Lower middle income - Children out of school, primary, female

The value for Children out of school, primary, female in Lower middle income was 18,118,340 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 43,591,420 in 1971 and a minimum value of 15,273,540 in 2013.

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 42,356,540
1971 43,591,420
1972 42,948,080
1973 41,655,160
1974 42,628,180
1975 41,338,350
1976 41,023,580
1977 39,776,620
1978 40,881,750
1979 41,212,070
1980 40,171,030
1981 39,368,840
1982 38,101,270
1983 37,616,620
1984 37,464,040
1985 38,408,080
1986 38,569,770
1987 40,448,670
1988 39,632,240
1989 38,516,480
1990 39,535,770
1991 39,827,250
1992 40,089,700
1993 38,907,200
1994 37,726,590
1995 38,623,770
1996 38,487,210
1997 38,437,530
1998 38,822,060
1999 37,511,740
2000 34,690,100
2001 33,108,240
2002 31,964,380
2003 25,531,080
2004 23,241,740
2005 21,608,520
2006 20,395,310
2007 17,574,820
2008 17,173,680
2009 16,988,880
2010 16,086,360
2011 15,684,130
2012 15,566,960
2013 15,273,540
2014 17,421,850
2015 18,194,550
2016 18,035,770
2017 17,989,240
2018 17,787,450
2019 18,118,340

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