School age population, secondary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): School age population, secondary education, female was 29.00 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
School age population, secondary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) recorded 29.00 million for school age population, secondary education, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, secondary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 29.00 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.54 million, in 1970.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 126th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 11.59 million | 10.54 million | 12.79 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.51 million | 13.11 million | 15.72 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.60 million | 16.13 million | 19.38 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.18 million | 19.75 million | 22.27 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.18 million | 22.38 million | 24.76 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.53 million | 26.01 million | 29.00 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)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.58 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, secondary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- School age population, secondary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 29.00 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, secondary education, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 29.00 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest school age population, secondary education, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.54 million in 1970.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for school age population, secondary education, female?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 126th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, secondary education, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.4%. 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, secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release