Eswatini - Children out of school, primary, female

The value for Children out of school, primary, female in Eswatini was 16,301 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24,115 in 1989 and a minimum value of 9,550 in 2011.

Definition: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 17,933
1971 18,538
1972 18,222
1973 17,451
1974 17,295
1975 16,536
1976 16,698
1977 16,874
1978 17,402
1979 17,707
1981 16,857
1982 18,284
1983 19,578
1984 20,607
1985 20,156
1986 21,660
1987 21,719
1988 23,201
1989 24,115
1990 23,257
1991 23,890
1992 23,331
1993 24,027
1994 21,768
1995 18,985
1996 19,710
2009 17,710
2010 12,301
2011 9,550
2012 12,968
2013 15,980
2014 15,245
2015 16,453
2016 16,596
2017 17,972
2018 17,707
2019 16,301

Development Relevance: Large numbers of children out of school create pressure to enroll children and provide classrooms, teachers, and educational materials, a task made difficult in many countries by limited education budgets. However, getting children into school is a high priority for countries and crucial for achieving universal primary education.

Limitations and Exceptions: Due to different data sources for enrollment and population data, the number may not capture the actual number of children not attending in primary school.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The number of out-of-school children is calculated by subtracting the number of primary school-age children enrolled in primary or secondary school from the total population of the official primary school-age children. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation