Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Central Asia

Share of children out of school in Central Asia in 2025 — 3.13%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.69 pp.

2025 3.13% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 6.45%2013
Period minimum 2.12%2018

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Central Asia, 2000–2025024682000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 5.82%2001: 5.02%2002: 4.68%2003: 5.11%2004: 4.19%2005: 4.52%2006: 4.46%2007: 5.43%2008: 4.36%2009: 4.26%2010: 4.6%2011: 5.16%2012: 6.07%2013: 6.45%2014: 5.55%2015: 5.2%2016: 4.43%2017: 3.38%2018: 2.12%2019: 2.5%2020: 4.79%2021: 4.82%2022: 5.59%2023: 4.88%2024: 2.82%2025: 3.13%
Change over the period: −2.69 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp
Share of children out of school — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 3.13 +0.3 pp
2024 2.82 −2.05 pp
2023 4.88 −0.71 pp
2022 5.59 +0.77 pp
2021 4.82 +0.02 pp
2020 4.79 +2.3 pp
2019 2.5 +0.38 pp
2018 2.12 −1.26 pp
2017 3.38 −1.05 pp
2016 4.43 −0.77 pp
2015 5.2 −0.34 pp
2014 5.55 −0.91 pp
2013 6.45 +0.39 pp
2012 6.07 +0.91 pp
2011 5.16 +0.56 pp
2010 4.6 +0.34 pp
2009 4.26 −0.1 pp
2008 4.36 −1.07 pp
2007 5.43 +0.96 pp
2006 4.46 −0.06 pp
2005 4.52 +0.33 pp
2004 4.19 −0.92 pp
2003 5.11 +0.43 pp
2002 4.68 −0.35 pp
2001 5.02 −0.8 pp
2000 5.82

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.