Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Northern Europe

Share of children out of school in Northern Europe in 2023 — 0.35%. Since 2013, the indicator has fallen by 1.11 pp.

2023 0.35% −0.07 pp vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 1.47%2013
Period minimum 0.3%2021

Trend over time

2013–2023 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Northern Europe, 2013–202300.511.5201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232013: 1.47%2014: 1.38%2015: 1.22%2016: 1.14%2017: 0.79%2018: 0.45%2019: 0.35%2020: 0.3%2021: 0.3%2022: 0.42%2023: 0.35%
Change over the period: −1.11 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern Europe

Northern Europe 0.35%
World computed 8.88%
Share of children out of school — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.35 −0.07 pp
2022 0.42 +0.12 pp
2021 0.3 −0 pp
2020 0.3 −0.04 pp
2019 0.35 −0.1 pp
2018 0.45 −0.34 pp
2017 0.79 −0.35 pp
2016 1.14 −0.08 pp
2015 1.22 −0.16 pp
2014 1.38 −0.09 pp
2013 1.47 —

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.