Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Southern Europe

Children out of school in Southern Europe in 2023 — 120,947 people. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 2.3%.

2023 120,947 people −11.49% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 172,222 people2015
Period minimum 113,618 people2011

Trend over time

2010–2023 · people

Children out of school — Southern Europe, 2010–2023100,000120,000140,000160,000180,000201020122014201620182020202220232010: 118,241 people2011: 113,618 people2012: 132,458 people2013: 157,206 people2014: 164,762 people2015: 172,222 people2016: 164,565 people2017: 159,110 people2018: 151,510 people2019: 140,323 people2020: 139,416 people2021: 157,905 people2022: 136,647 people2023: 120,947 people
Change over the period: +2,706 (+2.29%) Average annual rate: 0.17 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Southern Europe 120,947 people
World computed 44.51M people
Children out of school — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 120,947 −15,700 −11.49%
2022 136,647 −21,258 −13.46%
2021 157,905 +18,489 +13.26%
2020 139,416 −907 −0.65%
2019 140,323 −11,187 −7.38%
2018 151,510 −7,600 −4.78%
2017 159,110 −5,455 −3.31%
2016 164,565 −7,657 −4.45%
2015 172,222 +7,460 +4.53%
2014 164,762 +7,556 +4.81%
2013 157,206 +24,748 +18.68%
2012 132,458 +18,840 +16.58%
2011 113,618 −4,623 −3.91%
2010 118,241

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.