School age population, last grade of primary education, female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428): School age population, last grade of primary education, female was 16.87 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
16.87 million
Change on year
down 0.3%
Rank
32nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
17.17 million
in 2012
All-time low
15.16 million
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School age population, last grade of primary education, female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) recorded 16.87 million for school age population, last grade of primary education, female in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, last grade of primary education, female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) peaked at 17.17 million in 2012 and was at its lowest, 15.16 million, in 1999.
That places ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 32nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School age population, last grade of primary education, female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 15.16 million | — |
| 2000 | 15.24 million | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 15.52 million | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 15.66 million | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 15.76 million | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 15.85 million | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 15.99 million | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 16.08 million | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 16.18 million | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 16.32 million | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 16.48 million | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 16.64 million | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 17.07 million | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 17.17 million | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 17.16 million | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 17.06 million | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 16.99 million | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 16.92 million | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 16.88 million | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 16.94 million | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 17.00 million | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 17.04 million | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 17.01 million | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 16.98 million | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 16.92 million | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 16.87 million | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.16 million | 15.16 million | 15.16 million | 1 |
| 2000s | 15.91 million | 15.24 million | 16.48 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.98 million | 16.64 million | 17.17 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.96 million | 16.87 million | 17.04 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
More education data for ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 26.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 25.27 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 7.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 51.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 53.53 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, last grade of primary education, female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- School age population, last grade of primary education, female in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) was 16.87 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, last grade of primary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The highest recorded value was 17.17 million in 2012.
- What is the lowest school age population, last grade of primary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.16 million in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) rank for school age population, last grade of primary education, female?
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 32nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, last grade of primary education, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, last grade of primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release