Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and in Vanuatu

Vanuatu: Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and was 5,479 number in 2015. ▼ Falling

Latest (2015)
5,479 number
World rank
100th
of 137 countries
All-time high
8,423 number
in 1999
All-time low
5,479 number
in 2015
Years of data
7
1999–2015

Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and in Vanuatu, 1999–2015

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k1999200720151999: 8.4k number2000: 7.1k number2001: 7.4k number2002: 7.1k number2003: 6.7k number2004: 7.0k number2015: 5.5k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Vanuatu recorded 5,479 number for out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and in 2015. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.

That represents a change of down 21.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and in Vanuatu peaked at 8,423 number in 1999 and was at its lowest, 5,479 number, in 2015.

That places Vanuatu 100th out of 137 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.

Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and in Vanuatu, year by year

Annual values for Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and secondary school age, female (number) in Vanuatu, 1999 to 2015.
Year number Change
1999 8,423 number
2000 7,116 number -15.5%
2001 7,378 number +3.7%
2002 7,067 number -4.2%
2003 6,715 number -5.0%
2004 6,956 number +3.6%
2015 5,479 number -21.2%

Vanuatu compared with similar countries

  • Vanuatu's 5,479 number is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 185,708 number, 3% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
  • Vanuatu's 5,479 number is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 17,115 number, 32% of the median. (18 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 8,423 number 8,423 number 8,423 number 1
2000s 7,046 number 6,715 number 7,378 number 5
2010s 5,479 number 5,479 number 5,479 number 1

Countries ranked near Vanuatu

  1. 97 Finland 6,134 number compare
  2. 98 Netherlands 5,804 number compare
  3. 99 Hong Kong, China 5,681 number
  4. 101 Costa Rica 5,401 number compare
  5. 102 Fiji 5,119 number compare
  6. 103 Portugal 4,971 number compare

See the full ranking of 182 places →

More reference data data for Vanuatu

All data for Vanuatu →

Frequently asked questions

What is out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and in Vanuatu?
Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and in Vanuatu was 5,479 number in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and recorded in Vanuatu?
The highest recorded value was 8,423 number in 1999.
What is the lowest out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and recorded in Vanuatu?
The lowest recorded value was 5,479 number in 2015.
How does Vanuatu rank for out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and?
Vanuatu ranks 100th out of 137 countries with data for 2015.
Is out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and rising or falling in Vanuatu?
Over the last ten years it is down 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Vanuatu data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and secondary school age, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 7 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and in Vanuatu. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/out-of-school-children-adolescents-and-youth-of-primary-and-secondary-school-age-female/vanuatu/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/out-of-school-children-adolescents-and-youth-of-primary-and-secondary-school-age-female/vanuatu/">Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and in Vanuatu</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and secondary school age, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
182 places, 4,161 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Number of children, adolescents, and youth of primary, lower secondary, and upper 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/