School age population, primary education, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): School age population, primary education, male was 29.99 million in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
29.99 million
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
120th
of 221 groups
All-time high
31.16 million
in 1997
All-time low
29.99 million
in 2024
Years of data
32
1993–2024
School age population, primary education, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 1993–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) recorded 29.99 million for school age population, primary education, male in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 31.16 million in 1997 and was at its lowest, 29.99 million, in 2024.
That places ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 120th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
School age population, primary education, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 30.48 million | — |
| 1994 | 30.63 million | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 30.76 million | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 30.89 million | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 31.16 million | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 30.74 million | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 30.83 million | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 30.91 million | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 31.01 million | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 31.07 million | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 31.10 million | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 31.08 million | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 31.05 million | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 31.00 million | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 30.93 million | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 30.86 million | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 30.80 million | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 30.78 million | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 30.73 million | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 30.69 million | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 30.53 million | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 30.40 million | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 30.35 million | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 30.30 million | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 30.28 million | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 30.28 million | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 30.21 million | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 30.09 million | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 30.15 million | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 30.16 million | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 30.04 million | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 29.99 million | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.79 million | 30.48 million | 31.16 million | 7 |
| 2000s | 30.98 million | 30.80 million | 31.10 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.46 million | 30.21 million | 30.78 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.09 million | 29.99 million | 30.16 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 31.91 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 13.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 20.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 31.38 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.29 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 31.11 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, primary education, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- School age population, primary education, male in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 29.99 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, male recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 31.16 million in 1997.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, male recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.99 million in 2024.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for school age population, primary education, male?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 120th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, primary education, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 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