School age population, early childhood educational development in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024: School age population, early childhood educational development was 1.08 million in 2024. ▼ Falling
School age population, early childhood educational development in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, early childhood educational development in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 is 1.08 million, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 1.46 million in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.08 million, in 2024.
That places GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 154th out of 187 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
School age population, early childhood educational development in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.14 million | — |
| 2013 | 1.14 million | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.46 million | +28.5% |
| 2015 | 1.41 million | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 1.38 million | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 1.32 million | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 1.24 million | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 1.18 million | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 1.13 million | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 1.09 million | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 1.14 million | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 1.11 million | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 1.08 million | -3.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School age population, early childhood educational development in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +28.5% | 1.14 million | 1.46 million |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.28 million | 1.14 million | 1.46 million | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.11 million | 1.08 million | 1.14 million | 5 |
More education data for GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 352,674 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 29.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood educational development in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 1.08 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 1.46 million in 2014.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.08 million in 2024.
- How does GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 154th out of 187 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release