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Children out of school — Germany

Children out of school in Germany in 2024 — 8,820 people. Ranked 53 in the world out of 120. Since 2001, the indicator has fallen by 45.5%.

2024 8,820 people +34.47% vs 2023
World rank 53of 120
Period maximum 73,176 people2002
Period minimum 6,559 people2023

Trend over time

2001–2024 · people

Children out of school — Germany, 2001–2024020,00040,00060,00080,0002001200420072010201320162019202220242001: 16,186 people2002: 73,176 people2003: 67,843 people2004: 63,242 people2005: 55,095 people2006: 61,404 people2007: 51,117 people2008: 46,745 people2009: 48,033 people2010: 31,781 people2011: 17,059 people2012: 25,123 people2013: 25,436 people2014: 34,341 people2015: 24,047 people2016: 49,857 people2017: 31,356 people2018: 25,345 people2019: 27,953 people2020: 35,069 people2021: 43,851 people2022: 58,820 people2023: 6,559 people2024: 8,820 people
Change over the period: −7,366 (−45.51%) Average annual rate: -2.61 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Germany 8,820 people
Western Europe computed 23,073 people
Children out of school — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 8,820 +2,261 +34.47%
2023 6,559 −52,261 −88.85%
2022 58,820 +14,969 +34.14%
2021 43,851 +8,782 +25.04%
2020 35,069 +7,116 +25.46%
2019 27,953 +2,608 +10.29%
2018 25,345 −6,011 −19.17%
2017 31,356 −18,501 −37.11%
2016 49,857 +25,810 +107.33%
2015 24,047 −10,294 −29.98%
2014 34,341 +8,905 +35.01%
2013 25,436 +313 +1.25%
2012 25,123 +8,064 +47.27%
2011 17,059 −14,722 −46.32%
2010 31,781 −16,252 −33.84%
2009 48,033 +1,288 +2.76%
2008 46,745 −4,372 −8.55%
2007 51,117 −10,287 −16.75%
2006 61,404 +6,309 +11.45%
2005 55,095 −8,147 −12.88%
2004 63,242 −4,601 −6.78%
2003 67,843 −5,333 −7.29%
2002 73,176 +56,990 +352.09%
2001 16,186 — —

Western Europe, 2024

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

LU Luxembourg 111 CH Switzerland 787 AT Austria 5,200 FR France 8,155 DE Germany 8,820
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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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