Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — South Sudan

Share of children out of school in South Sudan in 2024 — 64.73%. Ranked 120 in the world out of 120. Since 2011, the indicator has risen by 9.41 pp.

2024 64.73% +1 pp vs 2015
World rank 120of 120
Period maximum 64.73%2024
Period minimum 55.33%2011

Trend over time

2011–2024 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — South Sudan, 2011–20245557.56062.565201120132015201720192021202320242011: 55.33%2015: 63.74%2024: 64.73%
Change over the period: +9.41 pp Annual average: 0.72 pp
Share of children out of school — South Sudan, by year South Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 64.73 —
2015 63.74 —
2011 55.33 —

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.