School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) is 5.01 million, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 5.34 million in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.01 million, in 2024.
That places ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 13.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 740,763 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6877 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.01 million in 2024.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 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