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

6.48 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 Turkey?

17 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, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

6.79 million number

in 2019

Turkey

317,037 number

in 2018

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank

22nd

Turkey rank

19th

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

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
Turkey

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) currently reports 6.79 million number against 317,037 number in Turkey, a difference of 6.48 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s figure about 21.4 times Turkey's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 22nd and Turkey 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)	Turkey	Difference	Ahead
1970s	26.63 million number	1.27 million number	25.36 million number	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s	19.49 million number	1.04 million number	18.45 million number	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s	10.89 million number	344,696 number	10.54 million number	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s	6.84 million number	312,792 number	6.53 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 Turkey?: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), at 6.79 million number against 317,037 number in Turkey 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 Turkey?: 6.48 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 Turkey?: 17 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2018.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Turkey rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 22nd and Turkey 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, female (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, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 193 places, 4,451 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/