School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female was 3.59 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) is 3.59 million, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 20.7% on the previous year and down 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 4.53 million in 2023 and was at its lowest, 484,066, in 1997.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 96th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 484,066 | — |
| 1998 | 2.84 million | +487.2% |
| 1999 | 3.31 million | +16.6% |
| 2000 | 3.79 million | +14.4% |
| 2001 | 3.91 million | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 4.07 million | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 3.94 million | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 4.03 million | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 4.08 million | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 4.15 million | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 3.56 million | -14.0% |
| 2008 | 3.13 million | -12.2% |
| 2009 | 3.19 million | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 3.20 million | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 3.20 million | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 3.42 million | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 4.11 million | +19.9% |
| 2014 | 4.06 million | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 4.04 million | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 4.08 million | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 4.16 million | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 4.06 million | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 4.17 million | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 4.30 million | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 4.38 million | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 4.44 million | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 4.53 million | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 3.59 million | -20.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.21 million | 484,066 | 3.31 million | 3 |
| 2000s | 3.79 million | 3.13 million | 4.15 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.85 million | 3.20 million | 4.17 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.25 million | 3.59 million | 4.53 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 16.59 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 17.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.28 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 11.49 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 23.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 11.98 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 3.59 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.53 million in 2023.
- What is the lowest school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 484,066 in 1997.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 96th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release