School age population, pre-primary education, female (number) (age) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): School age population, pre-primary education, female (number) (age) was 11.62 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
School age population, pre-primary education, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) recorded 11.62 million for school age population, pre-primary education, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, pre-primary education, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 11.62 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.51 million, in 1970.
That places ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 123rd 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 ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5.51 million | — |
| 1971 | 5.55 million | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 5.59 million | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 5.65 million | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 5.72 million | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 5.80 million | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 5.89 million | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 6.02 million | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 6.10 million | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 6.17 million | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 6.23 million | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 6.26 million | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 6.25 million | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 6.34 million | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 6.48 million | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 6.64 million | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 6.78 million | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 6.92 million | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 7.08 million | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 7.21 million | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 7.34 million | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 7.44 million | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 7.50 million | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 7.56 million | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 7.60 million | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 7.65 million | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 7.67 million | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 8.14 million | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 11.37 million | +39.6% |
| 1999 | 11.36 million | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 11.36 million | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 11.31 million | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 11.27 million | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 10.91 million | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 10.90 million | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 10.86 million | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 10.87 million | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 10.84 million | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 10.80 million | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 10.78 million | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 10.75 million | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 10.78 million | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 11.15 million | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 11.21 million | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 11.19 million | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 11.16 million | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 11.14 million | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 11.17 million | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 11.28 million | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 11.41 million | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 11.31 million | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 11.35 million | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 11.40 million | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 11.49 million | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 11.62 million | +1.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School age population, pre-primary education, female (number) (age) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +39.6% | 8.14 million | 11.37 million |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.80 million | 5.51 million | 6.17 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.62 million | 6.23 million | 7.21 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.36 million | 7.34 million | 11.37 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.99 million | 10.78 million | 11.36 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.12 million | 10.75 million | 11.41 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.43 million | 11.31 million | 11.62 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
More education data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.1447 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 20.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.1654 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.10 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.65 million (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8137 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 22.06 million (2021)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4483 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, pre-primary education, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- School age population, pre-primary education, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 11.62 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, pre-primary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.62 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest school age population, pre-primary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.51 million in 1970.
- How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for school age population, pre-primary education, female?
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 123rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, pre-primary education, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 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