Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Central Asia

Share of children out of school in Central Asia in 2025 — 3.13%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.69 pp.

2025 3.13% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 6.45%2013
Period minimum 2.12%2018

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Central Asia, 2000–2025024682000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 5.82%2001: 5.02%2002: 4.68%2003: 5.11%2004: 4.19%2005: 4.52%2006: 4.46%2007: 5.43%2008: 4.36%2009: 4.26%2010: 4.6%2011: 5.16%2012: 6.07%2013: 6.45%2014: 5.55%2015: 5.2%2016: 4.43%2017: 3.38%2018: 2.12%2019: 2.5%2020: 4.79%2021: 4.82%2022: 5.59%2023: 4.88%2024: 2.82%2025: 3.13%
Change over the period: −2.69 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp
Share of children out of school — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 3.13 +0.3 pp
2024 2.82 −2.05 pp
2023 4.88 −0.71 pp
2022 5.59 +0.77 pp
2021 4.82 +0.02 pp
2020 4.79 +2.3 pp
2019 2.5 +0.38 pp
2018 2.12 −1.26 pp
2017 3.38 −1.05 pp
2016 4.43 −0.77 pp
2015 5.2 −0.34 pp
2014 5.55 −0.91 pp
2013 6.45 +0.39 pp
2012 6.07 +0.91 pp
2011 5.16 +0.56 pp
2010 4.6 +0.34 pp
2009 4.26 −0.1 pp
2008 4.36 −1.07 pp
2007 5.43 +0.96 pp
2006 4.46 −0.06 pp
2005 4.52 +0.33 pp
2004 4.19 −0.92 pp
2003 5.11 +0.43 pp
2002 4.68 −0.35 pp
2001 5.02 −0.8 pp
2000 5.82 —

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.