School age population, early childhood educational development in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428): School age population, early childhood educational development was 5,762 in 2024. βΌ Falling
School age population, early childhood educational development in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), 1996β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) recorded 5,762 for school age population, early childhood educational development in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 99.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) peaked at 6.01 million in 2013 and was at its lowest, 5,762, in 2024.
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 177th of 187 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.62 million | 4.57 million | 4.69 million | 4 |
| 2000s | 5.02 million | 4.74 million | 5.39 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.81 million | 5.58 million | 6.01 million | 4 |
| 2020s | 5,964 | 5,762 | 6,173 | 3 |
More education data for ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 84.88 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 91.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 53.53 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 101.13 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 72.30 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 66.98 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood educational development in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) was 5,762 in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.01 million in 2013.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,762 in 2024.
- How does ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 177th out of 187 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.9%. 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 educational development programmes, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release