Children out of school in the world in 2023 — 44,509,638 people. Since 2012, the indicator has risen by 78%.
2012–2023 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 44.51M | +9.72M | +27.93% |
| 2022 | 34.79M | −3.32M | −8.72% |
| 2021 | 38.12M | +17.09M | +81.28% |
| 2020 | 21.03M | −7.86M | −27.21% |
| 2019 | 28.89M | — | — |
| 2017 | 34M | +4.63M | +15.74% |
| 2016 | 29.38M | +4.23M | +16.84% |
| 2015 | 25.15M | −258,933 | −1.02% |
| 2014 | 25.4M | — | — |
| 2012 | 25.01M | — | — |
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.
What share of children of school age are not in school.
Education Primary school enrollmentThe net enrollment rate: the share of children of school age attending primary school.
Education Primary completion rateWhat share of children reach the last grade of primary school.
Demography Children under 15How many children and adolescents younger than 15 there are in a country.