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

13.41 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 Türkiye?

30 years are reported by both, from 1974 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Türkiye: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

14.01 million number

in 2019

Türkiye

600,962 number

in 2018

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

23rd

Türkiye rank

20th

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

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
Türkiye

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 14.01 million number against 600,962 number in Türkiye, a difference of 13.41 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 23.3 times Türkiye's.

Across all 30 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 23rd and Türkiye ranks 20th of 45 groups.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)	Türkiye	Difference	Ahead
1970s	43.26 million number	1.66 million number	41.60 million number	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
1980s	33.77 million number	1.64 million number	32.13 million number	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
1990s	32.11 million number	1.53 million number	30.57 million number	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s	24.71 million number	410,737 number	24.30 million number	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s	14.19 million number	566,116 number	13.62 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 Türkiye?: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), at 14.01 million number against 600,962 number in Türkiye 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 Türkiye?: 13.41 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 Türkiye?: 30 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2018.
How do East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Türkiye rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 23rd and Türkiye ranks 20th 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/