Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Uganda

Children out of school in Uganda in 2013 — 310,010 people. Ranked 119 in the world out of 134. Since 1979, the indicator has fallen by 81.8%.

2013 310,010 people −22.11% vs 2011
World rank 119of 134
Period maximum 1.7M people1979
Period minimum 310,010 people2013

Trend over time

1979–2013 · people

Children out of school — Uganda, 1979–20130500,0001M1.5M2M19791983198719911995199920032007201120131979: 1,704,079 people1981: 1,702,242 people1982: 1,689,894 people1986: 1,372,756 people2009: 358,451 people2010: 613,078 people2011: 398,002 people2013: 310,010 people
Change over the period: −1.39M (−81.81%) Average annual rate: -4.89 %
Children out of school — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2013 310,010
2011 398,002 −215,076 −35.08%
2010 613,078 +254,627 +71.04%
2009 358,451
1986 1.37M
1982 1.69M −12,348 −0.73%
1981 1.7M
1979 1.7M

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.