Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Share of children out of school in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2023 — 2.1%. Ranked 62 in the world out of 146. Since 2009, the indicator has fallen by 11.44 pp.

2023 2.1% +0.6 pp vs 2022
World rank 62of 146
Period maximum 13.54%2009
Period minimum 0.7%2018

Trend over time

2009–2023 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2009–2023051015200920112013201520172019202120232009: 13.54%2010: 10.49%2011: 10.31%2012: 11.55%2013: 11.16%2014: 9.88%2015: 7.93%2016: 4.87%2017: 1.97%2018: 0.7%2020: 1.84%2021: 1.55%2022: 1.5%2023: 2.1%
Change over the period: −11.44 pp Annual average: -0.82 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.1%
World computed 8.88%
Europe & Central Asia computed 2.72%
Southern Europe computed 1.73%
Share of children out of school — Bosnia and Herzegovina, by year Bosnia and Herzegovina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 2.1 +0.6 pp
2022 1.5 −0.05 pp
2021 1.55 −0.29 pp
2020 1.84 —
2018 0.7 −1.26 pp
2017 1.97 −2.9 pp
2016 4.87 −3.06 pp
2015 7.93 −1.95 pp
2014 9.88 −1.28 pp
2013 11.16 −0.39 pp
2012 11.55 +1.24 pp
2011 10.31 −0.18 pp
2010 10.49 −3.05 pp
2009 13.54 —

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.