Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Nauru

Share of children out of school in Nauru in 2025 — 6.6%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 12. Since 2007, the indicator has fallen by 3.82 pp.

2025 6.6% +3.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 8of 12
Period maximum 18.71%2012
Period minimum 0.42%2023

Trend over time

2007–2025 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Nauru, 2007–20250510152020072009201120132015201720192021202320252007: 10.42%2012: 18.71%2014: 7.99%2016: 8.21%2019: 3.63%2020: 8.26%2022: 4.92%2023: 0.42%2024: 3%2025: 6.6%
Change over the period: −3.82 pp Annual average: -0.21 pp
Share of children out of school — Nauru, by year Nauru All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 6.6 +3.6 pp
2024 3 +2.57 pp
2023 0.42 −4.5 pp
2022 4.92 —
2020 8.26 +4.63 pp
2019 3.63 —
2016 8.21 —
2014 7.99 —
2012 18.71 —
2007 10.42 —

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.