What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mexico?

13.69 million number, with East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mexico?

28 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Mexico: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

14.31 million number

in 2019

Mexico

620,544 number

in 2018

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank

22nd

Mexico rank

19th

Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary over time

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
Mexico

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) currently reports 14.31 million number against 620,544 number in Mexico, a difference of 13.69 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s figure about 23.1 times Mexico's.

Across all 28 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 22nd and Mexico ranks 19th of 45 groups.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)	Mexico	Difference	Ahead
1980s	34.07 million number	1.28 million number	32.80 million number	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s	33.42 million number	1.54 million number	31.88 million number	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s	23.98 million number	543,376 number	23.44 million number	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s	14.44 million number	425,523 number	14.01 million number	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Mexico?: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), at 14.31 million number against 620,544 number in Mexico as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mexico?: 13.69 million number, with East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mexico?: 28 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2018.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mexico rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 22nd and Mexico ranks 19th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,726 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/