# COVID-19 school closures disrupt education for ~1.6 billion learners (2020)

Date: 2020

At the April 2020 peak of the [COVID-19 pandemic](/drivers/covid-19-pandemic), school and university closures affected over 1.6 billion learners (about 94% of the world's student population) in more than 190 countries; on average roughly two-thirds of an academic year was lost worldwide, and more than 400 million learners could not access any distance learning.

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access
- Teacher Quality and Supply: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-teacher-quality-supply

## Sources

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## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/edu-fact-covid-school-closures-2020