Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Southern Europe

Share of children out of school in Southern Europe in 2023 — 1.73%. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 0.21 pp.

2023 1.73% −0.18 pp vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 2.1%2021
Period minimum 1.44%2011

Trend over time

2010–2023 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Southern Europe, 2010–20231.41.61.822.2201020122014201620182020202220232010: 1.52%2011: 1.44%2012: 1.64%2013: 1.95%2014: 2.01%2015: 2.06%2016: 2%2017: 1.91%2018: 1.84%2019: 1.8%2020: 1.75%2021: 2.1%2022: 1.91%2023: 1.73%
Change over the period: +0.21 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Southern Europe 1.73%
World computed 8.88%
Share of children out of school — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 1.73 −0.18 pp
2022 1.91 −0.19 pp
2021 2.1 +0.35 pp
2020 1.75 −0.05 pp
2019 1.8 −0.05 pp
2018 1.84 −0.07 pp
2017 1.91 −0.09 pp
2016 2 −0.06 pp
2015 2.06 +0.06 pp
2014 2.01 +0.05 pp
2013 1.95 +0.31 pp
2012 1.64 +0.2 pp
2011 1.44 −0.08 pp
2010 1.52 —

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.