School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204): School age population, one year before the official primary entry was 1.61 million in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
1.61 million
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
180th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.72 million
in 2014
All-time low
1.61 million
in 2023
Years of data
26
1999–2024
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) stood at 1.61 million. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) peaked at 1.72 million in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.61 million, in 2023.
That places ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 180th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1.63 million | — |
| 2000 | 1.63 million | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.62 million | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 1.64 million | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 1.64 million | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.65 million | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1.66 million | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.69 million | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 1.67 million | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 1.65 million | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 1.66 million | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.67 million | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 1.66 million | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 1.68 million | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 1.69 million | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1.72 million | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.69 million | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 1.71 million | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 1.68 million | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 1.66 million | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 1.63 million | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 1.65 million | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 1.64 million | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 1.64 million | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.61 million | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 1.61 million | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.63 million | 1.63 million | 1.63 million | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.65 million | 1.62 million | 1.69 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.68 million | 1.63 million | 1.72 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.63 million | 1.61 million | 1.65 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
- 177 Samoa 2,736 compare
- 178 Iceland 2,318 compare
- 179 Bahamas 2,171 compare
- 180 Malta 2,148 compare
- 181 New Caledonia 2,052 compare
- 182 Guadeloupe 1,992 compare
- 183 Martinique 1,604 compare
More education data for ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 76.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 72.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 13.93 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 24.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 14.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 9.88 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 9.32 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 6.34 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 5.96 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) was 1.61 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 ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.72 million in 2014.
- What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.61 million in 2023.
- How does ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) ranks 180th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 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, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release