School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205): School age population, one year before the official primary entry was 86,782 in 2024. ▼ Falling
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) recorded 86,782 for school age population, one year before the official primary entry in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) peaked at 133,412 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 86,782, in 2024.
ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) ranks 215th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 133,412 | — |
| 2000 | 132,513 | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 131,959 | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 133,376 | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 131,092 | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 125,660 | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 120,685 | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 116,475 | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 116,296 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 111,068 | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 112,674 | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 109,690 | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 104,072 | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 102,419 | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 99,846 | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 99,170 | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 99,773 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 100,133 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 96,496 | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 95,704 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 96,621 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 94,272 | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 92,763 | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 90,490 | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 89,037 | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 86,782 | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 133,412 | 133,412 | 133,412 | 1 |
| 2000s | 123,180 | 111,068 | 133,376 | 10 |
| 2010s | 100,392 | 95,704 | 109,690 | 10 |
| 2020s | 90,669 | 86,782 | 94,272 | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
- 212 San Marino 123 compare
- 213 Tuvalu 101 compare
- 214 Palau 96 compare
- 215 Cook Islands 93 compare
- 216 Anguilla 63 compare
- 217 Montserrat 28 compare
- 218 Tokelau 23 compare
More education data for ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 59,192 (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 66.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 708,542 (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 31.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 733,610 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 431,874 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female 399,497 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 383,502 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 360,576 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 681,953 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) was 86,782 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: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- The highest recorded value was 133,412 in 1999.
- What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- The lowest recorded value was 86,782 in 2024.
- How does ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) ranks 215th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 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