Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — NATO

Children out of school in NATO in 2023 — 526,361 people. Since 2001, the indicator has risen by 118.1%.

2023 526,361 people −65.42% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 1.52M people2022
Period minimum 241,376 people2001

Trend over time

2001–2023 · people

Children out of school — NATO, 2001–20230500,0001M1.5M2M200120042007201020132016201920222001: 241,376 people2002: 330,720 people2003: 354,238 people2004: 387,369 people2005: 360,442 people2006: 270,592 people2007: 330,145 people2008: 259,718 people2009: 287,577 people2010: 321,240 people2011: 333,304 people2012: 414,387 people2013: 1,133,426 people2014: 504,157 people2015: 956,392 people2016: 670,505 people2017: 698,218 people2018: 654,347 people2019: 716,461 people2020: 923,062 people2021: 1,476,597 people2022: 1,521,958 people2023: 526,361 people
Change over the period: +284,985 (+118.07%) Average annual rate: 3.61 %

Comparison, 2023

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

NATO 526,361 people
World computed 44.51M people
Children out of school — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 526,361 −995,597 −65.42%
2022 1.52M +45,361 +3.07%
2021 1.48M +553,535 +59.97%
2020 923,062 +206,601 +28.84%
2019 716,461 +62,114 +9.49%
2018 654,347 −43,871 −6.28%
2017 698,218 +27,713 +4.13%
2016 670,505 −285,887 −29.89%
2015 956,392 +452,235 +89.7%
2014 504,157 −629,269 −55.52%
2013 1.13M +719,039 +173.52%
2012 414,387 +81,083 +24.33%
2011 333,304 +12,064 +3.76%
2010 321,240 +33,663 +11.71%
2009 287,577 +27,859 +10.73%
2008 259,718 −70,427 −21.33%
2007 330,145 +59,553 +22.01%
2006 270,592 −89,850 −24.93%
2005 360,442 −26,927 −6.95%
2004 387,369 +33,131 +9.35%
2003 354,238 +23,518 +7.11%
2002 330,720 +89,344 +37.01%
2001 241,376

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.