School age population, early childhood educational development in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: School age population, early childhood educational development was 161,208 in 2025. ▲ Rising
School age population, early childhood educational development in Turkmenistan, 2014–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, early childhood educational development in Turkmenistan is 161,208, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in Turkmenistan peaked at 169,480 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 146,212, in 2014.
Turkmenistan ranks 45th of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
School age population, early childhood educational development in Turkmenistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 146,212 | — |
| 2015 | 152,089 | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 157,509 | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 162,165 | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 165,836 | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 168,334 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 169,480 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 169,117 | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 167,103 | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 164,911 | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 163,458 | -0.9% |
| 2025 | 161,208 | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 158,691 | 146,212 | 168,334 | 6 |
| 2020s | 165,880 | 161,208 | 169,480 | 6 |
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More education data for Turkmenistan
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 24,978 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 95.69 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 95.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood educational development in Turkmenistan?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in Turkmenistan was 161,208 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The highest recorded value was 169,480 in 2020.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 146,212 in 2014.
- How does Turkmenistan rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- Turkmenistan ranks 45th out of 104 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in Turkmenistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkmenistan 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release