School age population, early childhood education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): School age population, early childhood education, female was 6.54 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
School age population, early childhood education, female 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 6.54 million for school age population, early childhood education, female 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 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 6.54 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.30 million, in 1998.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 146th of 194 groups on this measure, 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, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4.30 million | — |
| 1999 | 4.38 million | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 4.42 million | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 4.46 million | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 4.51 million | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 4.57 million | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 4.64 million | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 4.71 million | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 4.78 million | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 4.86 million | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 4.94 million | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 5.01 million | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 5.10 million | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 5.19 million | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 5.27 million | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 5.33 million | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 5.40 million | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 5.48 million | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 5.59 million | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 5.72 million | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 5.83 million | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 5.91 million | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 6.02 million | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 6.17 million | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 6.32 million | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 6.51 million | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 6.54 million | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.34 million | 4.30 million | 4.38 million | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.69 million | 4.42 million | 5.01 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.48 million | 5.10 million | 5.91 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.31 million | 6.02 million | 6.54 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, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- School age population, early childhood education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 6.54 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood education, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.54 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood education, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.30 million in 1998.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for school age population, early childhood education, female?
- 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, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. 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, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release