School age population, early childhood education, male (number) (age) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): School age population, early childhood education, male (number) (age) was 15.34 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
School age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, school age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) stood at 15.34 million. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 15.34 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.28 million, in 1997.
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 119th of 194 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
School age population, early childhood education, male (number) (age) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 11.28 million | — |
| 1998 | 14.57 million | +29.2% |
| 1999 | 14.50 million | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 14.44 million | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 14.38 million | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 14.35 million | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 13.99 million | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 14.17 million | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 14.14 million | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 14.16 million | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 14.13 million | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 14.10 million | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 14.08 million | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 14.07 million | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 14.11 million | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 14.52 million | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 14.60 million | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 14.75 million | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 14.76 million | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 14.78 million | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 14.85 million | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 15.03 million | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 15.17 million | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 15.07 million | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 15.14 million | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 15.19 million | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 15.24 million | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 15.34 million | +0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School age population, early childhood education, male (number) (age) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +29.2% | 11.28 million | 14.57 million |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.45 million | 11.28 million | 14.57 million | 3 |
| 2000s | 14.19 million | 13.99 million | 14.44 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.66 million | 14.07 million | 15.17 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.20 million | 15.07 million | 15.34 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- 116 Costa Rica 162,630 compare
- 117 New Zealand 154,130 compare
- 118 Equatorial Guinea 151,940 compare
- 119 Finland 150,898 compare
- 120 Ireland 149,260 compare
- 121 Palestine 146,333 compare
- 122 Mongolia 144,540 compare
More education data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.93 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4483 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 20.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.1654 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.65 million (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8137 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.1447 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 10.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2020)
All data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- School age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 15.34 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood education, male recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The highest recorded value was 15.34 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood education, male recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.28 million in 1997.
- How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for school age population, early childhood education, male?
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 119th out of 194 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, early childhood education, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, early childhood education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release