Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Uruguay

Share of children out of school in Uruguay in 2023 — 0.04%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 146. Since 1983, the indicator has fallen by 13.23 pp.

2023 0.04% −0.34 pp vs 2022
World rank 2of 146
Period maximum 13.3%1984
Period minimum 0.03%2016

Trend over time

1983–2023 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Uruguay, 1983–2023051015198319871991199519992003200720112015201920231983: 13.26%1984: 13.3%1985: 11.9%1986: 10.93%1987: 10.82%1991: 6.16%1992: 4.49%1993: 4.03%1994: 5.53%1995: 5.58%1996: 5.79%1997: 5.4%2005: 0.32%2006: 2.37%2007: 4.91%2008: 3.38%2009: 2.79%2010: 1.87%2011: 1.15%2012: 1.41%2013: 0.39%2015: 0.59%2016: 0.03%2017: 0.25%2018: 0.49%2019: 0.52%2020: 0.37%2021: 0.39%2022: 0.37%2023: 0.04%
Change over the period: −13.23 pp Annual average: -0.33 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Uruguay 0.04%
World computed 8.88%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 3.69%
South America computed 2.74%
High-income countries computed 1.99%
Share of children out of school — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.04 −0.34 pp
2022 0.37 −0.02 pp
2021 0.39 +0.02 pp
2020 0.37 −0.16 pp
2019 0.52 +0.03 pp
2018 0.49 +0.24 pp
2017 0.25 +0.22 pp
2016 0.03 −0.55 pp
2015 0.59
2013 0.39 −1.02 pp
2012 1.41 +0.26 pp
2011 1.15 −0.72 pp
2010 1.87 −0.92 pp
2009 2.79 −0.59 pp
2008 3.38 −1.53 pp
2007 4.91 +2.54 pp
2006 2.37 +2.06 pp
2005 0.32
1997 5.4 −0.4 pp
1996 5.79 +0.22 pp
1995 5.58 +0.05 pp
1994 5.53 +1.5 pp
1993 4.03 −0.46 pp
1992 4.49 −1.67 pp
1991 6.16
1987 10.82 −0.11 pp
1986 10.93 −0.97 pp
1985 11.9 −1.4 pp
1984 13.3 +0.04 pp
1983 13.26

South America, 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.