School age population, primary education, female (number) (population) in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205): School age population, primary education, female (number) (population) was 394,040 in 2024. ▼ Falling
School age population, primary education, female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, school age population, primary education, female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) stood at 394,040. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) peaked at 567,254 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 394,040, in 2024.
ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) ranks 216th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
School age population, primary education, female (number) (population) in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 567,254 | — |
| 2000 | 560,525 | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 551,152 | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 542,346 | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 533,548 | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 529,816 | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 521,089 | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 507,224 | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 490,292 | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 485,803 | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 492,835 | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 503,922 | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 489,144 | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 479,374 | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 471,927 | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 461,127 | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 452,812 | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 446,289 | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 441,967 | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 438,289 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 435,401 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 431,691 | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 425,880 | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 417,265 | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 412,116 | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 394,040 | -4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 567,254 | 567,254 | 567,254 | 1 |
| 2000s | 521,463 | 485,803 | 560,525 | 10 |
| 2010s | 462,025 | 435,401 | 503,922 | 10 |
| 2020s | 416,198 | 394,040 | 431,691 | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
- 213 Cook Islands 639 compare
- 214 Tuvalu 630 compare
- 215 Palau 616 compare
- 216 Anguilla 507 compare
- 217 Montserrat 176 compare
- 218 Saint Helena 146 compare
- 219 Tokelau 135 compare
More education data for ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.7617 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 708,542 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 733,610 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 431,874 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.5197 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 681,953 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,535 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.4575 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, primary education, female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- School age population, primary education, female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) was 394,040 in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, female recorded in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- The highest recorded value was 567,254 in 1999.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, female recorded in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- The lowest recorded value was 394,040 in 2024.
- How does ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) rank for school age population, primary education, female?
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) ranks 216th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, primary education, female rising or falling in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release