Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — South Korea

Children out of school in South Korea in 2024 — 1,383 people. Ranked 25 in the world out of 120. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 98.6%.

2024 1,383 people +690.29% vs 2023
World rank 25of 120
Period maximum 98,027 people2000
Period minimum 175 people2023

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

Children out of school — South Korea, 2000–2024025,00050,00075,000100,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 98,027 people2001: 92,431 people2002: 85,209 people2003: 50,430 people2004: 59,631 people2005: 28,666 people2006: 22,143 people2007: 9,081 people2008: 5,909 people2009: 43,186 people2010: 1,882 people2011: 30,663 people2012: 36,021 people2013: 65,766 people2014: 81,037 people2015: 4,439 people2016: 19,406 people2017: 51,373 people2018: 51,348 people2019: 25,087 people2020: 37,706 people2021: 41,169 people2022: 29,809 people2023: 175 people2024: 1,383 people
Change over the period: −96,644 (−98.59%) Average annual rate: -16.27 %
Children out of school — South Korea, by year South Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 1,383 +1,208 +690.29%
2023 175 −29,634 −99.41%
2022 29,809 −11,360 −27.59%
2021 41,169 +3,463 +9.18%
2020 37,706 +12,619 +50.3%
2019 25,087 −26,261 −51.14%
2018 51,348 −25 −0.05%
2017 51,373 +31,967 +164.73%
2016 19,406 +14,967 +337.17%
2015 4,439 −76,598 −94.52%
2014 81,037 +15,271 +23.22%
2013 65,766 +29,745 +82.58%
2012 36,021 +5,358 +17.47%
2011 30,663 +28,781 +1,529.28%
2010 1,882 −41,304 −95.64%
2009 43,186 +37,277 +630.85%
2008 5,909 −3,172 −34.93%
2007 9,081 −13,062 −58.99%
2006 22,143 −6,523 −22.76%
2005 28,666 −30,965 −51.93%
2004 59,631 +9,201 +18.25%
2003 50,430 −34,779 −40.82%
2002 85,209 −7,222 −7.81%
2001 92,431 −5,596 −5.71%
2000 98,027

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.