Ireland vs New Zealand: Children out of school, primary

Ireland
10,313
in 2022
New Zealand
10,396
in 2024
Ireland rank
110th
New Zealand rank
109th

Children out of school, primary over time

  • Ireland
  • New Zealand
02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k200120122024

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 10,396 against 10,313 in Ireland, a difference of 83.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2013 it was New Zealand ahead.

Ireland ranks 110th and New Zealand ranks 109th of 197 countries.

New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ireland New Zealand Difference Ahead
2010s 510.86 4,063 3,552 New Zealand
2020s 5,269 6,783 1,514 New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children out of school, primary, Ireland or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 10,396 against 10,313 in Ireland as of 2024.
What is the difference in children out of school, primary between Ireland and New Zealand?
83, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and New Zealand?
10 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2022.
How do Ireland and New Zealand rank globally for children out of school, primary?
Ireland ranks 110th and New Zealand ranks 109th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Ireland vs New Zealand: Children out of school, primary. Statizoid, drawing on Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/children-out-of-school-primary/ireland/new-zealand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/children-out-of-school-primary/ireland/new-zealand/">Ireland vs New Zealand: Children out of school, primary</a> — Statizoid

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.