School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both was 1.13 million in 2024. ▼ Falling
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 1.13 million for school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both in 2024.
That represents a change of down 48.6% on the previous year and up 47.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 2.20 million in 2023 and was at its lowest, 724,809, in 2015.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 185th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 725,618 | — |
| 2000 | 1.51 million | +108.0% |
| 2001 | 1.56 million | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 1.62 million | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 1.24 million | -23.2% |
| 2004 | 1.29 million | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 1.34 million | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 1.38 million | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 1.46 million | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 963,113 | -34.0% |
| 2009 | 931,954 | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 924,580 | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 918,740 | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 909,900 | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 866,754 | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 769,295 | -11.2% |
| 2015 | 724,809 | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 727,631 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 781,176 | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 827,012 | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 916,474 | +10.8% |
| 2020 | 989,380 | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 1.03 million | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 1.05 million | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 2.20 million | +110.0% |
| 2024 | 1.13 million | -48.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 725,618 | 725,618 | 725,618 | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.33 million | 931,954 | 1.62 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 836,637 | 724,809 | 924,580 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.28 million | 989,380 | 2.20 million | 5 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 1.13 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.20 million in 2023.
- What is the lowest school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 724,809 in 2015.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 185th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release