What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and United States?

539,598 number, with Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and United States?

9 years are reported by both, from 2005 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, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs United States: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

643,126 number

in 2019

United States

103,528 number

in 2018

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank

37th

United States rank

38th

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

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
United States

How they compare

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) currently reports 643,126 number against 103,528 number in United States, a difference of 539,598 number.

That makes Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s figure about 6.2 times United States's.

Across all 9 years both countries report, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 37th and United States ranks 38th of 45 groups.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)	United States	Difference	Ahead
2000s	992,333 number	104,076 number	888,257 number	Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2010s	770,279 number	292,218 number	478,061 number	Europe & Central Asia (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, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) or United States?: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), at 643,126 number against 103,528 number in United States as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and United States?: 539,598 number, with Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and United States?: 9 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2018.
How do Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and United States rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 37th and United States ranks 38th 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, 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/