What is the highest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?

The highest recorded value was 18.82 million in 1970.

What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?

The lowest recorded value was 13.14 million in 2024.

How does ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 64th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.

Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?

Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)

Name: School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
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ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437): School age population, one year before the official primary entry was 13.14 million in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

13.14 million

Change on year

down 10.7%

Rank

64th

of 221 groups

All-time high

18.82 million

in 1970

All-time low

13.14 million

in 2024

Years of data

1970–2024

School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), 1970–2024

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) recorded 13.14 million for school age population, one year before the official primary entry in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.

That represents a change of down 10.7% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) peaked at 18.82 million in 1970 and was at its lowest, 13.14 million, in 2024.

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 64th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.

School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), year by year

Annual values for School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, male (number) in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), 1970 to 2024.
Year	Value	Change
1970	18.82 million	—
1971	17.44 million	-7.3%
1972	17.57 million	+0.7%
1973	17.31 million	-1.5%
1974	16.65 million	-3.8%
1975	18.64 million	+11.9%
1976	18.43 million	-1.1%
1977	18.82 million	+2.1%
1978	18.13 million	-3.7%
1979	17.75 million	-2.1%
1980	17.43 million	-1.8%
1981	16.56 million	-5.0%
1982	15.50 million	-6.4%
1983	15.08 million	-2.7%
1984	14.36 million	-4.8%
1985	14.42 million	+0.4%
1986	14.94 million	+3.6%
1987	15.26 million	+2.2%
1988	15.72 million	+3.0%
1989	16.69 million	+6.2%
1990	15.46 million	-7.4%
1991	16.11 million	+4.2%
1992	16.69 million	+3.6%
1993	17.62 million	+5.6%
1994	18.41 million	+4.5%
1995	17.93 million	-2.6%
1996	18.36 million	+2.4%
1997	18.80 million	+2.4%
1998	16.15 million	-14.1%
1999	15.38 million	-4.8%
2000	15.00 million	-2.5%
2001	14.72 million	-1.9%
2002	14.48 million	-1.7%
2003	14.13 million	-2.4%
2004	13.61 million	-3.7%
2005	13.44 million	-1.3%
2006	13.78 million	+2.5%
2007	13.30 million	-3.5%
2008	13.19 million	-0.8%
2009	13.19 million	-0.0%
2010	13.38 million	+1.5%
2011	13.47 million	+0.7%
2012	13.69 million	+1.6%
2013	13.94 million	+1.8%
2014	14.35 million	+3.0%
2015	14.56 million	+1.5%
2016	14.53 million	-0.2%
2017	14.55 million	+0.1%
2018	15.45 million	+6.2%
2019	15.02 million	-2.8%
2020	15.22 million	+1.3%
2021	14.50 million	-4.7%
2022	14.87 million	+2.5%
2023	14.71 million	-1.1%
2024	13.14 million	-10.7%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	17.95 million	16.65 million	18.82 million	10
1980s	15.59 million	14.36 million	17.43 million	10
1990s	17.09 million	15.38 million	18.80 million	10
2000s	13.88 million	13.19 million	15.00 million	10
2010s	14.29 million	13.38 million	15.45 million	10
2020s	14.49 million	13.14 million	15.22 million	5

Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)

61 Benin 212,015 compare
62 Poland 208,896 compare
63 Guinea 208,590 compare
64 Canada 208,394 compare
65 Spain 204,039 compare
66 Guatemala 201,350 compare
67 Cambodia 187,972 compare

See the full ranking of 443 places →

More education data for ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)

Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -7.65 % change on previous year (2024)
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 46.19 million (2024)
Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.74 % change on previous year (2024)
Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.45 million (2024)
Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.68 million (2024)
Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.22 million (2024)
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 91.29 million (2024)
Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 76.52 million (2024)
Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.46 % change on previous year (2024)

All data for ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) →

Frequently asked questions

What is school age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?: School age population, one year before the official primary entry in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) was 13.14 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: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?: The highest recorded value was 18.82 million in 1970.
What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?: The lowest recorded value was 13.14 million in 2024.
How does ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?: ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 64th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?: Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 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, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, male (number)
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage: 443 places, 20,763 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 September 2026

February 2026 Data Release