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

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

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

13 years are reported by both, from 1980 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, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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

Burundi

223,704 number

in 2019

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

7.52 million number

in 2019

Burundi rank

24th

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank

22nd

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

Burundi
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) currently reports 7.52 million number against 223,704 number in Burundi, a difference of 7.29 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s figure about 33.6 times Burundi's.

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

Burundi ranks 24th and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 22nd of 148 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)	Difference	Ahead
1980s	354,766 number	18.37 million number	18.01 million number	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s	387,088 number	13.68 million number	13.29 million number	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s	199,134 number	8.38 million number	8.18 million number	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s	187,258 number	7.60 million number	7.41 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, Burundi or East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), at 7.52 million number against 223,704 number in Burundi as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Burundi and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?: 7.29 million number, with East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?: 13 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2019.
How do Burundi and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: Burundi ranks 24th and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 22nd of 148 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, male (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, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 193 places, 4,440 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 18 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/