Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age

Number of children of official primary school age who are not enrolled in pre-primary, primary, secondary, or post-secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the population of official primary school age

Numerator Definition

Number of children of official primary school age who are not enrolled in pre-primary, primary, secondary, or post-secondary education

Denominator Definition

Total population of official primary school age

Disaggregation

By sex, location and wealth quintile.

Data Availability Description

More than 100 countries with at least one data point in the period 2011-2020

Is Emergency Indicator: No
Is SOWC: Yes
SDG Indicator: N/A
Strategic Plan Indicator: 2.4
IsCovid: Yes
Is SDG Progress indicator: No
Is UNICEF reporting custodian: No
IsCountdown2030: No