School age population, early childhood educational development in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): School age population, early childhood educational development was 1.87 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
School age population, early childhood educational development in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, early childhood educational development in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) is 1.87 million, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 1.87 million in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.36 million, in 2012.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 117th out of 187 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
School age population, early childhood educational development in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.36 million | — |
| 2013 | 1.36 million | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.40 million | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 1.46 million | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 1.52 million | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 1.57 million | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 1.63 million | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 1.68 million | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 1.73 million | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 1.78 million | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 1.82 million | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 1.87 million | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 1.87 million | +0.0% |
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 ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.9% (2020)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.2% (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 3.22 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 2.1% (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.35 million (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 514,139 (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 6.59 million (2020)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 4.69 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 4.55 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood educational development in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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 ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.87 million in 2023.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.36 million in 2012.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 117th out of 187 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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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February 2026 Data Release