School age population, primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): School age population, primary education, male was 31.02 million in 2024. β² Rising
School age population, primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) recorded 31.02 million for school age population, primary education, male in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 31.05 million in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12.70 million, in 1970.
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 114th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14.00 million | 12.70 million | 15.33 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 17.22 million | 15.67 million | 18.86 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.11 million | 18.54 million | 21.20 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.22 million | 21.38 million | 23.09 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.18 million | 23.42 million | 29.33 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.71 million | 29.96 million | 31.05 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 19.75 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 21.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 6.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 28.97 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 14.03 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 13.47 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 14.56 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- School age population, primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 31.02 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 31.05 million in 2022.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.70 million in 1970.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for school age population, primary education, male?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 114th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, primary education, male rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release