School age population, early childhood education, female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503): School age population, early childhood education, female was 4.48 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
4.48 million
Change on year
down 2.4%
Rank
155th
of 194 groups
All-time high
4.88 million
in 2019
All-time low
3.45 million
in 1997
Years of data
28
1997–2024
School age population, early childhood education, female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, school age population, early childhood education, female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) stood at 4.48 million.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood education, female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) peaked at 4.88 million in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.45 million, in 1997.
That places ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 155th out of 194 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
School age population, early childhood education, female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3.45 million | — |
| 1998 | 3.46 million | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 3.48 million | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 3.51 million | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 3.54 million | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 3.60 million | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 3.68 million | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 3.75 million | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 3.80 million | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 3.84 million | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 3.87 million | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 3.92 million | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 3.98 million | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 4.05 million | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 4.15 million | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 4.28 million | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 4.41 million | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 4.52 million | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 4.62 million | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 4.73 million | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 4.82 million | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 4.88 million | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 4.88 million | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 4.85 million | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 4.76 million | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 4.68 million | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 4.59 million | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 4.48 million | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.47 million | 3.45 million | 3.48 million | 3 |
| 2000s | 3.75 million | 3.51 million | 3.98 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.53 million | 4.05 million | 4.88 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.67 million | 4.48 million | 4.85 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
More education data for ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 841,950 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2365 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.2143 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 5.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.32 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood education, female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- School age population, early childhood education, female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) was 4.48 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood education, female recorded in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.88 million in 2019.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood education, female recorded in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.45 million in 1997.
- How does ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) rank for school age population, early childhood education, female?
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) ranks 155th out of 194 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, early childhood education, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 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