Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Egypt

Children out of school in Egypt in 2024 — 559,709 people. Ranked 108 in the world out of 120. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 70.7%.

2024 559,709 people −19.01% vs 2023
World rank 108of 120
Period maximum 2.07M people1978
Period minimum 480,084 people2021

Trend over time

1971–2024 · people

Children out of school — Egypt, 1971–202401M2M3M19711977198319891995200120072013201920241971: 1,909,241 people1972: 1,918,481 people1973: 1,953,530 people1978: 2,074,150 people1994: 1,470,868 people1997: 1,293,100 people1999: 1,495,947 people2000: 1,389,899 people2001: 1,367,227 people2002: 1,319,305 people2003: 1,257,037 people2004: 1,216,364 people2005: 1,491,920 people2006: 1,832,381 people2007: 1,453,362 people2009: 1,563,974 people2010: 1,515,016 people2011: 1,785,983 people2012: 1,562,668 people2014: 1,729,686 people2016: 1,463,110 people2017: 1,397,438 people2018: 1,105,631 people2019: 858,723 people2020: 652,231 people2021: 480,084 people2023: 691,113 people2024: 559,709 people
Change over the period: −1.35M (−70.68%) Average annual rate: -2.29 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Egypt 559,709 people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 14.69M people
Children out of school — Egypt, by year Egypt All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 559,709 −131,404 −19.01%
2023 691,113
2021 480,084 −172,147 −26.39%
2020 652,231 −206,492 −24.05%
2019 858,723 −246,908 −22.33%
2018 1.11M −291,807 −20.88%
2017 1.4M −65,672 −4.49%
2016 1.46M
2014 1.73M
2012 1.56M −223,315 −12.5%
2011 1.79M +270,967 +17.89%
2010 1.52M −48,958 −3.13%
2009 1.56M
2007 1.45M −379,019 −20.68%
2006 1.83M +340,461 +22.82%
2005 1.49M +275,556 +22.65%
2004 1.22M −40,673 −3.24%
2003 1.26M −62,268 −4.72%
2002 1.32M −47,922 −3.51%
2001 1.37M −22,672 −1.63%
2000 1.39M −106,048 −7.09%
1999 1.5M
1997 1.29M
1994 1.47M
1978 2.07M
1973 1.95M +35,049 +1.83%
1972 1.92M +9,240 +0.48%
1971 1.91M

Northern Africa, 2024

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

DZ Algeria 78,645 EG Egypt 559,709

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.