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Children out of school — Australia

Children out of school in Australia in 2024 — 2,833 people. Ranked 32 in the world out of 120. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 96.8%.

2024 2,833 people −39.97% vs 2023
World rank 32of 120
Period maximum 88,304 people2000
Period minimum 168 people2016

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

Children out of school — Australia, 2000–2024025,00050,00075,000100,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 88,304 people2001: 8,978 people2002: 6,248 people2003: 26,000 people2004: 20,966 people2005: 10,716 people2006: 9,023 people2007: 4,896 people2008: 5,589 people2009: 5,766 people2010: 6,179 people2011: 52,484 people2012: 45,429 people2013: 971 people2014: 1,480 people2015: 592 people2016: 168 people2017: 1,273 people2018: 4,291 people2019: 4,836 people2020: 13,192 people2021: 8,348 people2022: 6,721 people2023: 4,719 people2024: 2,833 people
Change over the period: −85,471 (−96.79%) Average annual rate: -13.35 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Australia 2,833 people
Australia and New Zealand computed 13,229 people
Children out of school — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 2,833 −1,886 −39.97%
2023 4,719 −2,002 −29.79%
2022 6,721 −1,627 −19.49%
2021 8,348 −4,844 −36.72%
2020 13,192 +8,356 +172.79%
2019 4,836 +545 +12.7%
2018 4,291 +3,018 +237.08%
2017 1,273 +1,105 +657.74%
2016 168 −424 −71.62%
2015 592 −888 −60%
2014 1,480 +509 +52.42%
2013 971 −44,458 −97.86%
2012 45,429 −7,055 −13.44%
2011 52,484 +46,305 +749.39%
2010 6,179 +413 +7.16%
2009 5,766 +177 +3.17%
2008 5,589 +693 +14.15%
2007 4,896 −4,127 −45.74%
2006 9,023 −1,693 −15.8%
2005 10,716 −10,250 −48.89%
2004 20,966 −5,034 −19.36%
2003 26,000 +19,752 +316.13%
2002 6,248 −2,730 −30.41%
2001 8,978 −79,326 −89.83%
2000 88,304 — —

Australia and New Zealand, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AU Australia 2,833 NZ New Zealand 10,396
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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