Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Central America

Children out of school in Central America in 2024 — 712,483 people. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.3%.

2024 712,483 people −7.55% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 770,641 people2023
Period minimum 243,255 people2010

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

Children out of school — Central America, 2000–20240200,000400,000600,000800,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 703,384 people2001: 533,846 people2002: 390,762 people2004: 324,042 people2005: 337,706 people2006: 275,339 people2007: 326,634 people2008: 280,118 people2010: 243,255 people2011: 296,291 people2012: 408,697 people2013: 528,442 people2014: 661,394 people2015: 703,498 people2016: 675,008 people2017: 745,343 people2018: 365,257 people2019: 707,347 people2020: 713,570 people2021: 713,389 people2022: 696,852 people2023: 770,641 people2024: 712,483 people
Change over the period: +9,099 (+1.29%) Average annual rate: 0.05 %
Children out of school — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 712,483 −58,158 −7.55%
2023 770,641 +73,789 +10.59%
2022 696,852 −16,537 −2.32%
2021 713,389 −181 −0.03%
2020 713,570 +6,223 +0.88%
2019 707,347 +342,091 +93.66%
2018 365,257 −380,086 −50.99%
2017 745,343 +70,335 +10.42%
2016 675,008 −28,490 −4.05%
2015 703,498 +42,104 +6.37%
2014 661,394 +132,952 +25.16%
2013 528,442 +119,745 +29.3%
2012 408,697 +112,406 +37.94%
2011 296,291 +53,036 +21.8%
2010 243,255
2008 280,118 −46,516 −14.24%
2007 326,634 +51,295 +18.63%
2006 275,339 −62,367 −18.47%
2005 337,706 +13,664 +4.22%
2004 324,042
2002 390,762 −143,084 −26.8%
2001 533,846 −169,538 −24.1%
2000 703,384

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.