The Gambia - Children out of school, primary, female

The value for Children out of school, primary, female in The Gambia was 13,922 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 46,423 in 2002 and a minimum value of 13,922 in 2020.

Definition: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 30,416
1972 31,345
1973 32,127
1974 33,122
1975 33,959
1976 34,705
1977 33,733
1978 32,930
1979 33,097
1980 32,563
1981 30,396
1982 29,676
1983 28,938
1984 28,329
1985 28,181
1986 29,198
1992 44,670
1993 44,160
1996 42,988
1998 45,001
1999 37,495
2000 41,532
2001 42,236
2002 46,423
2003 41,977
2004 41,276
2005 44,008
2006 38,669
2007 36,674
2008 42,196
2010 43,864
2011 44,991
2012 40,820
2013 42,296
2014 42,828
2015 33,606
2016 31,082
2017 27,476
2018 25,341
2019 18,319
2020 13,922

Development Relevance: Large numbers of children out of school create pressure to enroll children and provide classrooms, teachers, and educational materials, a task made difficult in many countries by limited education budgets. However, getting children into school is a high priority for countries and crucial for achieving universal primary education.

Limitations and Exceptions: Due to different data sources for enrollment and population data, the number may not capture the actual number of children not attending in primary school.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The number of out-of-school children is calculated by subtracting the number of primary school-age children enrolled in primary or secondary school from the total population of the official primary school-age children. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation