School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418): School age population, one year before the official primary entry was 669,194 in 2024. ▲ Rising
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418), 1990–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) stood at 669,194.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) peaked at 676,519 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 479,958, in 1990.
That places ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 207th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 479,958 | — |
| 1991 | 482,729 | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 486,607 | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 491,117 | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 495,321 | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 500,344 | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 504,444 | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 506,354 | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 508,876 | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 513,095 | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 518,097 | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 521,226 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 521,941 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 526,898 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 534,357 | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 538,310 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 539,625 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 546,180 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 558,246 | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 571,547 | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 590,515 | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 601,684 | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 617,678 | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 626,924 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 639,270 | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 644,095 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 653,127 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 664,345 | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 664,863 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 669,199 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 676,519 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 668,230 | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 663,981 | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 667,855 | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 669,194 | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 496,884 | 479,958 | 513,095 | 10 |
| 2000s | 537,643 | 518,097 | 571,547 | 10 |
| 2010s | 637,170 | 590,515 | 669,199 | 10 |
| 2020s | 669,156 | 663,981 | 676,519 | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
- 204 Turks and Caicos Islands 533 compare
- 205 Andorra 527 compare
- 206 Gibraltar 454 compare
- 207 Liechtenstein 411 compare
- 208 Monaco 367 compare
- 209 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 361 compare
- 210 British Virgin Islands 327 compare
More education data for ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 77.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 76.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.93 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 22.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 199,452 (2017)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 2.35 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 746,688 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 696,778 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) was 669,194 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: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- The highest recorded value was 676,519 in 2020.
- What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- The lowest recorded value was 479,958 in 1990.
- How does ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) ranks 207th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 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