Out-of-school children of primary school age, male in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024: Out-of-school children of primary school age, male was 868,600 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school children of primary school age, male in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 868,600 for out-of-school children of primary school age, male in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school children of primary school age, male in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 868,600 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 564,400, in 2000.
GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 28th of 39 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Out-of-school children of primary school age, male in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 564,400 | — |
| 2001 | 585,600 | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 595,600 | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 596,500 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 592,700 | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 590,600 | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 592,800 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 591,700 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 597,500 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 610,000 | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 622,000 | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 628,500 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 636,400 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 661,900 | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 683,000 | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 699,400 | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 707,000 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 708,700 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 714,400 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 717,000 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 721,700 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 735,200 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 765,600 | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 800,900 | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 834,900 | +4.2% |
| 2025 | 868,600 | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 591,740 | 564,400 | 610,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 677,830 | 622,000 | 717,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 787,817 | 721,700 | 868,600 | 6 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
More education data for GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.88 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 844,570 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 23.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 11.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 8.64 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school children of primary school age, male in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Out-of-school children of primary school age, male in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 868,600 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school children of primary school age, male recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 868,600 in 2025.
- What is the lowest out-of-school children of primary school age, male recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 564,400 in 2000.
- How does GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for out-of-school children of primary school age, male?
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 28th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school children of primary school age, male rising or falling in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school children of primary school age, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release