School age population, lower secondary education, male in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204): School age population, lower secondary education, male was 7.30 million in 2024. ▼ Falling
School age population, lower secondary education, male in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, school age population, lower secondary education, male in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) stood at 7.30 million.
That represents a change of up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, lower secondary education, male in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) peaked at 8.09 million in 2002 and was at its lowest, 7.14 million, in 2020.
That places ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 167th out of 221 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.
School age population, lower secondary education, male in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 8.06 million | — |
| 2000 | 8.06 million | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8.08 million | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 8.09 million | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 8.04 million | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 7.96 million | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 7.81 million | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 7.63 million | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 7.44 million | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 7.37 million | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 7.33 million | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 7.30 million | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 7.28 million | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 7.40 million | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 7.19 million | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 7.18 million | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 7.16 million | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 7.16 million | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7.15 million | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 7.17 million | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 7.21 million | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 7.14 million | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 7.20 million | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 7.23 million | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 7.30 million | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 7.30 million | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.06 million | 8.06 million | 8.06 million | 1 |
| 2000s | 7.78 million | 7.33 million | 8.09 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.22 million | 7.15 million | 7.40 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.23 million | 7.14 million | 7.30 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
More education data for ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 76.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 72.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 13.93 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 24.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 14.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 9.88 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 9.32 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 6.34 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 5.96 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, lower secondary education, male in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- School age population, lower secondary education, male in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) was 7.30 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, lower secondary education, male recorded in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.09 million in 2002.
- What is the lowest school age population, lower secondary education, male recorded in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.14 million in 2020.
- How does ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) rank for school age population, lower secondary education, male?
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) ranks 167th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, lower secondary education, male rising or falling in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, lower secondary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release