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| 25881 | Untitled Reusable Block | untitled-reusable-block-67 | wp_block | publish | <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the last few centuries there has been an <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/global-rise-of-education#how-has-global-literacy-evolved-in-the-last-two-centuries" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">unprecedented transformation</a> in human education and learning: a change from only a minority of global elites being literate to the vast majority. Today's younger generations <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/literacy#in-most-countries-there-are-large-generational-literacy-gaps-favouring-the-young" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">are more literate</a> than older generations — a <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/literacy-rates-of-the-the-younger-population-15-24-years-versus-literacy-rates-of-the-older-population-65" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">trend that is consistent</a> across all countries.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>But some children have been left behind. How many children are not in school and where are they?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>263 million children were not in school in 2014</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There were <strong>263 million children</strong> <strong>out-of-school in 2014</strong>.{ref}The latest global statistics for educational attendance from UNESCO are for the year 2014.{/ref} This is shown in the chart below which details the trend in out-of-school children by sex and school level (ranging from primary to upper secondary) from 1998 to 2014.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here we have a few key take-homes:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><li>263 million children were out-of-school in the most recent data (2014);</li><li>this figure has fallen by almost 120 million since 1998 (falling from 380 to 263 million);</li><li>progress slowed in the last few years;</li><li>globally there are more girls out-of-school at primary level than boys (32 million vs 29 million);</li><li>at lower and upper secondary, the number of boys out-of-school is higher than for girls (31 vs 29 million at lower secondary; 73 vs 69 million at upper);</li><li>the <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/primary-and-secondary-education#enrollment-by-sex" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">gender ratio of school attendance</a> is country and region-specific: on <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-out-of-school-children?country=Sub-Saharan%20Africa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">aggregate for Sub-Saharan Africa</a>, for example, more girls are out-of-school at <em>all</em> levels.</li></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:html --> <figure><iframe style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;" src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-out-of-school-children"></iframe></figure> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>More than half of out-of-school primary children are in Sub-Saharan Africa</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There were <strong>60 million children of primary school age out-of-school in 2014</strong>. This number has fallen by 50 million since the late 1990s.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the chart below we see the distribution by world region. <strong><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/out-of-school-children-of-primary-school-age-by-world-region?stackMode=relative" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">More than half (57 percent)</a> of primary-aged children not in school were in Sub-Saharan Africa</strong>. This was followed by South Asia at 19 percent.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The trajectory for Sub-Saharan Africa may look stubbornly flat, but the total number of primary school children out-of-school has fallen by 10 million since the late 1990s. Progress in getting children into school is even more marked when we look at the <em>share</em> of children not in school.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>As of 2014, <strong><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-primary-school-age-out-of-school" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1-in-5 primary aged children in Sub-Saharan Africa were out-of-school</a></strong>. This is unacceptably high. But it's also a marker of progress: in the mid-1990s 46 percent were not in school — the rate has therefore more than halved within a few decades.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We know that positive change is therefore possible. 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In the last few centuries there has been an [unprecedented transformation](https://ourworldindata.org/global-rise-of-education#how-has-global-literacy-evolved-in-the-last-two-centuries) in human education and learning: a change from only a minority of global elites being literate to the vast majority. Today's younger generations [are more literate](https://ourworldindata.org/literacy#in-most-countries-there-are-large-generational-literacy-gaps-favouring-the-young) than older generations — a [trend that is consistent](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/literacy-rates-of-the-the-younger-population-15-24-years-versus-literacy-rates-of-the-older-population-65) across all countries. But some children have been left behind. How many children are not in school and where are they? ## 263 million children were not in school in 2014 There were **263 million children****out-of-school in 2014**.{ref}The latest global statistics for educational attendance from UNESCO are for the year 2014.{/ref} This is shown in the chart below which details the trend in out-of-school children by sex and school level (ranging from primary to upper secondary) from 1998 to 2014. Here we have a few key take-homes: * 263 million children were out-of-school in the most recent data (2014); * this figure has fallen by almost 120 million since 1998 (falling from 380 to 263 million); * progress slowed in the last few years; * globally there are more girls out-of-school at primary level than boys (32 million vs 29 million); * at lower and upper secondary, the number of boys out-of-school is higher than for girls (31 vs 29 million at lower secondary; 73 vs 69 million at upper); * the [gender ratio of school attendance](https://ourworldindata.org/primary-and-secondary-education#enrollment-by-sex) is country and region-specific: on [aggregate for Sub-Saharan Africa](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-out-of-school-children?country=Sub-Saharan%20Africa), for example, more girls are out-of-school at _all_ levels. <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-out-of-school-children"/> ## More than half of out-of-school primary children are in Sub-Saharan Africa There were **60 million children of primary school age out-of-school in 2014**. This number has fallen by 50 million since the late 1990s. In the chart below we see the distribution by world region. **[More than half (57 percent)](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/out-of-school-children-of-primary-school-age-by-world-region?stackMode=relative) of primary-aged children not in school were in Sub-Saharan Africa**. This was followed by South Asia at 19 percent. The trajectory for Sub-Saharan Africa may look stubbornly flat, but the total number of primary school children out-of-school has fallen by 10 million since the late 1990s. Progress in getting children into school is even more marked when we look at the _share_ of children not in school. As of 2014, **[1-in-5 primary aged children in Sub-Saharan Africa were out-of-school](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-primary-school-age-out-of-school)**. This is unacceptably high. But it's also a marker of progress: in the mid-1990s 46 percent were not in school — the rate has therefore more than halved within a few decades. We know that positive change is therefore possible. But without accelerated progress we will be far off-track in [meeting our target](https://sdg-tracker.org/quality-education#4.1) of free, quality education for all by 2030. <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/out-of-school-children-of-primary-school-age-by-world-region"/> | {
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