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Children out of school — Portugal

Children out of school in Portugal in 2023 — 2,741 people. Ranked 39 in the world out of 148. Since 2001, the indicator has risen by 50.5%.

2023 2,741 people +182.29% vs 2022
World rank 39of 148
Period maximum 15,206 people2016
Period minimum 62 people2011

Trend over time

2001–2023 · people

Children out of school — Portugal, 2001–202305,00010,00015,00020,000200120042007201020132016201920222001: 1,821 people2002: 90 people2003: 520 people2004: 462 people2005: 1,166 people2006: 569 people2007: 2,190 people2008: 5,581 people2009: 860 people2010: 175 people2011: 62 people2012: 1,584 people2013: 1,444 people2014: 4,724 people2015: 12,040 people2016: 15,206 people2017: 14,894 people2018: 12,016 people2019: 5,794 people2020: 1,312 people2021: 546 people2022: 971 people2023: 2,741 people
Change over the period: +920 (+50.52%) Average annual rate: 1.88 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Portugal 2,741 people
World computed 44.51M people
Europe & Central Asia computed 1.09M people
Southern Europe computed 120,947 people
High-income countries computed 878,264 people
Children out of school — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 2,741 +1,770 +182.29%
2022 971 +425 +77.84%
2021 546 −766 −58.38%
2020 1,312 −4,482 −77.36%
2019 5,794 −6,222 −51.78%
2018 12,016 −2,878 −19.32%
2017 14,894 −312 −2.05%
2016 15,206 +3,166 +26.3%
2015 12,040 +7,316 +154.87%
2014 4,724 +3,280 +227.15%
2013 1,444 −140 −8.84%
2012 1,584 +1,522 +2,454.84%
2011 62 −113 −64.57%
2010 175 −685 −79.65%
2009 860 −4,721 −84.59%
2008 5,581 +3,391 +154.84%
2007 2,190 +1,621 +284.89%
2006 569 −597 −51.2%
2005 1,166 +704 +152.38%
2004 462 −58 −11.15%
2003 520 +430 +477.78%
2002 90 −1,731 −95.06%
2001 1,821 — —

Southern Europe, 2023

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

AD Andorra 8 GI Gibraltar 62 ME Montenegro 80 SM San Marino 104 GR Greece 622 MT Malta 738 SI Slovenia 1,904 HR Croatia 2,642 PT Portugal 2,741 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,933 MK North Macedonia 4,151 AL Albania 17,039 ES Spain 35,806 IT Italy 52,117
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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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