School age population, lower secondary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428): School age population, lower secondary education, male was 55.25 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
55.25 million
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
32nd
of 221 groups
All-time high
55.66 million
in 2014
All-time low
47.91 million
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School age population, lower secondary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, school age population, lower secondary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) stood at 55.25 million.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, lower secondary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) peaked at 55.66 million in 2014 and was at its lowest, 47.91 million, in 1999.
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 32nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School age population, lower secondary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 47.91 million | — |
| 2000 | 48.16 million | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 49.04 million | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 49.52 million | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 50.08 million | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 50.59 million | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 51.07 million | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 51.59 million | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 52.11 million | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 52.55 million | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 53.00 million | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 53.47 million | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 54.36 million | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 54.92 million | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 55.39 million | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 55.66 million | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 55.64 million | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 55.44 million | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 55.13 million | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 54.88 million | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 54.86 million | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 55.06 million | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 55.41 million | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 55.45 million | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 55.37 million | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 55.25 million | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.91 million | 47.91 million | 47.91 million | 1 |
| 2000s | 50.77 million | 48.16 million | 53.00 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.97 million | 53.47 million | 55.66 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.31 million | 55.06 million | 55.45 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
- 29 Afghanistan 1.60 million compare
- 30 Madagascar 1.52 million compare
- 31 Angola 1.44 million compare
- 32 Cameroon 1.40 million compare
- 33 Yemen 1.40 million compare
- 34 Niger 1.39 million compare
- 35 Côte d'Ivoire 1.38 million compare
More education data for ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.43 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 84.88 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 91.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 53.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female 92.53 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 72.30 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 66.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 51.70 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, lower secondary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- School age population, lower secondary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) was 55.25 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, lower secondary education, male recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The highest recorded value was 55.66 million in 2014.
- What is the lowest school age population, lower secondary education, male recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.91 million in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) rank for school age population, lower secondary education, male?
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 32nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, lower secondary education, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. 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, lower secondary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release