Out-of-school children of primary school age, male in SDG: Northern America
SDG: Northern America: Out-of-school children of primary school age, male was 677,400 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school children of primary school age, male in SDG: Northern America, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
SDG: Northern America recorded 677,400 for out-of-school children of primary school age, male in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 147.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school children of primary school age, male in SDG: Northern America peaked at 677,400 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 254,300, in 2000.
That places SDG: Northern America 29th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 SDG: Northern America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 254,300 | — |
| 2001 | 260,600 | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 261,900 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 260,000 | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 254,400 | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 263,600 | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 277,000 | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 282,000 | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 282,300 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 282,600 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 285,300 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 286,700 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 284,400 | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 278,000 | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 274,700 | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 273,200 | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 275,000 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 285,900 | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 313,100 | +9.5% |
| 2019 | 357,500 | +14.2% |
| 2020 | 421,500 | +17.9% |
| 2021 | 497,500 | +18.0% |
| 2022 | 569,100 | +14.4% |
| 2023 | 626,900 | +10.2% |
| 2024 | 661,900 | +5.6% |
| 2025 | 677,400 | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 267,870 | 254,300 | 282,600 | 10 |
| 2010s | 291,380 | 273,200 | 357,500 | 10 |
| 2020s | 575,717 | 421,500 | 677,400 | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Northern America
More education data for SDG: Northern America
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.08 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.2591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3044 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 28.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2707 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 12.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3042 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school children of primary school age, male in SDG: Northern America?
- Out-of-school children of primary school age, male in SDG: Northern America was 677,400 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school children of primary school age, male recorded in SDG: Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 677,400 in 2025.
- What is the lowest out-of-school children of primary school age, male recorded in SDG: Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 254,300 in 2000.
- How does SDG: Northern America rank for out-of-school children of primary school age, male?
- SDG: Northern America ranks 29th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school children of primary school age, male rising or falling in SDG: Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 147.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Northern America 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release