School age population, one year before the official primary entry in UNESCO: Sids
UNESCO: Sids: School age population, one year before the official primary entry was 1.14 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in UNESCO: Sids, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
UNESCO: Sids recorded 1.14 million for school age population, one year before the official primary entry in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in UNESCO: Sids peaked at 1.15 million in 2021 and was at its lowest, 959,115, in 1984.
That places UNESCO: Sids 194th 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.
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in UNESCO: Sids, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 980,315 | — |
| 1971 | 987,607 | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 989,442 | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 991,312 | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 991,768 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 995,070 | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 997,572 | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 1.01 million | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 1.00 million | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 1.00 million | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 990,520 | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 980,434 | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 971,893 | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 963,068 | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 959,115 | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 960,886 | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 966,322 | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 974,984 | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 1.01 million | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 1.02 million | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 1.04 million | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 1.05 million | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 1.06 million | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 1.08 million | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 1.10 million | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 1.11 million | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 1.11 million | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 1.11 million | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 1.10 million | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 1.10 million | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 1.09 million | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.09 million | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1.10 million | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1.10 million | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 1.10 million | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1.11 million | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.12 million | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 1.11 million | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 1.11 million | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.11 million | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.11 million | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.11 million | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 1.11 million | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1.11 million | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.12 million | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.13 million | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1.14 million | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1.15 million | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1.15 million | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.15 million | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1.15 million | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1.15 million | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1.14 million | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 1.14 million | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1.14 million | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 994,440 | 980,315 | 1.01 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 979,778 | 959,115 | 1.02 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.08 million | 1.04 million | 1.11 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.10 million | 1.09 million | 1.12 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.13 million | 1.11 million | 1.15 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.14 million | 1.14 million | 1.15 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNESCO: Sids
- 191 Seychelles 1,762 compare
- 192 Curaçao 1,506 compare
- 193 Grenada 1,404 compare
- 194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,259 compare
- 195 Antigua and Barbuda 1,108 compare
- 196 Aruba 1,092 compare
- 197 United States Virgin Islands 892 compare
More education data for UNESCO: Sids
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 131,313 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.15 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0307 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 569,310 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 850,086 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.0239 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.42 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, one year before the official primary entry in UNESCO: Sids?
- School age population, one year before the official primary entry in UNESCO: Sids was 1.14 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 UNESCO: Sids?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 million in 2021.
- What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in UNESCO: Sids?
- The lowest recorded value was 959,115 in 1984.
- How does UNESCO: Sids rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?
- UNESCO: Sids ranks 194th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in UNESCO: Sids?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNESCO: Sids 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