School age population, primary education, male in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: School age population, primary education, male was 3.27 million number in 2020. ▲ Rising
School age population, primary education, male in Afghanistan, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, primary education, male in Afghanistan is 3.27 million number, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, male in Afghanistan peaked at 3.27 million number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 880,875 number, in 1970.
That places Afghanistan 22nd out of 206 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School age population, primary education, male in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 880,875 number | — |
| 1971 | 909,358 number | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 941,120 number | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 973,951 number | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 1.00 million number | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 1.03 million number | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 1.05 million number | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 1.08 million number | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 1.10 million number | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 1.11 million number | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 1.11 million number | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 1.10 million number | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 1.08 million number | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 1.06 million number | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 1.05 million number | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 1.03 million number | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 1.02 million number | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 1.02 million number | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 1.03 million number | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 1.06 million number | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 1.11 million number | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 1.18 million number | +7.2% |
| 1992 | 1.29 million number | +9.0% |
| 1993 | 1.41 million number | +9.0% |
| 1994 | 1.52 million number | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 1.60 million number | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 1.67 million number | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 1.72 million number | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 1.75 million number | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 1.79 million number | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 1.85 million number | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 1.91 million number | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 1.99 million number | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 2.08 million number | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 2.17 million number | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 2.26 million number | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 2.35 million number | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 2.44 million number | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 2.53 million number | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 2.61 million number | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 2.70 million number | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 2.77 million number | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 2.85 million number | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 2.93 million number | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 3.01 million number | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 3.06 million number | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 3.13 million number | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 3.18 million number | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 3.22 million number | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 3.25 million number | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 3.27 million number | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.01 million number | 880,875 number | 1.11 million number | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.06 million number | 1.02 million number | 1.11 million number | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.50 million number | 1.11 million number | 1.79 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.22 million number | 1.85 million number | 2.61 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.01 million number | 2.70 million number | 3.25 million number | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.27 million number | 3.27 million number | 3.27 million number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More education data for Afghanistan
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 163,167 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 6 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 42.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, primary education, male in Afghanistan?
- School age population, primary education, male in Afghanistan was 3.27 million number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, male recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 3.27 million number in 2020.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, male recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 880,875 number in 1970.
- How does Afghanistan rank for school age population, primary education, male?
- Afghanistan ranks 22nd out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, primary education, male rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan 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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Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.