School age population, pre-primary education, female (number) (age) in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): School age population, pre-primary education, female (number) (age) was 10.06 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
School age population, pre-primary education, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, pre-primary education, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) is 10.06 million, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, pre-primary education, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 10.06 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.89 million, in 1970.
That places ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 142nd 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 55 years of available data.
School age population, pre-primary education, female (number) (age) in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.89 million | — |
| 1971 | 3.99 million | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 4.10 million | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 4.22 million | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 4.35 million | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 4.50 million | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 4.66 million | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 4.90 million | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 4.99 million | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 5.19 million | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 5.38 million | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 5.68 million | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 5.89 million | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 6.09 million | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 6.25 million | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 6.40 million | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 6.56 million | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 6.73 million | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 6.90 million | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 7.04 million | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 7.17 million | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 7.31 million | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 7.48 million | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 7.67 million | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 8.20 million | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 8.40 million | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 8.62 million | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 8.85 million | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 9.13 million | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 5.50 million | -39.7% |
| 2000 | 5.65 million | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 5.82 million | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 5.99 million | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 6.16 million | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 6.36 million | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 6.58 million | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 6.81 million | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 7.04 million | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 7.27 million | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 7.53 million | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 7.81 million | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 8.07 million | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 8.32 million | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 8.57 million | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 8.83 million | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 9.07 million | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 9.31 million | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 9.18 million | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 9.35 million | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 9.52 million | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 9.69 million | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 9.82 million | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 9.92 million | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 10.00 million | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 10.06 million | +0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School age population, pre-primary education, female (number) (age) in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | -39.7% | 9.13 million | 5.50 million |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.48 million | 3.89 million | 5.19 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.29 million | 5.38 million | 7.04 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.83 million | 5.50 million | 9.13 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.52 million | 5.65 million | 7.53 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.80 million | 7.81 million | 9.52 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.90 million | 9.69 million | 10.06 million | 5 |
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More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 27.45 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3305 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 24.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7207 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2.27 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, pre-primary education, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- School age population, pre-primary education, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 10.06 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, pre-primary education, female recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 10.06 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest school age population, pre-primary education, female recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.89 million in 1970.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for school age population, pre-primary education, female?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 142nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, pre-primary education, female rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, pre-primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release