Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Philippines

Children out of school in the Philippines in 2024 — 1,616,165 people. Ranked 116 in the world out of 120. Since 1976, the indicator has risen by 75.9%.

2024 1.62M people +9.88% vs 2023
World rank 116of 120
Period maximum 1.91M people2006
Period minimum 460,200 people1990

Trend over time

1976–2024 · people

Children out of school — Philippines, 1976–20240500,0001M1.5M2M197619811986199119962001200620112016202120241976: 918,601 people1979: 880,452 people1981: 977,784 people1982: 921,109 people1983: 991,672 people1984: 991,215 people1985: 671,438 people1986: 733,548 people1987: 735,306 people1988: 586,140 people1989: 485,924 people1990: 460,200 people1992: 877,636 people1993: 1,037,170 people1994: 1,253,900 people1996: 1,074,385 people1998: 1,524,539 people1999: 1,863,499 people2001: 1,722,199 people2002: 1,691,305 people2003: 1,754,918 people2004: 1,788,500 people2005: 1,731,449 people2006: 1,908,174 people2007: 1,901,756 people2008: 1,817,138 people2009: 1,610,637 people2014: 1,372,966 people2015: 1,475,549 people2016: 1,508,140 people2017: 1,494,425 people2018: 1,518,961 people2019: 1,285,015 people2020: 1,198,429 people2021: 1,731,428 people2022: 1,531,686 people2023: 1,470,794 people2024: 1,616,165 people
Change over the period: +697,564 (+75.94%) Average annual rate: 1.18 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Philippines 1.62M people
South-Eastern Asia computed 2.66M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 14.69M people
Children out of school — Philippines, by year Philippines All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 1.62M +145,371 +9.88%
2023 1.47M −60,892 −3.98%
2022 1.53M −199,742 −11.54%
2021 1.73M +532,999 +44.47%
2020 1.2M −86,586 −6.74%
2019 1.29M −233,946 −15.4%
2018 1.52M +24,536 +1.64%
2017 1.49M −13,715 −0.91%
2016 1.51M +32,591 +2.21%
2015 1.48M +102,583 +7.47%
2014 1.37M
2009 1.61M −206,501 −11.36%
2008 1.82M −84,618 −4.45%
2007 1.9M −6,418 −0.34%
2006 1.91M +176,725 +10.21%
2005 1.73M −57,051 −3.19%
2004 1.79M +33,582 +1.91%
2003 1.75M +63,613 +3.76%
2002 1.69M −30,894 −1.79%
2001 1.72M
1999 1.86M +338,960 +22.23%
1998 1.52M
1996 1.07M
1994 1.25M +216,730 +20.9%
1993 1.04M +159,534 +18.18%
1992 877,636
1990 460,200 −25,724 −5.29%
1989 485,924 −100,216 −17.1%
1988 586,140 −149,166 −20.29%
1987 735,306 +1,758 +0.24%
1986 733,548 +62,110 +9.25%
1985 671,438 −319,777 −32.26%
1984 991,215 −457 −0.05%
1983 991,672 +70,563 +7.66%
1982 921,109 −56,675 −5.8%
1981 977,784
1979 880,452
1976 918,601

South-Eastern Asia, 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.