Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Uganda

Share of children out of school in Uganda in 2013 — 4.12%. Ranked 71 in the world out of 132. Since 1979, the indicator has fallen by 61.23 pp.

2013 4.12% −1.48 pp vs 2011
World rank 71of 132
Period maximum 65.35%1979
Period minimum 4.12%2013

Trend over time

1979–2013 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Uganda, 1979–201302040608019791983198719911995199920032007201120131979: 65.35%1981: 61.9%1982: 59.97%1986: 44.43%2009: 5.35%2010: 8.88%2011: 5.6%2013: 4.12%
Change over the period: −61.23 pp Annual average: -1.8 pp
Share of children out of school — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2013 4.12
2011 5.6 −3.28 pp
2010 8.88 +3.53 pp
2009 5.35
1986 44.43
1982 59.97 −1.93 pp
1981 61.9
1979 65.35

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.