School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300)
ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300): School age population, one year before the official primary entry was 5.01 million in 2024. ▼ Falling
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) recorded 5.01 million for school age population, one year before the official primary entry in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) peaked at 5.34 million in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.01 million, in 2024.
That places ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 121st out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5.33 million | — |
| 2000 | 5.34 million | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 5.33 million | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 5.31 million | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 5.30 million | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 5.29 million | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 5.28 million | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 5.26 million | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 5.24 million | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 5.23 million | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 5.22 million | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 5.22 million | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5.21 million | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 5.21 million | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 5.17 million | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 5.16 million | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 5.14 million | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 5.09 million | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 5.14 million | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 5.08 million | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 5.07 million | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 5.08 million | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 5.12 million | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 5.04 million | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 5.04 million | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 5.01 million | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.33 million | 5.33 million | 5.33 million | 1 |
| 2000s | 5.28 million | 5.22 million | 5.34 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.15 million | 5.07 million | 5.22 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.06 million | 5.01 million | 5.12 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300)
More education data for ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 31.91 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 13.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 20.91 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 3.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 31.38 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.29 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.69 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300)?
- School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) was 5.01 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 ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.34 million in 2000.
- What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.01 million in 2024.
- How does ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) ranks 121st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 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