Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Mexico

Children out of school in Mexico in 2024 — 46,859 people. Ranked 81 in the world out of 120. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 477.4%.

2024 46,859 people +1.97% vs 2023
World rank 81of 120
Period maximum 46,859 people2024
Period minimum 8,115 people2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

Children out of school — Mexico, 2000–2024020,00040,00060,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 8,115 people2001: 23,211 people2002: 34,103 people2003: 36,972 people2004: 40,213 people2005: 29,060 people2006: 25,605 people2007: 21,382 people2008: 12,914 people2009: 16,661 people2010: 21,830 people2011: 27,853 people2012: 31,456 people2013: 36,338 people2014: 42,418 people2015: 42,584 people2016: 42,015 people2017: 44,745 people2018: 34,220 people2019: 42,275 people2020: 38,701 people2021: 44,228 people2022: 45,259 people2023: 45,955 people2024: 46,859 people
Change over the period: +38,744 (+477.44%) Average annual rate: 7.58 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mexico 46,859 people
Central America computed 712,483 people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.83M people
Children out of school — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 46,859 +904 +1.97%
2023 45,955 +696 +1.54%
2022 45,259 +1,031 +2.33%
2021 44,228 +5,527 +14.28%
2020 38,701 −3,574 −8.45%
2019 42,275 +8,055 +23.54%
2018 34,220 −10,525 −23.52%
2017 44,745 +2,730 +6.5%
2016 42,015 −569 −1.34%
2015 42,584 +166 +0.39%
2014 42,418 +6,080 +16.73%
2013 36,338 +4,882 +15.52%
2012 31,456 +3,603 +12.94%
2011 27,853 +6,023 +27.59%
2010 21,830 +5,169 +31.02%
2009 16,661 +3,747 +29.02%
2008 12,914 −8,468 −39.6%
2007 21,382 −4,223 −16.49%
2006 25,605 −3,455 −11.89%
2005 29,060 −11,153 −27.73%
2004 40,213 +3,241 +8.77%
2003 36,972 +2,869 +8.41%
2002 34,103 +10,892 +46.93%
2001 23,211 +15,096 +186.03%
2000 8,115

Central America, 2024

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

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.