Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Central Asia

Children out of school in Central Asia in 2025 — 165,510 people. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 17%.

2025 165,510 people −0.15% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 305,803 people2022
Period minimum 94,207 people2004

Trend over time

2000–2025 · people

Children out of school — Central Asia, 2000–20250100,000200,000300,000400,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 141,425 people2001: 119,060 people2002: 109,764 people2003: 118,149 people2004: 94,207 people2005: 100,060 people2006: 96,391 people2007: 236,208 people2008: 181,396 people2009: 172,464 people2010: 185,516 people2011: 211,760 people2012: 255,563 people2013: 278,863 people2014: 246,378 people2015: 241,437 people2016: 215,709 people2017: 172,645 people2018: 94,565 people2019: 114,446 people2020: 228,264 people2021: 233,431 people2022: 305,803 people2023: 241,340 people2024: 165,753 people2025: 165,510 people
Change over the period: +24,085 (+17.03%) Average annual rate: 0.63 %
Children out of school — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 165,510 −242 −0.15%
2024 165,753 −75,587 −31.32%
2023 241,340 −64,463 −21.08%
2022 305,803 +72,372 +31%
2021 233,431 +5,167 +2.26%
2020 228,264 +113,818 +99.45%
2019 114,446 +19,881 +21.02%
2018 94,565 −78,080 −45.23%
2017 172,645 −43,064 −19.96%
2016 215,709 −25,728 −10.66%
2015 241,437 −4,941 −2.01%
2014 246,378 −32,485 −11.65%
2013 278,863 +23,300 +9.12%
2012 255,563 +43,803 +20.69%
2011 211,760 +26,244 +14.15%
2010 185,516 +13,052 +7.57%
2009 172,464 −8,932 −4.92%
2008 181,396 −54,812 −23.2%
2007 236,208 +139,817 +145.05%
2006 96,391 −3,669 −3.67%
2005 100,060 +5,853 +6.21%
2004 94,207 −23,942 −20.26%
2003 118,149 +8,385 +7.64%
2002 109,764 −9,296 −7.81%
2001 119,060 −22,365 −15.81%
2000 141,425

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.