Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Australia and New Zealand

Share of children out of school in Australia and New Zealand in 2024 — 0.54%. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 0.39 pp.

2024 0.54% −0.02 pp vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 0.7%2020
Period minimum 0.15%2013

Trend over time

2013–2024 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Australia and New Zealand, 2013–202400.20.40.60.820132015201720192021202320242013: 0.15%2014: 0.22%2015: 0.22%2016: 0.21%2018: 0.38%2019: 0.34%2020: 0.7%2021: 0.53%2022: 0.67%2023: 0.55%2024: 0.54%
Change over the period: +0.39 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp
Share of children out of school — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.54 −0.02 pp
2023 0.55 −0.12 pp
2022 0.67 +0.14 pp
2021 0.53 −0.17 pp
2020 0.7 +0.36 pp
2019 0.34 −0.03 pp
2018 0.38 —
2016 0.21 −0.01 pp
2015 0.22 +0 pp
2014 0.22 +0.07 pp
2013 0.15 —

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.