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Children out of school — Euro area

Children out of school in the Euro area in 2023 — 159,720 people. Since 2001, the indicator has fallen by 16.1%.

2023 159,720 people −30.09% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 287,859 people2002
Period minimum 113,394 people2005

Trend over time

2001–2023 · people

Children out of school — Euro area, 2001–2023100,000150,000200,000250,000300,000200120042007201020132016201920222001: 190,407 people2002: 287,859 people2003: 280,334 people2004: 261,777 people2005: 113,394 people2006: 125,717 people2007: 117,377 people2008: 128,861 people2009: 153,893 people2010: 184,340 people2011: 147,638 people2012: 177,793 people2013: 215,347 people2014: 280,893 people2015: 250,951 people2016: 267,655 people2017: 236,197 people2018: 222,714 people2019: 211,858 people2020: 196,311 people2021: 226,499 people2022: 228,454 people2023: 159,720 people
Change over the period: −30,687 (−16.12%) Average annual rate: -0.8 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Euro area 159,720 people
World computed 44.51M people
Children out of school — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 159,720 −68,734 −30.09%
2022 228,454 +1,955 +0.86%
2021 226,499 +30,188 +15.38%
2020 196,311 −15,547 −7.34%
2019 211,858 −10,856 −4.87%
2018 222,714 −13,483 −5.71%
2017 236,197 −31,458 −11.75%
2016 267,655 +16,704 +6.66%
2015 250,951 −29,942 −10.66%
2014 280,893 +65,546 +30.44%
2013 215,347 +37,554 +21.12%
2012 177,793 +30,155 +20.42%
2011 147,638 −36,702 −19.91%
2010 184,340 +30,447 +19.78%
2009 153,893 +25,032 +19.43%
2008 128,861 +11,484 +9.78%
2007 117,377 −8,340 −6.63%
2006 125,717 +12,323 +10.87%
2005 113,394 −148,383 −56.68%
2004 261,777 −18,557 −6.62%
2003 280,334 −7,525 −2.61%
2002 287,859 +97,452 +51.18%
2001 190,407 — —

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.

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