Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — G7

Children out of school in the G7 in 2023 — 198,363 people. Since 2005, the indicator has fallen by 4.3%.

2023 198,363 people −83.9% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 1.23M people2022
Period minimum 142,545 people2012

Trend over time

2005–2023 · people

Children out of school — G7, 2005–20230500,0001M1.5M20052007200920112013201520172019202120232005: 207,292 people2012: 142,545 people2013: 960,414 people2014: 217,011 people2015: 616,539 people2016: 294,589 people2017: 260,957 people2018: 265,968 people2019: 379,134 people2020: 649,457 people2021: 1,226,175 people2022: 1,232,368 people2023: 198,363 people
Change over the period: −8,929 (−4.31%) Average annual rate: -0.24 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 198,363 people
World computed 44.51M people
Children out of school — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 198,363 −1.03M −83.9%
2022 1.23M +6,193 +0.51%
2021 1.23M +576,718 +88.8%
2020 649,457 +270,323 +71.3%
2019 379,134 +113,166 +42.55%
2018 265,968 +5,011 +1.92%
2017 260,957 −33,632 −11.42%
2016 294,589 −321,950 −52.22%
2015 616,539 +399,528 +184.1%
2014 217,011 −743,403 −77.4%
2013 960,414 +817,869 +573.76%
2012 142,545
2005 207,292

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.