Out-of-school rate, primary school age

Indicator id: out_of_school_rate_primary · Unit: % · Coverage: 1983-2025

Percentage of children of official primary-school age who are not enrolled in primary, secondary or higher levels of education.

Sources

• UNESCO Institute for Statistics (preferred) -- dataset UIS, code ROFST.1.CP (https://uis.unesco.org)

Caveats

SDG indicator 4.1.4 methodology (the rate, not the raw headcount -- UIS's companion code OFST.1.CP carries the absolute number of children instead and is not curated here). Nepal's series falls sharply from ~43% in 1983 to under 2% in most years since 2011, a genuine long-run access gain, not a data artefact; coverage is sparse (18 of 43 possible years) rather than annual, typical of a survey/census-anchored UIS estimate.

Taxonomy

SDG: SDG 4.1 -- Ensure free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education
Topic: Education
Themes: education, youth

Also known as

"out of school children", "children not in school", "primary out of school rate", "how many children are out of school in Nepal", "kids missing school"

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