School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number) in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418): School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number) was 1.86 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418), 1982–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) is 1.86 million, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 42 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) peaked at 1.86 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 922,448, in 1999.
ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) ranks 208th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number) in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 954,749 | — |
| 1983 | 960,954 | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 968,373 | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 967,666 | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 974,581 | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 981,338 | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 987,612 | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 993,877 | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 999,919 | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 1.01 million | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 1.01 million | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 1.02 million | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 1.03 million | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 1.04 million | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 1.05 million | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 1.04 million | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 922,448 | -11.7% |
| 2000 | 928,387 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 928,373 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 929,214 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 937,126 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 943,978 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 944,314 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 947,496 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 960,976 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 980,319 | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 1.01 million | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 1.04 million | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 1.06 million | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 1.70 million | +60.7% |
| 2013 | 1.73 million | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 1.76 million | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.78 million | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 1.81 million | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 1.83 million | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 1.84 million | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.86 million | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 1.86 million | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1.85 million | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 1.85 million | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.85 million | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.86 million | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number) in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +60.7% | 1.06 million | 1.70 million |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 973,644 | 954,749 | 993,877 | 8 |
| 1990s | 1.02 million | 922,448 | 1.05 million | 9 |
| 2000s | 950,912 | 928,373 | 1.01 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.64 million | 1.04 million | 1.86 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.85 million | 1.85 million | 1.86 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
- 205 Gibraltar 923 compare
- 206 United States Virgin Islands 892 compare
- 207 Marshall Islands 851 compare
- 208 Liechtenstein 791 compare
- 209 San Marino 726 compare
- 210 British Virgin Islands 656 compare
- 211 Tuvalu 623 compare
More education data for ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3338 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.35 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3077 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3213 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 626,154 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 158,454 (1993)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 149,781 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.3324 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) was 1.86 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.86 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- The lowest recorded value was 922,448 in 1999.
- How does ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) rank for school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes?
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) ranks 208th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release