Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Uganda

Share of children out of school in Uganda in 2013 — 4.12%. Ranked 71 in the world out of 132. Since 1979, the indicator has fallen by 61.23 pp.

2013 4.12% −1.48 pp vs 2011
World rank 71of 132
Period maximum 65.35%1979
Period minimum 4.12%2013

Trend over time

1979–2013 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Uganda, 1979–201302040608019791983198719911995199920032007201120131979: 65.35%1981: 61.9%1982: 59.97%1986: 44.43%2009: 5.35%2010: 8.88%2011: 5.6%2013: 4.12%
Change over the period: −61.23 pp Annual average: -1.8 pp
Share of children out of school — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2013 4.12 —
2011 5.6 −3.28 pp
2010 8.88 +3.53 pp
2009 5.35 —
1986 44.43 —
1982 59.97 −1.93 pp
1981 61.9 —
1979 65.35 —

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.