What is the highest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024?

The highest recorded value was 36.96 million in 2023.

What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024?

The lowest recorded value was 11.86 million in 1970.

How does GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?

GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 ranks 27th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.

Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024?

Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

School age population, one year before the official primary entry in GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024

Name: School age population, one year before the official primary entry in GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024
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GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024: School age population, one year before the official primary entry was 36.84 million in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

36.84 million

Change on year

down 0.3%

Rank

27th

of 221 groups

All-time high

36.96 million

in 2023

All-time low

11.86 million

in 1970

Years of data

1970–2024

School age population, one year before the official primary entry in GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024, 1970–2024

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

In 2024, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 stood at 36.84 million.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 36.96 million in 2023 and was at its lowest, 11.86 million, in 1970.

That places GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 27th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.

School age population, one year before the official primary entry in GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024, year by year

Annual values for School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, both sexes (number) in GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024, 1970 to 2024.
Year	Value	Change
1970	11.86 million	—
1971	12.11 million	+2.1%
1972	12.38 million	+2.2%
1973	12.65 million	+2.2%
1974	12.94 million	+2.3%
1975	13.23 million	+2.2%
1976	13.54 million	+2.3%
1977	13.88 million	+2.5%
1978	14.20 million	+2.3%
1979	14.54 million	+2.4%
1980	14.90 million	+2.5%
1981	15.25 million	+2.4%
1982	15.64 million	+2.6%
1983	16.07 million	+2.7%
1984	16.53 million	+2.9%
1985	17.04 million	+3.1%
1986	17.56 million	+3.0%
1987	18.04 million	+2.7%
1988	18.50 million	+2.5%
1989	18.96 million	+2.5%
1990	19.36 million	+2.1%
1991	19.80 million	+2.3%
1992	20.26 million	+2.3%
1993	20.76 million	+2.5%
1994	21.34 million	+2.8%
1995	21.84 million	+2.3%
1996	22.27 million	+2.0%
1997	22.70 million	+1.9%
1998	23.16 million	+2.0%
1999	23.66 million	+2.2%
2000	24.12 million	+1.9%
2001	24.60 million	+2.0%
2002	25.04 million	+1.8%
2003	25.50 million	+1.8%
2004	26.05 million	+2.2%
2005	26.66 million	+2.3%
2006	27.28 million	+2.3%
2007	27.83 million	+2.0%
2008	28.36 million	+1.9%
2009	28.87 million	+1.8%
2010	29.47 million	+2.1%
2011	30.22 million	+2.5%
2012	31.07 million	+2.8%
2013	31.84 million	+2.5%
2014	32.70 million	+2.7%
2015	33.43 million	+2.2%
2016	33.97 million	+1.6%
2017	34.53 million	+1.6%
2018	35.10 million	+1.6%
2019	35.52 million	+1.2%
2020	35.86 million	+1.0%
2021	36.24 million	+1.0%
2022	36.60 million	+1.0%
2023	36.96 million	+1.0%
2024	36.84 million	-0.3%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	13.13 million	11.86 million	14.54 million	10
1980s	16.85 million	14.90 million	18.96 million	10
1990s	21.51 million	19.36 million	23.66 million	10
2000s	26.43 million	24.12 million	28.87 million	10
2010s	32.79 million	29.47 million	35.52 million	10
2020s	36.50 million	35.86 million	36.96 million	5

Countries ranked near GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024

24 Angola 1.19 million compare
25 South Africa 1.12 million compare
26 Iraq 1.09 million compare
27 Mozambique 1.08 million compare
28 Algeria 987,399 compare
29 Japan 914,706 compare
30 Myanmar 883,892 compare

See the full ranking of 443 places →

More education data for GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024

Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.037 % change on previous year (2024)
Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 54.15 million (2024)
Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 48.36 million (2024)
Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2 % change on previous year (2024)
Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5106 % change on previous year (2024)
Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 102.52 million (2024)
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27.00 million (2024)
Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.19 million (2024)

All data for GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 →

Frequently asked questions

What is school age population, one year before the official primary entry in GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024?: School age population, one year before the official primary entry in GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 was 36.84 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 GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024?: The highest recorded value was 36.96 million in 2023.
What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024?: The lowest recorded value was 11.86 million in 1970.
How does GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?: GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 ranks 27th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024?: Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 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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Indicator: School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, both sexes (number)
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage: 443 places, 20,766 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 September 2026

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