School age population, secondary education, female in Somalia
Somalia: School age population, secondary education, female was 1.14 million number in 2020. ▲ Rising
School age population, secondary education, female in Somalia, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, secondary education, female in Somalia is 1.14 million number, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 37.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, secondary education, female in Somalia peaked at 1.14 million number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 193,409 number, in 1977.
Somalia ranks 58th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School age population, secondary education, female in Somalia, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 223,242 number | — |
| 1971 | 227,860 number | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 229,491 number | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 230,572 number | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 233,748 number | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 242,001 number | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 256,585 number | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 193,409 number | -24.6% |
| 1978 | 215,996 number | +11.7% |
| 1979 | 241,117 number | +11.6% |
| 1980 | 265,219 number | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 412,654 number | +55.6% |
| 1982 | 430,557 number | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 440,231 number | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 445,055 number | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 449,403 number | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 455,468 number | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 461,692 number | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 468,791 number | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 475,693 number | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 480,728 number | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 482,892 number | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 479,161 number | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 474,797 number | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 471,940 number | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 472,280 number | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 476,694 number | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 486,207 number | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 520,421 number | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 520,421 number | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 542,843 number | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 567,486 number | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 591,610 number | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 617,624 number | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 645,028 number | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 673,098 number | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 701,501 number | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 731,477 number | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 763,543 number | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 797,792 number | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 834,853 number | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 874,192 number | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 909,399 number | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 943,783 number | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 976,745 number | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 1.01 million number | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 1.03 million number | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 1.06 million number | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 1.09 million number | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 1.11 million number | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 1.14 million number | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 229,402 number | 193,409 number | 256,585 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 430,476 number | 265,219 number | 475,693 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 486,554 number | 471,940 number | 520,421 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 663,200 number | 542,843 number | 797,792 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 983,861 number | 834,853 number | 1.11 million number | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.14 million number | 1.14 million number | 1.14 million number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More education data for Somalia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 12,870 (2007)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 50.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 46.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 20.92 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 20.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, secondary education, female in Somalia?
- School age population, secondary education, female in Somalia was 1.14 million number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, secondary education, female recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.14 million number in 2020.
- What is the lowest school age population, secondary education, female recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 193,409 number in 1977.
- How does Somalia rank for school age population, secondary education, female?
- Somalia ranks 58th out of 205 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, secondary education, female rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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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Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.