Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Thailand

Children out of school in Thailand in 2025 — 36,067 people. Ranked 5 in the world out of 12. Since 1973, the indicator has fallen by 98.1%.

2025 36,067 people +46.69% vs 2024
World rank 5of 12
Period maximum 1.89M people1973
Period minimum 12,415 people2018

Trend over time

1973–2025 · people

Children out of school — Thailand, 1973–20250500,0001M1.5M2M19731979198519911997200320092015202120251973: 1,893,369 people1974: 1,887,571 people2006: 258,941 people2007: 288,540 people2008: 358,347 people2009: 420,969 people2017: 156,065 people2018: 12,415 people2019: 25,371 people2020: 17,936 people2021: 22,897 people2022: 14,086 people2023: 72,338 people2024: 24,588 people2025: 36,067 people
Change over the period: −1.86M (−98.1%) Average annual rate: -7.33 %
Children out of school — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 36,067 +11,479 +46.69%
2024 24,588 −47,750 −66.01%
2023 72,338 +58,252 +413.53%
2022 14,086 −8,811 −38.48%
2021 22,897 +4,961 +27.66%
2020 17,936 −7,435 −29.31%
2019 25,371 +12,956 +104.36%
2018 12,415 −143,651 −92.05%
2017 156,065
2009 420,969 +62,622 +17.48%
2008 358,347 +69,807 +24.19%
2007 288,540 +29,599 +11.43%
2006 258,941
1974 1.89M −5,798 −0.31%
1973 1.89M

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.