Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — China

Children out of school in China in 1997 — 8,248,401 people. Ranked 42 in the world out of 42. Since 1987, the indicator has risen by 114.8%.

1997 8.25M people −12.85% vs 1996
World rank 42of 42
Period maximum 11.12M people1994
Period minimum 2.75M people1988

Trend over time

1987–1997 · people

Children out of school — China, 1987–199705M10M15M198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971987: 3,839,648 people1988: 2,749,983 people1989: 4,528,093 people1990: 7,874,579 people1991: 8,654,800 people1992: 9,984,301 people1993: 10,619,108 people1994: 11,118,529 people1995: 10,102,953 people1996: 9,464,568 people1997: 8,248,401 people
Change over the period: +4.41M (+114.82%) Average annual rate: 7.95 %
Children out of school — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
1997 8.25M −1.22M −12.85%
1996 9.46M −638,385 −6.32%
1995 10.1M −1.02M −9.13%
1994 11.12M +499,421 +4.7%
1993 10.62M +634,807 +6.36%
1992 9.98M +1.33M +15.36%
1991 8.65M +780,221 +9.91%
1990 7.87M +3.35M +73.9%
1989 4.53M +1.78M +64.66%
1988 2.75M −1.09M −28.38%
1987 3.84M

Eastern Asia, 1997

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

MN Mongolia 45,407 CN China 8.25M

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.