Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Rwanda

Children out of school in Rwanda in 2024 — 19,504 people. Ranked 64 in the world out of 120. Since 1973, the indicator has fallen by 94.6%.

2024 19,504 people +113.54% vs 2023
World rank 64of 120
Period maximum 541,211 people1999
Period minimum 1,839 people2021

Trend over time

1973–2024 · people

Children out of school — Rwanda, 1973–20240200,000400,000600,00019731979198519911997200320092015202120241973: 364,288 people1974: 378,549 people1975: 396,276 people1977: 380,533 people1978: 370,247 people1999: 541,211 people2002: 140,152 people2003: 165,831 people2016: 14,570 people2017: 21,152 people2018: 25,201 people2019: 28,353 people2021: 1,839 people2023: 9,134 people2024: 19,504 people
Change over the period: −344,784 (−94.65%) Average annual rate: -5.58 %
Children out of school — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 19,504 +10,371 +113.54%
2023 9,134
2021 1,839
2019 28,353 +3,152 +12.51%
2018 25,201 +4,049 +19.14%
2017 21,152 +6,582 +45.18%
2016 14,570
2003 165,831 +25,679 +18.32%
2002 140,152
1999 541,211
1978 370,247 −10,286 −2.7%
1977 380,533
1975 396,276 +17,727 +4.68%
1974 378,549 +14,261 +3.91%
1973 364,288

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.