Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Seychelles

Share of children out of school in the Seychelles in 2024 — 6.8%. Ranked 79 in the world out of 120. Since 1979, the indicator has fallen by 8.95 pp.

2024 6.8% +3.48 pp vs 2023
World rank 79of 120
Period maximum 15.76%1979
Period minimum 0.1%2004

Trend over time

1979–2024 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Seychelles, 1979–20240510152019791984198919941999200420092014201920241979: 15.76%1993: 8.26%1994: 5.91%1995: 6.08%1996: 5.88%1998: 1.23%2001: 0.62%2002: 1.29%2003: 0.91%2004: 0.1%2021: 3.19%2022: 1.93%2023: 3.33%2024: 6.8%
Change over the period: −8.95 pp Annual average: -0.2 pp
Share of children out of school — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 6.8 +3.48 pp
2023 3.33 +1.4 pp
2022 1.93 −1.26 pp
2021 3.19 —
2004 0.1 −0.81 pp
2003 0.91 −0.38 pp
2002 1.29 +0.68 pp
2001 0.62 —
1998 1.23 —
1996 5.88 −0.2 pp
1995 6.08 +0.17 pp
1994 5.91 −2.35 pp
1993 8.26 —
1979 15.76 —

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.