Out-of-school children in United Kingdom
In United Kingdom, 0.1% of children of primary school age were not in school in 2023.
The latest value carries the source flag “National estimate”.
United Kingdom, 2023
0.1%nat_est (National estimate)
Change from 2022
0percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023
0.8%
Out-of-school children in United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.1%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2022 | 0.1%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2021 | 0.0%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2020 | 0.0%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2019 | 0.1%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2018 | 0.3%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2017 | 0.8%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2016 | 1.3%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2015 | 1.5%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2014 | 1.7%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2013 | 1.9%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2012 | 1.9%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2011 | 1.1%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2010 | 0.6%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2009 | 0.8%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2008 | 0.4%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2007 | 2.4%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2006 | 1.0%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2005 | 0.1%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2004 | 0.6%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2003 | 0.0%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2002 | 0.0%nat_est (National estimate) |
| 2001 | 0.0%nat_est (National estimate) |
Flags: nat_est National estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 0.1% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 1.9%, the figure has changed by −1.8 percentage points.
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49.4%
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10.9%
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Adult participation in learning
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