School age population, early childhood educational development in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: School age population, early childhood educational development was 1.87 million in 2024. β² Rising
School age population, early childhood educational development in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 2012β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries recorded 1.87 million for school age population, early childhood educational development in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 1.87 million in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.36 million, in 2012.
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 117th of 187 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.50 million | 1.36 million | 1.68 million | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.81 million | 1.73 million | 1.87 million | 5 |
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 5.17 million (2020)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 98.4% (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 2.42 million (2020)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 1.1% (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.75 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.25 million (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 376,949 (2020)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 3.74 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 7.60 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 3.85 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood educational development in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 1.87 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 1.87 million in 2023.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.36 million in 2012.
- How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 117th out of 187 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release