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Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry age, both sexes (number) by country

Number of children one year before primary entry age who are not enrolled or attending pre-primary education during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/

Countries reporting
133
Highest
1.76 million number
Ethiopia
Lowest
4 number
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Median
6,253 number
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,401

What the numbers show

Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry age, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 1.76 million number in Ethiopia; the lowest is 4 number in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is 6,253 number, and the mean is 105,525 number.

Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 8,642.1%), and the largest decrease in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (down 100.0%).

Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 1.76 million number 2015 down 25.9% falling
2 Egypt 1.56 million number 2019 up 16.4% flat
3 Tanzania, United Republic of 735,976 number 2019 down 17.9% falling
4 Kenya 671,251 number 2009 up 25.2% rising
5 Iraq 667,797 number 2007 up 6.1% rising
6 Iran, Islamic Republic of 645,306 number 2016 down 21.9% falling
7 Niger 586,507 number 2019 up 36.1% rising
8 Côte d'Ivoire 569,534 number 2019 up 10.5% rising
9 Burkina Faso 503,440 number 2019 up 60.7% rising
10 Chad 441,217 number 2019 — flat
11 Cameroon 422,675 number 2019 up 21.2% rising
12 Senegal 407,892 number 2019 up 29.1% rising
13 Uzbekistan 352,374 number 2019 up 5.6% rising
14 Philippines 350,582 number 2018 down 74.5% falling
15 Pakistan 346,337 number 2019 up 30.1% rising
16 Mali 337,041 number 2018 up 48.0% rising
17 Türkiye 329,345 number 2018 down 6.2% flat
18 Syrian Arab Republic 305,034 number 2013 up 44.2% rising
19 Saudi Arabia 299,776 number 2019 down 36.9% falling
20 Brazil 280,144 number 2011 down 55.6% falling
21 Morocco 240,325 number 2019 up 5.1% falling
22 Guinea 203,865 number 2016 down 15.4% falling
23 Indonesia 197,702 number 2018 up 670.6% volatile
24 Tajikistan 187,481 number 2017 up 23.5% rising
25 Russian Federation 173,778 number 2018 up 10.5% falling
26 Jordan 128,864 number 2019 up 96.6% rising
27 Sierra Leone 124,555 number 2019 down 1.3% flat
28 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 81,064 number 2017 up 16.2% falling
29 Eritrea 74,791 number 2018 up 63.9% rising
30 Nepal 71,297 number 2019 down 35.3% falling
31 Algeria 66,416 number 2010 down 88.7% falling
32 Guatemala 63,810 number 2019 up 25.2% falling
33 Lao People's Democratic Republic 47,755 number 2019 down 48.3% falling
34 Palestine, State of 46,977 number 2019 down 28.7% falling
35 Honduras 45,594 number 2019 down 19.7% falling
36 Australia 44,489 number 2018 down 64.3% falling
37 Azerbaijan 44,050 number 2019 down 55.1% falling
38 Botswana 40,191 number 2015 up 10.4% flat
39 Kazakhstan 37,045 number 2019 up 1,774.8% volatile
40 Romania 36,490 number 2018 up 5,575.0% volatile
41 Italy 36,214 number 2018 up 1,182.4% volatile
42 Spain 24,345 number 2018 up 1,047.3% volatile
43 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 23,422 number 2018 down 76.6% falling
44 Chile 20,533 number 2018 down 43.3% falling
45 Mexico 20,429 number 2018 up 160.3% volatile
46 El Salvador 20,364 number 2018 down 24.5% falling
47 Panama 18,654 number 2017 up 50.2% falling
48 Poland 18,360 number 2018 down 13.8% volatile
49 Djibouti 17,411 number 2020 down 3.5% falling
50 Ecuador 17,247 number 2018 down 14.0% volatile
51 Argentina 16,102 number 2017 down 25.8% volatile
52 Timor-Leste 15,488 number 2019 up 8.4% rising
53 Kyrgyzstan 15,180 number 2019 down 65.9% falling
54 Bulgaria 14,355 number 2018 up 1,811.5% volatile
55 Dominican Republic 12,729 number 2019 down 70.3% falling
56 Hungary 12,243 number 2018 up 1,277.2% volatile
57 Kuwait 11,891 number 2018 up 152.1% rising
58 North Macedonia 11,662 number 2018 down 28.9% rising
59 Czechia 11,431 number 2018 up 725.3% volatile
