Out-of-school children in British Virgin Islands

In British Virgin Islands, 27.0% of children of primary school age were not in school in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1983.

Measure: Out-of-school rate, children of primary school age Unit: % of children of primary school age Data: 1983 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
British Virgin Islands, 2024 27.0% % of children of primary school age
Change from 2023 +11.6percentage points 2023: 15.4%
Position in 2024 7th of 120 See the full ranking

Out-of-school children in British Virgin Islands over time

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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Out-of-school rate, children of primary school age (% of children of primary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period British Virgin Islands
2024 27.0%
2023 15.4%
2022 26.2%
2021 9.0%
2020 4.4%
2019 19.3%
2018 24.9%
2017 6.5%
2016 12.0%
2015 9.8%
2014 6.7%
2013 7.1%
2012 4.4%
2011 0.7%
2010 0.6%
2009 0.7%
2007 0.7%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2006 10.9%
2005 8.6%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2003 2.9%
2002 2.5%
2001 5.3%

Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +11.6 percentage points from 15.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 6.7%, the figure has changed by +20.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 120 countries with data for 2024, British Virgin Islands has the 7th highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
ROFST.1.CP · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1983 to 2024 for British Virgin Islands
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org