Which has higher children out of school, primary, Bangladesh or Senegal?

Bangladesh, at 918,575 against 675,615 in Senegal as of 2024.

What is the difference in children out of school, primary between Bangladesh and Senegal?

242,960, with Bangladesh ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Senegal?

17 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Children out of school, primary. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bangladesh vs Senegal: Children out of school, primary

Bangladesh

918,575

in 2024

Senegal

675,615

in 2024

Bangladesh rank

14th

Senegal rank

17th

Children out of school, primary over time

Bangladesh
Senegal

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 918,575 against 675,615 in Senegal, a difference of 242,960.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.4 times Senegal's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, Bangladesh has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 14th and Senegal ranks 17th of 197 countries.

Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1970s	3.96 million	633,947	3.33 million	Bangladesh
1980s	5.77 million	689,102	5.08 million	Bangladesh
1990s	5.16 million	753,872	4.40 million	Bangladesh
2000s	1.77 million	577,843	1.19 million	Bangladesh
2010s	2.28 million	557,540	1.72 million	Bangladesh
2020s	1.05 million	671,157	383,408	Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children out of school, primary, Bangladesh or Senegal?: Bangladesh, at 918,575 against 675,615 in Senegal as of 2024.
What is the difference in children out of school, primary between Bangladesh and Senegal?: 242,960, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Senegal?: 17 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and Senegal rank globally for children out of school, primary?: Bangladesh ranks 14th and Senegal ranks 17th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Children out of school, primary. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Children out of school, primary
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 4,752 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.