What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Malawi?

13.61 million number, with East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Malawi?

13 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.

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 (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Malawi: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

14.01 million number

in 2019

Malawi

400,638 number

in 2019

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

23rd

Malawi rank

24th

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

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
Malawi

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 14.01 million number against 400,638 number in Malawi, a difference of 13.61 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 35.0 times Malawi's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 23rd and Malawi ranks 24th of 45 groups.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1990s	35.00 million number	117,098 number	34.89 million number	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s	21.71 million number	334,548 number	21.38 million number	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s	13.71 million number	369,914 number	13.34 million number	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

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 (IDA & IBRD countries) or Malawi?: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), at 14.01 million number against 400,638 number in Malawi as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Malawi?: 13.61 million number, with East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Malawi?: 13 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
How do East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Malawi rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 23rd and Malawi ranks 24th 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/