School age population, early childhood education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): School age population, early childhood education, both sexes was 13.37 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
School age population, early childhood education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 13.37 million for school age population, early childhood education, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 13.37 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.78 million, in 1998.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 146th out of 194 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School age population, early childhood education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 8.78 million | — |
| 1999 | 8.94 million | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 9.03 million | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 9.12 million | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 9.21 million | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 9.34 million | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 9.48 million | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 9.63 million | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 9.77 million | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 9.92 million | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 10.10 million | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 10.24 million | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 10.41 million | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 10.60 million | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 10.76 million | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 10.90 million | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 11.04 million | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 11.21 million | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 11.43 million | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 11.69 million | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 11.91 million | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 12.09 million | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 12.31 million | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 12.60 million | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 12.92 million | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 13.29 million | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 13.37 million | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.86 million | 8.78 million | 8.94 million | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.58 million | 9.03 million | 10.24 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.20 million | 10.41 million | 12.09 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.90 million | 12.31 million | 13.37 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- School age population, early childhood education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 13.37 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood education, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 13.37 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood education, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.78 million in 1998.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for school age population, early childhood education, both sexes?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 146th out of 194 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, early childhood education, both sexes rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, early childhood education, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release