Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Saudi Arabia

Children out of school in Saudi Arabia in 2024 — 17,458 people. Ranked 62 in the world out of 120. Since 1979, the indicator has fallen by 93.5%.

2024 17,458 people −81.2% vs 2022
World rank 62of 120
Period maximum 266,642 people1979
Period minimum 17,458 people2024

Trend over time

1979–2024 · people

Children out of school — Saudi Arabia, 1979–20240100,000200,000300,00019791984198919941999200420092014201920241979: 266,642 people2013: 205,071 people2014: 166,103 people2015: 107,094 people2016: 84,608 people2020: 69,746 people2021: 109,130 people2022: 92,867 people2024: 17,458 people
Change over the period: −249,184 (−93.45%) Average annual rate: -5.88 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Saudi Arabia 17,458 people
Western Asia computed 855,871 people
Children out of school — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 17,458
2022 92,867 −16,263 −14.9%
2021 109,130 +39,384 +56.47%
2020 69,746
2016 84,608 −22,486 −21%
2015 107,094 −59,009 −35.53%
2014 166,103 −38,968 −19%
2013 205,071
1979 266,642

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.