Out-of-School Children, Primary School, Number

Out-of-school children, absolute numbers (estimates)

Source: UNESCO, UNICEF

Out-of-school children are children old enough for primary school that are either not enrolled, don’t have access to learning facilities or drop out of the education system. The data shown is in absolute numbers (estimates) per country, and is published annually by UNICEF and UNESCO.

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Global average trend

Country ranking, 2015