Children out of school, primary, male in Low income
Low income: Children out of school, primary, male was 14.35 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Children out of school, primary, male in Low income, 2000–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Analysis
Low income recorded 14.35 million for children out of school, primary, male in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children out of school, primary, male in Low income peaked at 14.35 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 11.41 million, in 2010.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Children out of school, primary, male in Low income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.58 million | — |
| 2001 | 13.30 million | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 13.06 million | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 12.83 million | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 12.61 million | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 12.37 million | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 12.14 million | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 11.88 million | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 11.61 million | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 11.44 million | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 11.41 million | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 11.45 million | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 11.53 million | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 11.73 million | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 12.09 million | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 12.45 million | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 12.85 million | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 13.22 million | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 13.61 million | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 13.90 million | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 14.03 million | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 14.04 million | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 14.27 million | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 14.22 million | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 14.25 million | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 14.35 million | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.48 million | 11.44 million | 13.58 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.42 million | 11.41 million | 13.90 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.19 million | 14.03 million | 14.35 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low income
- 1 Nigeria 4.39 million compare
- 2 China 4.34 million
- 3 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.58 million
- 4 Ethiopia 1.91 million compare
- 5 Sudan 1.67 million compare
- 6 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.19 million compare
More education data for Low income
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 112.44 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 40.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.8% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1505 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children out of school, primary, male in Low income?
- Children out of school, primary, male in Low income was 14.35 million in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest children out of school, primary, male recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 14.35 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest children out of school, primary, male recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.41 million in 2010.
- How does Low income rank for children out of school, primary, male?
- Low income ranks 3rd out of 5 groups with data for 2025.
- Is children out of school, primary, male rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low income data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Children out of school, primary, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.