School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412): School age population, one year before the official primary entry was 3.89 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) recorded 3.89 million for school age population, one year before the official primary entry in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) peaked at 3.92 million in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.24 million, in 1970.
That places ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 175th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.33 million | 2.24 million | 2.49 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.57 million | 2.49 million | 2.71 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.04 million | 2.77 million | 3.22 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.12 million | 3.04 million | 3.23 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.42 million | 3.08 million | 3.74 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.88 million | 3.82 million | 3.92 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
- 172 French Guiana 6,655 compare
- 173 Maldives 6,390 compare
- 174 Brunei Darussalam 6,303 compare
- 175 Sao Tome and Principe 5,983 compare
- 176 Macau (China) 5,800 compare
- 177 Samoa 5,658 compare
- 178 Iceland 4,731 compare
More education data for ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 731,983 (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 8.95 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 10.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.77 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female 8.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 4.55 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 4.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 4.58 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) was 3.89 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.92 million in 2022.
- What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.24 million in 1970.
- How does ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) ranks 175th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release