School age population, primary education, male in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205): School age population, primary education, male was 420,583 in 2024. ▼ Falling
School age population, primary education, male in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, school age population, primary education, male in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) stood at 420,583. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, male in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) peaked at 596,238 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 420,583, in 2024.
That places ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 216th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 596,238 | 596,238 | 596,238 | 1 |
| 2000s | 551,326 | 515,944 | 589,801 | 10 |
| 2010s | 494,141 | 462,963 | 537,310 | 10 |
| 2020s | 441,078 | 420,583 | 458,404 | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
- 213 Cook Islands 700 compare
- 214 Palau 699 compare
- 215 Tuvalu 689 compare
- 216 Anguilla 530 compare
- 217 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 151 compare
- 218 Montserrat 144 compare
- 219 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 126 compare
More education data for ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 68.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 66.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 708,542 (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 31.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 733,610 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 431,874 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 59,192 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 425,305 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 383,502 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 360,576 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, primary education, male in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- School age population, primary education, male in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) was 420,583 in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, male recorded in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- The highest recorded value was 596,238 in 1999.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, male recorded in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- The lowest recorded value was 420,583 in 2024.
- How does ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) rank for school age population, primary education, male?
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) ranks 216th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, primary education, male rising or falling in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. 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, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release