Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Tunisia

Share of children out of school in Tunisia in 2023 — 1.09%. Ranked 39 in the world out of 146. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 19.39 pp.

2023 1.09% −0.48 pp vs 2022
World rank 39of 146
Period maximum 26.49%1975
Period minimum 0.77%2013

Trend over time

1971–2023 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Tunisia, 1971–2023010203019711977198319891995200120072013201920231971: 20.48%1975: 26.49%1978: 25.9%1979: 24%1980: 21.52%1981: 19.46%1982: 17.03%1983: 14.09%1984: 11.26%1985: 10.89%1986: 10.25%1987: 9.91%1988: 10.02%1989: 9.07%1990: 9.01%1991: 7.87%1992: 7.57%1993: 6.63%1994: 6.27%1995: 5.3%1996: 5.55%1997: 5.78%1999: 5.35%2000: 4.81%2001: 4.05%2002: 1.68%2003: 1.08%2004: 0.88%2005: 2.78%2006: 3.03%2007: 4.28%2008: 4.36%2009: 4.21%2010: 3.32%2011: 3.2%2012: 1.07%2013: 0.77%2014: 0.87%2015: 0.91%2016: 1.05%2017: 1.07%2018: 1.09%2020: 1.77%2021: 1.71%2022: 1.57%2023: 1.09%
Change over the period: −19.39 pp Annual average: -0.37 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Tunisia 1.09%
World computed 8.88%
Share of children out of school — Tunisia, by year Tunisia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 1.09 −0.48 pp
2022 1.57 −0.14 pp
2021 1.71 −0.05 pp
2020 1.77
2018 1.09 +0.03 pp
2017 1.07 +0.02 pp
2016 1.05 +0.14 pp
2015 0.91 +0.04 pp
2014 0.87 +0.09 pp
2013 0.77 −0.3 pp
2012 1.07 −2.13 pp
2011 3.2 −0.12 pp
2010 3.32 −0.89 pp
2009 4.21 −0.15 pp
2008 4.36 +0.08 pp
2007 4.28 +1.25 pp
2006 3.03 +0.25 pp
2005 2.78 +1.9 pp
2004 0.88 −0.2 pp
2003 1.08 −0.6 pp
2002 1.68 −2.37 pp
2001 4.05 −0.76 pp
2000 4.81 −0.54 pp
1999 5.35
1997 5.78 +0.23 pp
1996 5.55 +0.25 pp
1995 5.3 −0.97 pp
1994 6.27 −0.36 pp
1993 6.63 −0.94 pp
1992 7.57 −0.29 pp
1991 7.87 −1.15 pp
1990 9.01 −0.06 pp
1989 9.07 −0.95 pp
1988 10.02 +0.11 pp
1987 9.91 −0.34 pp
1986 10.25 −0.64 pp
1985 10.89 −0.37 pp
1984 11.26 −2.84 pp
1983 14.09 −2.94 pp
1982 17.03 −2.43 pp
1981 19.46 −2.06 pp
1980 21.52 −2.48 pp
1979 24 −1.89 pp
1978 25.9
1975 26.49
1971 20.48

Northern 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.