Out-of-school children of primary school age, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: Out-of-school children of primary school age, male was 450,600 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school children of primary school age, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
SDG: Small Island Developing States recorded 450,600 for out-of-school children of primary school age, male in 2025.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school children of primary school age, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 501,600 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 262,300, in 2010.
That places SDG: Small Island Developing States 31st out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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: Small Island Developing States, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 501,600 | — |
| 2001 | 483,100 | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 467,000 | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 445,800 | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 413,200 | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 375,900 | -9.0% |
| 2006 | 341,000 | -9.3% |
| 2007 | 313,000 | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 288,900 | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 269,500 | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 262,300 | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 273,700 | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 284,200 | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 298,800 | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 316,600 | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 337,400 | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 359,000 | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 378,100 | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 396,000 | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 447,000 | +12.9% |
| 2020 | 427,500 | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 459,100 | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 458,800 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 456,400 | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 454,100 | -0.5% |
| 2025 | 450,600 | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 389,900 | 269,500 | 501,600 | 10 |
| 2010s | 335,310 | 262,300 | 447,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 451,083 | 427,500 | 459,100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1626 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 430,327 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1765 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0678 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.021 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.756 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school children of primary school age, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Out-of-school children of primary school age, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 450,600 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school children of primary school age, male recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 501,600 in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school children of primary school age, male recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 262,300 in 2010.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for out-of-school children of primary school age, male?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 31st out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school children of primary school age, male rising or falling in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States 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