Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Democratic Republic of the Congo

Children out of school in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1999 — 5,230,149 people. Ranked 82 in the world out of 84. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 436%.

1999 5.23M people +112.3% vs 1995
World rank 82of 84
Period maximum 5.23M people1999
Period minimum 975,728 people1971

Trend over time

1971–1999 · people

Children out of school — Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1971–199902M4M6M19711974197719801983198619891992199519981971: 975,728 people1972: 1,073,449 people1975: 1,125,964 people1979: 1,177,697 people1983: 1,211,240 people1984: 1,212,164 people1988: 2,029,461 people1991: 2,488,153 people1992: 2,677,146 people1993: 2,833,555 people1994: 2,857,817 people1995: 2,463,574 people1999: 5,230,149 people
Change over the period: +4.25M (+436.03%) Average annual rate: 6.18 %
Children out of school — Democratic Republic of the Congo, by year Democratic Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
1999 5.23M
1995 2.46M −394,243 −13.8%
1994 2.86M +24,262 +0.86%
1993 2.83M +156,409 +5.84%
1992 2.68M +188,993 +7.6%
1991 2.49M
1988 2.03M
1984 1.21M +924 +0.08%
1983 1.21M
1979 1.18M
1975 1.13M
1972 1.07M +97,721 +10.02%
1971 975,728

Middle Africa, 1999

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

ST Sao Tome and Principe 4,759 TD Chad 728,965 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.23M

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.