Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Puerto Rico

Children out of school in Puerto Rico in 2024 — 21,785 people. Ranked 70 in the world out of 120. Since 2010, the indicator has fallen by 13.6%.

2024 21,785 people −1.75% vs 2023
World rank 70of 120
Period maximum 30,055 people2011
Period minimum 13,749 people2015

Trend over time

2010–2024 · people

Children out of school — Puerto Rico, 2010–202410,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,000201020122014201620182020202220242010: 25,206 people2011: 30,055 people2012: 21,630 people2013: 17,399 people2014: 13,790 people2015: 13,749 people2016: 24,588 people2018: 21,598 people2023: 22,174 people2024: 21,785 people
Change over the period: −3,421 (−13.57%) Average annual rate: -1.04 %
Children out of school — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 21,785 −389 −1.75%
2023 22,174
2018 21,598
2016 24,588 +10,839 +78.83%
2015 13,749 −41 −0.3%
2014 13,790 −3,609 −20.74%
2013 17,399 −4,231 −19.56%
2012 21,630 −8,425 −28.03%
2011 30,055 +4,849 +19.24%
2010 25,206

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.