Out-of-school children in Suriname
In Suriname, 16.2% of children of primary school age were not in school in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2016.
Suriname, 2024
16.2%
Change from 2023
−23.4percentage points
Position in 2024
20th of 120
Out-of-school children in Suriname 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.
| Period | Suriname |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.2% |
| 2023 | 39.6% |
| 2022 | 29.8% |
| 2021 | 21.8% |
| 2020 | 17.9% |
| 2019 | 16.4% |
| 2018 | 19.1% |
| 2017 | 19.1% |
| 2016 | 13.7% |
| 2015 | 14.0% |
| 2014 | 16.9% |
| 2013 | 17.3% |
| 2012 | 17.9% |
| 2011 | 18.6% |
| 2010 | 18.1% |
| 2009 | 16.0% |
| 2008 | 17.9%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2007 | 21.9% |
| 2006 | 18.1%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2005 | 18.0% |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −23.4 percentage points from 39.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 16.9%, the figure has changed by −0.6 percentage points.
- Among the 120 countries with data for 2024, Suriname has the 20th highest value.
More for Suriname
All statistics for Suriname
Out-of-school adolescents
39.6%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Primary net enrolment
83.8%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
19.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
92.5%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
71.1%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
40.8%
2022 · UNESCO UIS