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

Latest (2024)
420,583
Change on year
down 3.2%
Rank
216th
of 221 groups
All-time high
596,238
in 1999
All-time low
420,583
in 2024
Years of data
26
1999–2024

School age population, primary education, male in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205), 1999–2024

0200.0k400.0k600.0k1999201120241999: 596.2k2000: 589.8k2001: 581.0k2002: 571.2k2003: 562.2k2004: 560.2k2005: 551.4k2006: 537.7k2007: 520.1k2008: 515.9k2009: 523.8k2010: 537.3k2011: 523.2k2012: 513.7k2013: 505.0k2014: 494.6k2015: 485.3k2016: 478.2k2017: 473.6k2018: 467.4k2019: 463.0k2020: 458.4k2021: 451.2k2022: 440.8k2023: 434.3k2024: 420.6k

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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)

  1. 213 Cook Islands 700 compare
  2. 214 Palau 699 compare
  3. 215 Tuvalu 689 compare
  4. 216 Anguilla 530 compare
  5. 217 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 151 compare
  6. 218 Montserrat 144 compare
  7. 219 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 126 compare

See the full ranking of 443 places →

More education data for ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)

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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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Indicator
School age population, primary education, male (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
443 places, 20,724 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release