Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Cambodia

Children out of school in Cambodia in 2024 — 76,741 people. Ranked 85 in the world out of 120. Since 1997, the indicator has fallen by 73.6%.

2024 76,741 people −52.01% vs 2023
World rank 85of 120
Period maximum 362,398 people1998
Period minimum 25,105 people2011

Trend over time

1997–2024 · people

Children out of school — Cambodia, 1997–20240100,000200,000300,000400,00019972000200320062009201220152018202120241997: 290,788 people1998: 362,398 people1999: 337,522 people2000: 227,015 people2003: 89,285 people2006: 103,853 people2007: 81,760 people2008: 93,303 people2010: 124,229 people2011: 25,105 people2012: 47,785 people2014: 166,042 people2015: 160,776 people2016: 199,386 people2017: 229,625 people2018: 222,356 people2019: 188,935 people2020: 190,883 people2021: 223,796 people2022: 320,435 people2023: 159,916 people2024: 76,741 people
Change over the period: −214,047 (−73.61%) Average annual rate: -4.81 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cambodia 76,741 people
South-Eastern Asia computed 2.66M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 14.69M people
Children out of school — Cambodia, by year Cambodia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 76,741 −83,175 −52.01%
2023 159,916 −160,519 −50.09%
2022 320,435 +96,639 +43.18%
2021 223,796 +32,913 +17.24%
2020 190,883 +1,948 +1.03%
2019 188,935 −33,421 −15.03%
2018 222,356 −7,269 −3.17%
2017 229,625 +30,239 +15.17%
2016 199,386 +38,610 +24.01%
2015 160,776 −5,266 −3.17%
2014 166,042
2012 47,785 +22,680 +90.34%
2011 25,105 −99,124 −79.79%
2010 124,229
2008 93,303 +11,543 +14.12%
2007 81,760 −22,093 −21.27%
2006 103,853
2003 89,285
2000 227,015 −110,507 −32.74%
1999 337,522 −24,876 −6.86%
1998 362,398 +71,610 +24.63%
1997 290,788

South-Eastern Asia, 2024

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

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.