Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled was 16.59 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1970–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) recorded 16.59 million for enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 16.59 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.53 million, in 1971.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 137th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.73 million | — |
| 1971 | 2.53 million | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 2.62 million | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 2.73 million | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 2.85 million | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 3.00 million | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 3.21 million | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 3.43 million | +6.8% |
| 1978 | 3.63 million | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 2.94 million | -18.9% |
| 1980 | 4.03 million | +37.0% |
| 1981 | 4.23 million | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 4.47 million | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 4.68 million | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 4.89 million | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 5.15 million | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 5.43 million | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 5.66 million | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 5.85 million | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 5.99 million | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 6.63 million | +10.7% |
| 1991 | 6.68 million | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 6.79 million | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 7.06 million | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 7.50 million | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 7.77 million | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 7.87 million | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 8.28 million | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 8.71 million | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 9.12 million | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 9.55 million | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 9.87 million | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 10.18 million | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 10.88 million | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 11.24 million | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 11.26 million | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 11.44 million | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 11.50 million | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 11.50 million | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11.67 million | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 11.76 million | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 12.31 million | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 12.48 million | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 12.24 million | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 12.23 million | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 12.57 million | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 12.86 million | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 13.25 million | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 13.56 million | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 13.94 million | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 14.64 million | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 15.13 million | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 15.89 million | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 16.43 million | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 16.59 million | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.97 million | 2.53 million | 3.63 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.04 million | 4.03 million | 5.99 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.64 million | 6.63 million | 9.12 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.91 million | 9.55 million | 11.67 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.72 million | 11.76 million | 13.94 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.74 million | 14.64 million | 16.59 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 17.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3069 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.6186 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.68 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 16.59 million in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 16.59 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.53 million in 1971.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 137th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Enrolment in secondary education, female (number) with 736 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
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- Enrolment in secondary education, female UNESCO Institute for Statistics
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About this data
Enrolment in secondary education, female (number) with 736 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.