School age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): School age population, early childhood education, male was 28.53 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
28.53 million
Change on year
down 0.6%
Rank
74th
of 194 groups
All-time high
30.28 million
in 2013
All-time low
26.46 million
in 2004
Years of data
21
2004–2024
School age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) recorded 28.53 million for school age population, early childhood education, male in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 30.28 million in 2013 and was at its lowest, 26.46 million, in 2004.
That places ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 74th out of 194 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
School age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 26.46 million | — |
| 2005 | 26.53 million | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 26.54 million | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 26.63 million | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 27.05 million | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 27.18 million | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 27.31 million | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 27.41 million | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 28.68 million | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 30.28 million | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 30.26 million | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 30.25 million | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 30.19 million | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 30.11 million | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 30.04 million | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 29.95 million | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 29.76 million | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 29.39 million | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 28.96 million | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 28.72 million | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 28.53 million | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.73 million | 26.46 million | 27.18 million | 6 |
| 2010s | 29.45 million | 27.31 million | 30.28 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.07 million | 28.53 million | 29.76 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- 71 Nepal 560,528 compare
- 72 Tajikistan 544,196 compare
- 73 Rwanda 510,131 compare
- 74 Algeria 503,831 compare
- 75 Papua New Guinea 503,334 compare
- 76 Mauritania 494,309 compare
- 77 Kyrgyzstan 485,203 compare
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5652 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4451 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 63.30 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- School age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 28.53 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood education, male recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 30.28 million in 2013.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood education, male recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.46 million in 2004.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for school age population, early childhood education, male?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 74th out of 194 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, early childhood education, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 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