School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502)
ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502): School age population, one year before the official primary entry was 443,563 in 2023. ▲ Rising
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502), 2010–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) recorded 443,563 for school age population, one year before the official primary entry in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 26.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) peaked at 443,563 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 323,912, in 2010.
That places ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 198th out of 221 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 323,912 | — |
| 2011 | 328,693 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 340,366 | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 351,354 | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 365,996 | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 382,051 | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 393,128 | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 407,575 | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 412,763 | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 420,870 | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 435,963 | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 433,548 | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 439,003 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 443,563 | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 372,671 | 323,912 | 420,870 | 10 |
| 2020s | 438,019 | 433,548 | 443,563 | 4 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502)
- 195 Antigua and Barbuda 546 compare
- 196 Aruba 535 compare
- 197 American Samoa 431 compare
- 198 United States Virgin Islands 429 compare
- 199 Marshall Islands 411 compare
- 200 Cayman Islands 397 compare
- 201 Dominica 360 compare
More education data for ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.5138 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 895,823 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -6.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 18.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.34 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 126,525 (2024)
All data for ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502)?
- School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) was 443,563 in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502)?
- The highest recorded value was 443,563 in 2023.
- What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502)?
- The lowest recorded value was 323,912 in 2010.
- How does ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) ranks 198th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 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