Ethiopia vs Lower middle income: Children out of school, primary

Ethiopia
4.24 million
in 2024
Lower middle income
46.40 million
in 2025
Ethiopia rank
4th
Lower middle income rank
1st

Children out of school, primary over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Lower middle income
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M100.0M198720062025

How they compare

Lower middle income currently reports 46.40 million against 4.24 million in Ethiopia, a difference of 42.16 million.

That makes Lower middle income's figure about 11.0 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Lower middle income has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 4th and Lower middle income ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Lower middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Lower middle income Difference Ahead
2000s 5.75 million 77.15 million 71.41 million Lower middle income
2010s 3.55 million 54.04 million 50.50 million Lower middle income
2020s 4.47 million 47.53 million 43.07 million Lower middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children out of school, primary, Ethiopia or Lower middle income?
Lower middle income, at 46.40 million against 4.24 million in Ethiopia as of 2025.
What is the difference in children out of school, primary between Ethiopia and Lower middle income?
42.16 million, with Lower middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Lower middle income?
20 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Lower middle income rank globally for children out of school, primary?
Ethiopia ranks 4th and Lower middle income ranks 1st 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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About this data

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

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