Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Northern Europe

Children out of school in Northern Europe in 2023 — 27,192 people. Since 2013, the indicator has fallen by 72.9%.

2023 27,192 people −24.54% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 100,303 people2013
Period minimum 24,539 people2020

Trend over time

2013–2023 · people

Children out of school — Northern Europe, 2013–2023050,000100,000150,000201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232013: 100,303 people2014: 97,435 people2015: 88,289 people2016: 79,350 people2017: 55,330 people2018: 34,817 people2019: 27,821 people2020: 24,539 people2021: 25,560 people2022: 36,033 people2023: 27,192 people
Change over the period: −73,111 (−72.89%) Average annual rate: -12.24 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern Europe

Northern Europe 27,192 people
World computed 44.51M people
Children out of school — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 27,192 −8,841 −24.54%
2022 36,033 +10,473 +40.97%
2021 25,560 +1,021 +4.16%
2020 24,539 −3,282 −11.8%
2019 27,821 −6,996 −20.09%
2018 34,817 −20,513 −37.07%
2017 55,330 −24,020 −30.27%
2016 79,350 −8,939 −10.12%
2015 88,289 −9,146 −9.39%
2014 97,435 −2,868 −2.86%
2013 100,303

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.