School age population, early … age male educational development in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428): School age population, early … age male educational development was 6,351 in 2024. ▼ Falling
School age population, early childhood educational development in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), 1996–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) recorded 6,351 for school age population, early childhood educational development in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% 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 6.32 million in 2013 and was at its lowest, 6,351, in 2024.
That places ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 177th out of 187 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
School age population, early … age male educational development in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4.89 million | — |
| 1997 | 4.89 million | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 4.95 million | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 5.01 million | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 5.06 million | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 5.17 million | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 5.27 million | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 5.32 million | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 5.34 million | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 5.37 million | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 5.38 million | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 5.41 million | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 5.55 million | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 5.73 million | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 5.93 million | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 6.10 million | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 6.24 million | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 6.32 million | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 6,921 | -99.9% |
| 2023 | 6,650 | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 6,351 | -4.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School age population, early … age male educational development in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -99.9% | 6.32 million | 6,921 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.93 million | 4.89 million | 5.01 million | 4 |
| 2000s | 5.36 million | 5.06 million | 5.73 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.15 million | 5.93 million | 6.32 million | 4 |
| 2020s | 6,641 | 6,351 | 6,921 | 3 |
More education data for ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 101.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 84.88 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)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 4.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 193.66 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 6,351 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 6.32 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 6,351 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, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release