School age population, early childhood education, male (number) (age) in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428): School age population, early childhood education, male (number) (age) was 47.40 million in 2024. ▼ Falling
School age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, school age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) stood at 47.40 million. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) peaked at 56.94 million in 2013 and was at its lowest, 47.40 million, in 2024.
That places ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 56th out of 194 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
School age population, early childhood education, male (number) (age) in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 54.14 million | — |
| 2000 | 54.32 million | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 55.26 million | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 55.66 million | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 55.76 million | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 56.25 million | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 56.66 million | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 56.84 million | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 56.79 million | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 56.62 million | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 56.40 million | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 56.44 million | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 56.75 million | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 56.85 million | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 56.94 million | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 50.53 million | -11.3% |
| 2015 | 50.31 million | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 49.95 million | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 49.43 million | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 48.94 million | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 48.56 million | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 48.28 million | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 48.16 million | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 47.88 million | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 47.62 million | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 47.40 million | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54.14 million | 54.14 million | 54.14 million | 1 |
| 2000s | 56.06 million | 54.32 million | 56.84 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.47 million | 48.56 million | 56.94 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.87 million | 47.40 million | 48.28 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
More education data for ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 4.00 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.6662 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 175.95 million (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.63 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 101.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 193.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 4.24 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- School age population, early childhood education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) was 47.40 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood education, male recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The highest recorded value was 56.94 million in 2013.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood education, male recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.40 million in 2024.
- How does ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) rank for school age population, early childhood education, male?
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 56th out of 194 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, early childhood education, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 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