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Children out of school — Belgium

Children out of school in Belgium in 2023 — 13,226 people. Ranked 74 in the world out of 148. Since 2001, the indicator has risen by 1,420.2%.

2023 13,226 people +35.36% vs 2022
World rank 74of 148
Period maximum 15,271 people2011
Period minimum 654 people2002

Trend over time

2001–2023 · people

Children out of school — Belgium, 2001–202305,00010,00015,00020,000200120042007201020132016201920222001: 870 people2002: 654 people2003: 873 people2004: 4,279 people2005: 3,938 people2006: 5,449 people2007: 6,624 people2008: 7,844 people2009: 8,792 people2010: 9,272 people2011: 15,271 people2012: 13,766 people2013: 13,387 people2014: 13,738 people2015: 14,170 people2016: 14,994 people2017: 10,963 people2018: 10,723 people2019: 10,858 people2020: 9,921 people2021: 11,848 people2022: 9,771 people2023: 13,226 people
Change over the period: +12,356 (+1,420.23%) Average annual rate: 13.17 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Belgium 13,226 people
World computed 44.51M people
Europe & Central Asia computed 1.09M people
Western Europe computed 35,804 people
High-income countries computed 878,264 people
Children out of school — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 13,226 +3,455 +35.36%
2022 9,771 −2,077 −17.53%
2021 11,848 +1,927 +19.42%
2020 9,921 −937 −8.63%
2019 10,858 +135 +1.26%
2018 10,723 −240 −2.19%
2017 10,963 −4,031 −26.88%
2016 14,994 +824 +5.82%
2015 14,170 +432 +3.14%
2014 13,738 +351 +2.62%
2013 13,387 −379 −2.75%
2012 13,766 −1,505 −9.86%
2011 15,271 +5,999 +64.7%
2010 9,272 +480 +5.46%
2009 8,792 +948 +12.09%
2008 7,844 +1,220 +18.42%
2007 6,624 +1,175 +21.56%
2006 5,449 +1,511 +38.37%
2005 3,938 −341 −7.97%
2004 4,279 +3,406 +390.15%
2003 873 +219 +33.49%
2002 654 −216 −24.83%
2001 870 — —

Western Europe, 2023

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

CH Switzerland 252 LU Luxembourg 254 FR France 4,470 AT Austria 5,345 NL Netherlands 5,698 DE Germany 6,559 BE Belgium 13,226
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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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