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Children out of school, primary

The value for Children out of school, primary in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 32,524,280 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37,758,190 in 1999 and a minimum value of 22,594,460 in 1982.

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	24,821,610
1971	25,244,000
1972	25,420,540
1973	25,461,100
1974	26,325,500
1975	26,525,760
1976	26,533,130
1977	26,158,970
1978	25,587,340
1979	24,583,760
1980	23,798,880
1981	22,807,820
1982	22,594,460
1983	22,610,450
1984	23,179,330
1985	24,413,840
1986	25,904,520
1987	27,270,070
1988	28,354,410
1989	29,882,060
1990	31,262,970
1991	30,900,850
1992	31,973,710
1993	32,719,060
1994	33,303,500
1995	34,204,990
1996	36,632,640
1997	36,845,080
1998	37,314,720
1999	37,758,190
2000	36,782,380
2001	36,051,780
2002	35,193,770
2003	34,320,850
2004	33,567,390
2005	32,366,320
2006	31,277,330
2007	29,731,990
2008	29,553,600
2009	29,580,100
2010	30,023,050
2011	28,681,120
2012	28,527,860
2013	28,501,580
2014	29,233,280
2015	30,693,310
2016	31,131,380
2017	31,624,670
2018	30,978,520
2019	32,524,280

Children out of school, primary, female

The value for Children out of school, primary, female in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 18,530,340 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21,027,360 in 1999 and a minimum value of 12,707,420 in 1982.

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
1972	14,448,860
1973	14,485,810
1974	14,886,880
1975	14,974,270
1976	15,012,700
1977	14,776,800
1978	14,433,880
1979	13,794,310
1980	13,345,930
1981	12,795,670
1982	12,707,420
1983	12,745,270
1984	13,058,810
1985	13,764,630
1986	14,561,610
1987	15,307,900
1988	15,850,550
1989	16,703,200
1990	17,422,440
1991	17,149,180
1992	17,724,420
1993	18,070,150
1994	18,445,340
1995	19,201,080
1996	20,625,840
1997	20,780,180
1998	20,986,880
1999	21,027,360
2000	20,636,320
2001	20,298,670
2002	19,796,430
2003	19,320,470
2004	18,883,090
2005	18,323,550
2006	17,708,780
2007	17,226,630
2008	17,129,320
2009	17,142,600
2010	17,319,320
2011	16,657,970
2012	16,444,560
2013	16,528,130
2014	16,788,740
2015	17,623,300
2016	17,815,020
2017	18,160,990
2018	17,846,780
2019	18,530,340

Children out of school, female (% of female primary school age)

Children out of school, female (% of female primary school age) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 27.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 64.03 in 1972, while its lowest value was 26.65 in 2018.

Definition: Children out of school are the percentage of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Children in the official primary age group that are in preprimary education should be considered out of school.

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

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Year	Value
1972	64.03
1973	62.65
1974	62.76
1975	61.99
1976	60.83
1977	58.46
1978	55.73
1979	52.00
1980	49.19
1981	46.20
1982	44.76
1983	43.81
1984	43.77
1985	45.03
1986	46.56
1987	47.37
1988	47.80
1989	49.09
1990	49.95
1991	48.05
1992	48.40
1993	48.03
1994	47.76
1995	48.60
1996	51.09
1997	50.50
1998	49.45
1999	48.67
2000	46.83
2001	45.17
2002	43.08
2003	41.40
2004	39.46
2005	37.35
2006	35.22
2007	33.40
2008	32.35
2009	31.55
2010	31.05
2011	29.14
2012	28.09
2013	27.58
2014	27.21
2015	27.97
2016	27.72
2017	27.68
2018	26.65
2019	27.09
2020	27.02

Children out of school, primary, male

The value for Children out of school, primary, male in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 13,993,940 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,730,830 in 1999 and a minimum value of 9,865,178 in 1983.

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
1972	10,971,680
1973	10,975,300
1974	11,438,630
1975	11,551,490
1976	11,520,430
1977	11,382,170
1978	11,153,460
1979	10,789,450
1980	10,452,950
1981	10,012,160
1982	9,887,042
1983	9,865,178
1984	10,120,520
1985	10,649,200
1986	11,342,920
1987	11,962,170
1988	12,503,860
1989	13,178,860
1990	13,840,530
1991	13,751,670
1992	14,249,300
1993	14,648,910
1994	14,858,160
1995	15,003,910
1996	16,006,800
1997	16,064,900
1998	16,327,840
1999	16,730,830
2000	16,146,060
2001	15,753,110
2002	15,397,340
2003	15,000,380
2004	14,684,300
2005	14,042,770
2006	13,568,550
2007	12,505,360
2008	12,424,280
2009	12,437,490
2010	12,703,730
2011	12,023,150
2012	12,083,300
2013	11,973,450
2014	12,444,540
2015	13,070,010
2016	13,316,360
2017	13,463,680
2018	13,131,740
2019	13,993,940

Children out of school, male (% of male primary school age)

Children out of school, male (% of male primary school age) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 19.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 48.02 in 1972, while its lowest value was 19.02 in 2018.

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

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Year	Value
1972	48.02
1973	46.85
1974	47.56
1975	47.12
1976	45.96
1977	44.30
1978	42.32
1979	39.91
1980	37.76
1981	35.38
1982	34.05
1983	33.13
1984	33.14
1985	34.04
1986	35.45
1987	36.22
1988	36.90
1989	37.90
1990	38.80
1991	37.64
1992	37.99
1993	37.98
1994	37.49
1995	36.99
1996	38.60
1997	38.01
1998	37.48
1999	37.73
2000	35.71
2001	34.17
2002	32.67
2003	31.35
2004	29.91
2005	27.90
2006	26.30
2007	23.61
2008	22.84
2009	22.28
2010	22.16
2011	20.46
2012	20.08
2013	19.42
2014	19.60
2015	20.15
2016	20.12
2017	19.92
2018	19.02
2019	19.84
2020	19.92

Children out of school (% of primary school age)

Children out of school (% of primary school age) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 23.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 57.47 in 1970, while its lowest value was 22.78 in 2018.

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

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Year	Value
1970	57.47
1971	57.06
1972	55.98
1973	54.70
1974	55.11
1975	54.50
1976	53.34
1977	51.32
1978	48.97
1979	45.90
1980	43.41
1981	40.73
1982	39.35
1983	38.41
1984	38.39
1985	39.47
1986	40.94
1987	41.73
1988	42.29
1989	43.43
1990	44.32
1991	42.78
1992	43.13
1993	42.95
1994	42.56
1995	42.72
1996	44.76
1997	44.17
1998	43.38
1999	43.13
2000	41.20
2001	39.60
2002	37.81
2003	36.31
2004	34.63
2005	32.56
2006	30.70
2007	28.44
2008	27.53
2009	26.85
2010	26.54
2011	24.74
2012	24.03
2013	23.44
2014	23.35
2015	24.00
2016	23.86
2017	23.74
2018	22.78
2019	23.41
2020	23.41

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation