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UNHCR acknowledges the difficulties of accurately monitoring the size of refugee populations throughout the world, such as the varying definitions of ‘refugee’ and the varying quality of records throughout the world. \n\nThe bigger issue with this figure is that it only measures enrollment in primary education, not the quality of the education. In some places the education offered to refugees has been criticized for being of a lower standard than the rest of the country. \n\nLastly, there is only data for registered refugees. This means that there are potentially displaced people who - for a number of reasons - are not legally registered and recognized as being refugees and so who are not included in the 65% estimate. \n\n[1] [UNHCR's 2024 Education Report](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unrefugees.org\u002Fnews\u002Ffive-takeaways-from-unhcrs-2024-education-report\u002F)","Most people overestimate how many refugees there are. It’s not more than 0.5% of the world’s population. Half of them are children and half of those are not in school, which is something like 0.1% of the world population. When we think of it that way, it doesn’t seem like too big a problem to solve!\n\nEducation increases a child's chances of supporting themselves in the future, which is especially crucial for those who have left everything behind. The good news is: They are fewer than people think, and more than half of them are already enrolled.\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nIf more realized how many refugee children are in school, they could realize that UNHCR and countries' migration agencies are successfully organizing education if they only get enough resources. First [people overestimate the number of refugees](https:\u002F\u002Fupgrader.gapminder.org\u002Ft\u002Fsdg-world-un-goals\u002F15\u002F) and then they think most of their children are missing school. When people overestimate the size of a problem they easily find it overwhelming.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nWhen we see refugees in the media it’s often people on the move. It’s hard to imagine the children can go to school when they keep relocating, which is true, but only a fraction of the world's refugees are on the move. Most refugees have reached a new community or a camp, where they end up living with refugee status often more than 4 years. When realizing that’s the situation most refugees are in, it’s easier to realize that a majority have a primary school to go to.\n\n### Can I trust this data?\nYes, you can trust the number to be above 60% for 2021, Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But there are huge uncertainties in this data. First of all, the exact number of actual refugees is not known. There may be some million people hiding across the world, who are not counted. Because of these uncertainties we don’t use 65% as our correct answer, but we use “more than 60%”, to make sure we don’t overstate the number. Most people still believe it’s much lower than 60%.\n\nThe question asks about primary school, which means grades one to five or six, ending at roughly age 12. Over that age, in secondary education, much fewer refugees are enrolled in school, and after age 15, it’s only a fraction.  \n\n### Where can I learn more?\n[All Inclusive. UNHCR Education Report September 2022](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unhcr.org\u002Fpublications\u002Feducation\u002F631ef5a84\u002Funhcr-education-report-2022-inclusive-campaign-refugee-education.html) \n\n[UNHCR, Education](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unhcr.org\u002Feducation.html)\n\n### How does the current situation in Ukraine affect the data?\n\nRussia's invasion of Ukraine has caused millions of Ukrainians to seek refuge in other countries.\n\nThe current situation in Ukraine is developing rapidly and [UNHCR estimates are updated daily, here](https:\u002F\u002Fdata2.unhcr.org\u002Fen\u002Fsituations\u002Fukraine).\n\nThe figures we use for this question and the answers come from data from 2020 and so do not reflect the situation for Ukrainian children in 2022. \n","War-torn education"]