Which has higher out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary, Germany or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 3.78 million number against 234,615 number in Germany as of 2019.

What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Germany and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

3.54 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

17 years are reported by both, from 2002 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.

Germany vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary

Germany

234,615 number

in 2018

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

3.78 million number

in 2019

Germany rank

33rd

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank

31st

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

Germany
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 3.78 million number against 234,615 number in Germany, a difference of 3.54 million number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 16.1 times Germany's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 33rd and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st of 149 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)	Difference	Ahead
2000s	154,361 number	4.14 million number	3.98 million number	Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s	237,233 number	3.90 million number	3.66 million number	Latin America & Caribbean (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, Germany or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 3.78 million number against 234,615 number in Germany as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Germany and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: 3.54 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: 17 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2018.
How do Germany and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: Germany ranks 33rd and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st of 149 countries.
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/