Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Eastern Europe

Children out of school in Eastern Europe in 2024 — 243,919 people. Since 2001, the indicator has risen by 385%.

2024 243,919 people −59.34% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 612,642 people2017
Period minimum 50,295 people2001

Trend over time

2001–2024 · people

Children out of school — Eastern Europe, 2001–20240200,000400,000600,000800,0002001200420072010201320162019202220242001: 50,295 people2002: 86,511 people2003: 238,756 people2004: 249,178 people2005: 250,955 people2006: 544,981 people2007: 556,386 people2008: 457,405 people2009: 471,772 people2010: 252,952 people2011: 539,056 people2012: 490,711 people2013: 497,308 people2014: 501,050 people2015: 542,782 people2016: 587,263 people2017: 612,642 people2018: 588,527 people2019: 553,349 people2020: 498,678 people2021: 465,887 people2022: 237,749 people2023: 599,843 people2024: 243,919 people
Change over the period: +193,624 (+384.98%) Average annual rate: 7.11 %
Children out of school — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 243,919 −355,924 −59.34%
2023 599,843 +362,094 +152.3%
2022 237,749 −228,138 −48.97%
2021 465,887 −32,791 −6.58%
2020 498,678 −54,671 −9.88%
2019 553,349 −35,178 −5.98%
2018 588,527 −24,116 −3.94%
2017 612,642 +25,380 +4.32%
2016 587,263 +44,481 +8.2%
2015 542,782 +41,732 +8.33%
2014 501,050 +3,742 +0.75%
2013 497,308 +6,597 +1.34%
2012 490,711 −48,345 −8.97%
2011 539,056 +286,104 +113.11%
2010 252,952 −218,820 −46.38%
2009 471,772 +14,367 +3.14%
2008 457,405 −98,981 −17.79%
2007 556,386 +11,405 +2.09%
2006 544,981 +294,026 +117.16%
2005 250,955 +1,777 +0.71%
2004 249,178 +10,422 +4.37%
2003 238,756 +152,245 +175.98%
2002 86,511 +36,216 +72.01%
2001 50,295

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.