Ethiopia had nearly 2.2 million children out of school in 2020, the highest number in Africa. Tanzania and Niger followed, with around 1.8 million and 1.6 million primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary education, respectively. In 2019, around 36.3 million children were out of school in Sub-Saharan Africa. Djibouti, the country with the most recent data available, had 30 thousand youth in the same situation as of 2020.
Number of children out of school in Africa as of 2021, by country
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