp Annual average: 0.72 pp
Share of children out of school — South Sudan, by year South Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 64.73
2015 63.74
2011 55.33

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.