Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Eastern Asia

Children out of school in Eastern Asia in 2023 — 47,155 people. Since 2009, the indicator has fallen by 14.8%.

2023 47,155 people −37.38% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 156,901 people2013
Period minimum 29,708 people2015

Trend over time

2009–2023 · people

Children out of school — Eastern Asia, 2009–2023050,000100,000150,000200,000200920112013201520172019202120232009: 55,370 people2013: 156,901 people2014: 103,208 people2015: 29,708 people2016: 41,514 people2017: 78,092 people2018: 75,085 people2019: 53,054 people2020: 78,160 people2021: 88,583 people2022: 75,302 people2023: 47,155 people
Change over the period: −8,215 (−14.84%) Average annual rate: -1.14 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Asia

Eastern Asia 47,155 people
World computed 44.51M people
Children out of school — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 47,155 −28,147 −37.38%
2022 75,302 −13,281 −14.99%
2021 88,583 +10,422 +13.33%
2020 78,160 +25,107 +47.32%
2019 53,054 −22,031 −29.34%
2018 75,085 −3,007 −3.85%
2017 78,092 +36,578 +88.11%
2016 41,514 +11,806 +39.74%
2015 29,708 −73,500 −71.22%
2014 103,208 −53,693 −34.22%
2013 156,901
2009 55,370

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.