School age population, early childhood educational development in UNESCO: Sids
UNESCO: Sids: School age population, early childhood educational development was 656,467 in 2024. βΌ Falling
School age population, early childhood educational development in UNESCO: Sids, 1999β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, school age population, early childhood educational development in UNESCO: Sids stood at 656,467. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in UNESCO: Sids peaked at 750,060 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 656,467, in 2024.
That places UNESCO: Sids 145th out of 187 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 749,593 | 749,593 | 749,593 | 1 |
| 2000s | 734,712 | 716,256 | 750,060 | 10 |
| 2010s | 706,992 | 690,535 | 717,027 | 10 |
| 2020s | 670,040 | 656,467 | 683,985 | 5 |
More education data for UNESCO: Sids
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 2.15 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 2.22 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 397,920 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 4.21 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 1.63 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 1.57 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood educational development in UNESCO: Sids?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in UNESCO: Sids was 656,467 in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in UNESCO: Sids?
- The highest recorded value was 750,060 in 2000.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in UNESCO: Sids?
- The lowest recorded value was 656,467 in 2024.
- How does UNESCO: Sids rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- UNESCO: Sids ranks 145th out of 187 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in UNESCO: Sids?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this UNESCO: Sids 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