Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Canada

Children out of school in Canada in 2023 — 127,666 people. Ranked 114 in the world out of 148. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 779.4%.

2023 127,666 people −3.78% vs 2022
World rank 114of 148
Period maximum 132,683 people2022
Period minimum 6,768 people2015

Trend over time

2000–2023 · people

Children out of school — Canada, 2000–2023050,000100,000150,0002000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 14,517 people2012: 11,171 people2013: 13,615 people2014: 10,728 people2015: 6,768 people2016: 34,118 people2017: 32,791 people2018: 32,648 people2019: 69,676 people2020: 77,439 people2021: 119,579 people2022: 132,683 people2023: 127,666 people
Change over the period: +113,149 (+779.42%) Average annual rate: 9.91 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Canada 127,666 people
World computed 44.51M people
High-income countries computed 878,264 people
Children out of school — Canada, by year Canada All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 127,666 −5,017 −3.78%
2022 132,683 +13,104 +10.96%
2021 119,579 +42,140 +54.42%
2020 77,439 +7,763 +11.14%
2019 69,676 +37,028 +113.42%
2018 32,648 −143 −0.44%
2017 32,791 −1,327 −3.89%
2016 34,118 +27,350 +404.11%
2015 6,768 −3,960 −36.91%
2014 10,728 −2,887 −21.2%
2013 13,615 +2,444 +21.88%
2012 11,171
2000 14,517

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.