Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Jordan

Children out of school in Jordan in 2024 — 21,351 people. Ranked 68 in the world out of 120. Since 1972, the indicator has fallen by 61.5%.

2024 21,351 people −30.54% vs 2023
World rank 68of 120
Period maximum 130,769 people2000
Period minimum 11,908 people1979

Trend over time

1972–2024 · people

Children out of school — Jordan, 1972–2024050,000100,000150,00019721978198419901996200220082014202020241972: 55,501 people1973: 39,317 people1974: 26,379 people1975: 18,888 people1976: 17,221 people1977: 15,822 people1978: 13,106 people1979: 11,908 people1980: 16,354 people1981: 21,404 people1982: 22,597 people1983: 38,501 people1984: 46,213 people1985: 51,167 people1999: 119,255 people2000: 130,769 people2002: 78,685 people2003: 65,418 people2004: 56,133 people2005: 55,999 people2006: 61,355 people2007: 76,404 people2008: 99,969 people2010: 105,572 people2011: 99,318 people2012: 96,172 people2013: 64,646 people2016: 39,331 people2017: 23,834 people2018: 19,395 people2019: 19,756 people2020: 17,986 people2021: 28,968 people2022: 21,339 people2023: 30,737 people2024: 21,351 people
Change over the period: −34,150 (−61.53%) Average annual rate: -1.82 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Jordan 21,351 people
Western Asia computed 855,871 people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 14.69M people
Children out of school — Jordan, by year Jordan All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 21,351 −9,386 −30.54%
2023 30,737 +9,398 +44.04%
2022 21,339 −7,629 −26.34%
2021 28,968 +10,982 +61.06%
2020 17,986 −1,770 −8.96%
2019 19,756 +361 +1.86%
2018 19,395 −4,439 −18.62%
2017 23,834 −15,497 −39.4%
2016 39,331
2013 64,646 −31,526 −32.78%
2012 96,172 −3,146 −3.17%
2011 99,318 −6,254 −5.92%
2010 105,572
2008 99,969 +23,565 +30.84%
2007 76,404 +15,049 +24.53%
2006 61,355 +5,356 +9.56%
2005 55,999 −134 −0.24%
2004 56,133 −9,285 −14.19%
2003 65,418 −13,267 −16.86%
2002 78,685
2000 130,769 +11,514 +9.65%
1999 119,255
1985 51,167 +4,954 +10.72%
1984 46,213 +7,712 +20.03%
1983 38,501 +15,904 +70.38%
1982 22,597 +1,193 +5.57%
1981 21,404 +5,050 +30.88%
1980 16,354 +4,446 +37.34%
1979 11,908 −1,198 −9.14%
1978 13,106 −2,716 −17.17%
1977 15,822 −1,399 −8.12%
1976 17,221 −1,667 −8.83%
1975 18,888 −7,491 −28.4%
1974 26,379 −12,938 −32.91%
1973 39,317 −16,184 −29.16%
1972 55,501

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.