Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — United States

Children out of school in the United States in 2022 — 965,853 people. Ranked 138 in the world out of 146. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 612.5%.

2022 965,853 people −3.04% vs 2021
World rank 138of 146
Period maximum 996,160 people2021
Period minimum 88,850 people2016

Trend over time

2005–2022 · people

Children out of school — United States, 2005–20220250,000500,000750,0001M20052007200920112013201520172019202120222005: 135,557 people2013: 711,515 people2015: 446,256 people2016: 88,850 people2017: 104,711 people2018: 141,533 people2019: 224,977 people2020: 489,065 people2021: 996,160 people2022: 965,853 people
Change over the period: +830,296 (+612.51%) Average annual rate: 12.24 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United States

United States 965,853 people
World computed 34.79M people
High-income countries computed 1.8M people
Children out of school — United States, by year United States All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2022 965,853 −30,307 −3.04%
2021 996,160 +507,095 +103.69%
2020 489,065 +264,088 +117.38%
2019 224,977 +83,444 +58.96%
2018 141,533 +36,822 +35.17%
2017 104,711 +15,861 +17.85%
2016 88,850 −357,406 −80.09%
2015 446,256
2013 711,515
2005 135,557

Northern America, 2022

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

CA Canada 132,683 US United States 965,853

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.