According to World Bank, in 2018, 59.1 million children were out of school (primary) in the World.
The indicator Children out of school, primary is defined by UNESCO Institute for Statistics as the the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
This article presents three different analyses:
- Children out of school (primary) - World Analysis - Yearly trends
- Children out of school (primary) - World Analysis - Yearly trends by Gender
- Children out of school (primary) - Region Analysis - Yearly trends
It’s time for action. Education is key for the development for countries and their population.
Children out of school (primary) - World Analysis - Yearly trends
We can see an improvement and significant reduction from 1997 to 2007 in the number of children out of school, remaining stable since then.
Note: This graph is fully interactive: hover over the graph to see the tooltip. Last Updated Date: 02/10/2019
Children out of school (primary) - World Analysis - Yearly trends by Gender
32.3M Female and 26.8M Male children out of school in 2018.
Significant reduction in gender gap compared with 1970. However, a lot remains to be done to reduce the number of children out of school.
Note: This graph is fully interactive: hover over the graph to see the tooltip. Last Updated Date: 02/10/2019
Children out of school (primary) - Region Analysis - Yearly trends
The below line graph shows yearly trends from 1970 to 2018 for every region.
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the region with the highest number of children out of school (primary).
Note: This graph is fully interactive. Please use the legend as a filter to focus on the regions of your interest. Last Updated Date: 02/10/2019
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