Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes in SDG: Northern America
SDG: Northern America: Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes was 4.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes in SDG: Northern America, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Northern America recorded 4.9% for out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 157.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes in SDG: Northern America peaked at 4.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, 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 rate for children of primary school age, both sexes in SDG: Northern America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.6% | — |
| 2001 | 1.7% | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 1.8% | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.9% | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 2.2% | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 2.9% | +20.8% |
| 2021 | 3.4% | +17.2% |
| 2022 | 4.0% | +17.6% |
| 2023 | 4.4% | +10.0% |
| 2024 | 4.7% | +6.8% |
| 2025 | 4.9% | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.0% | 2.9% | 4.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Northern America
More education data for SDG: Northern America
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3044 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.04 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.2591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3042 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3046 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.08 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes in SDG: Northern America?
- Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes in SDG: Northern America was 4.9% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes recorded in SDG: Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 4.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes recorded in SDG: Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2000.
- How does SDG: Northern America rank for out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes?
- SDG: Northern America ranks 29th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes rising or falling in SDG: Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 157.9%. 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 rate for children of primary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release