60 Togo 11,154 number 2019 down 90.5% volatile
61 Oman 10,947 number 2019 down 42.3% falling
62 Thailand 9,798 number 2019 up 51.5% volatile
63 Slovakia 9,242 number 2018 up 2.2% falling
64 Germany 8,351 number 2018 down 82.9% volatile
65 Bahrain 6,535 number 2019 up 67.3% falling
66 Republic of Korea 6,263 number 2018 down 97.9% volatile
67 Serbia 6,253 number 2019 up 2,595.3% volatile
68 Colombia 5,687 number 2018 down 95.7% falling
69 Greece 5,264 number 2018 down 79.1% volatile
70 Portugal 5,221 number 2018 up 42.4% volatile
71 Mongolia 4,096 number 2018 up 106.8% volatile
72 New Zealand 3,848 number 2018 — falling
73 Albania 3,791 number 2015 down 82.8% volatile
74 Malaysia 3,583 number 2015 down 97.5% volatile
75 Bahamas 3,332 number 2018 down 12.7% falling
76 Jamaica 3,322 number 2019 up 8,642.1% volatile
77 Samoa 3,311 number 2019 down 9.1% flat
78 Costa Rica 3,063 number 2019 down 25.1% flat
79 Belgium 3,053 number 2018 up 38.3% volatile
80 Cuba 2,861 number 2019 up 491.1% volatile
81 Sao Tome and Principe 2,850 number 2015 up 36.7% rising
82 Qatar 2,299 number 2019 down 31.8% falling
83 Belarus 2,257 number 2018 down 30.0% volatile
84 Croatia 2,159 number 2018 down 72.2% volatile
85 Cape Verde 2,031 number 2018 up 4.3% falling
86 Peru 1,983 number 2019 down 93.6% volatile
87 Norway 1,910 number 2018 down 50.9% volatile
88 Republic of Moldova 1,851 number 2019 down 47.0% volatile
89 Estonia 1,799 number 2018 up 62.5% rising
90 Montenegro 1,731 number 2019 down 56.3% falling
91 France 1,667 number 2018 down 41.6% volatile
92 Finland 1,618 number 2018 up 747.1% volatile
93 Hong Kong, China 1,497 number 2019 up 79.7% rising
94 Trinidad and Tobago 1,442 number 2007 down 79.6% volatile
95 Viet Nam 1,424 number 2018 down 99.1% volatile
96 Belize 1,332 number 2019 down 17.7% falling
97 Slovenia 1,269 number 2018 down 3.1% volatile
98 Netherlands 1,256 number 2018 down 90.3% volatile
99 Denmark 1,219 number 2018 down 68.1% volatile
100 Brunei Darussalam 1,217 number 2019 up 1,402.5% volatile
101 Suriname 1,169 number 2019 down 23.6% falling
102 Mauritius 1,156 number 2019 down 35.4% volatile
103 Lithuania 821 number 2018 up 120.1% volatile
104 United Arab Emirates 793 number 2017 down 81.5% volatile
105 Macau, China 741 number 2019 up 16.1% falling
106 Guyana 714 number 2012 down 41.6% falling
107 Ireland 699 number 2018 up 541.3% volatile
108 Barbados 577 number 2011 down 26.6% volatile
109 Maldives 517 number 2019 down 34.2% volatile
110 Israel 466 number 2018 down 53.5% volatile
111 Latvia 421 number 2018 up 45.7% volatile
112 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 353 number 2018 up 3,109.1% volatile
113 Sweden 343 number 2018 up 200.9% volatile
114 Grenada 188 number 2017 up 623.1% volatile
115 Cyprus 171 number 2018 up 1,800.0% volatile
116 Uruguay 166 number 2018 up 28.7% volatile
117 Austria 164 number 2018 down 93.8% volatile
118 Iceland 156 number 2018 up 18.2% volatile
119 Antigua and Barbuda 129 number 2018 up 230.8% volatile
120 Seychelles 121 number 2019 up 1,244.4% volatile
121 Switzerland 119 number 2018 down 92.7% volatile
122 Dominica 118 number 2019 down 9.9% rising
123 Saint Kitts and Nevis 75 number 2016 up 102.7% volatile
124 Malta 55 number 2018 up 139.1% volatile
125 Saint Lucia 52 number 2019 down 88.7% volatile
126 Luxembourg 49 number 2018 down 87.6% volatile
127 Turks and Caicos Islands 47 number 2018 down 56.9% falling
128 San Marino 21 number 2019 up 2,000.0% volatile
129 Aruba 16 number 2013 down 56.8% volatile
130 Cayman Islands 14 number 2018 down 54.8% volatile
131 British Virgin Islands 13 number 2018 up 116.7% volatile
132 Liechtenstein 7 number 2015 down 80.0% volatile
133 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry age, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
175 places, 2,401 data points, 1997–2020
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Number of children one year before primary entry age who are not enrolled or attending pre-primary education during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/