Gambia, The | Children out of school, male (% of male primary school age)

Children out of school are the percentage of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Children in the official primary age group that are in preprimary education should be considered out of school. Limitations and exceptions: The administrative data used in the calculation of the rate of out-of-school children are based on enrolment at a specific date which can bias the results by either counting enrolled children who never attend school or by omitting those who enroll after the reference date for reporting enrolment data. Furthermore, children who drop out of school after the reference date are not counted as out of school. Discrepancies between enrolment and population data from different sources can also result in over- or underestimates of the rate. Lastly, the international comparability of this indicator can be affected by the use of different concepts of enrolment and out-of-school children across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The rate of out-of-school children allows to compare across countries with different population sizes. It shows the share of official primary-school-age children who never attended school or dropped out to the population of official primary school age. 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).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of the Gambia
Records
63
Source
Gambia, The | Children out of school, male (% of male primary school age)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
75.11196136 1971
75.51677704 1972
74.11430359 1973
73.65294647 1974
72.44432831 1975
70.69441223 1976
65.58911133 1977
62.66054153 1978
57.97663116 1979
53.36228943 1980
45.35810089 1981
42.16421127 1982
40.02523041 1983
40.32024002 1984
37.85987854 1985
38.58280945 1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
52.50561905 1992
49.62820816 1993
1994
1995
43.19083023 1996
1997
42.27857971 1998
33.25674057 1999
36.82347107 2000
37.46179962 2001
38.90657043 2002
37.03868866 2003
37.61027145 2004
40.19319916 2005
36.20864868 2006
34.97903824 2007
39.92708969 2008
2009
38.98205185 2010
40.63737106 2011
38.96115112 2012
39.60393906 2013
40.82249832 2014
36.14522171 2015
35.25873947 2016
33.19881058 2017
31.67152023 2018
29.18821907 2019
27.82158089 2020
28.18539047 2021
28.13461876 2022

Gambia, The | Children out of school, male (% of male primary school age)

Children out of school are the percentage of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Children in the official primary age group that are in preprimary education should be considered out of school. Limitations and exceptions: The administrative data used in the calculation of the rate of out-of-school children are based on enrolment at a specific date which can bias the results by either counting enrolled children who never attend school or by omitting those who enroll after the reference date for reporting enrolment data. Furthermore, children who drop out of school after the reference date are not counted as out of school. Discrepancies between enrolment and population data from different sources can also result in over- or underestimates of the rate. Lastly, the international comparability of this indicator can be affected by the use of different concepts of enrolment and out-of-school children across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The rate of out-of-school children allows to compare across countries with different population sizes. It shows the share of official primary-school-age children who never attended school or dropped out to the population of official primary school age. 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).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of the Gambia
Records
63
Source