School age population, secondary education, male in Somalia
Somalia: School age population, secondary education, male was 1.15 million number in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
1.15 million number
Change on year
up 2.8%
World rank
59th
of 205 countries
All-time high
1.15 million number
in 2020
All-time low
194,450 number
in 1977
Years of data
51
1970–2020
School age population, secondary education, male in Somalia, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2020, school age population, secondary education, male in Somalia stood at 1.15 million number. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 37.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, secondary education, male in Somalia peaked at 1.15 million number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 194,450 number, in 1977.
Somalia ranks 59th 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, male in Somalia, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 219,793 number | — |
| 1971 | 224,256 number | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 225,285 number | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 225,562 number | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 228,226 number | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 237,033 number | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 253,711 number | +7.0% |
| 1977 | 194,450 number | -23.4% |
| 1978 | 220,159 number | +13.2% |
| 1979 | 247,795 number | +12.6% |
| 1980 | 272,840 number | +10.1% |
| 1981 | 425,886 number | +56.1% |
| 1982 | 441,503 number | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 447,780 number | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 448,776 number | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 449,698 number | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 453,376 number | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 457,767 number | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 463,941 number | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 470,720 number | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 476,338 number | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 479,599 number | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 476,467 number | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 472,908 number | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 470,936 number | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 472,082 number | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 477,084 number | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 486,802 number | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 521,551 number | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 521,551 number | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 544,498 number | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 569,826 number | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 594,013 number | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 620,111 number | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 647,620 number | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 675,758 number | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 704,136 number | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 733,861 number | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 765,980 number | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 800,708 number | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 838,781 number | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 879,616 number | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 915,555 number | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 950,682 number | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 984,335 number | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 1.02 million number | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 1.04 million number | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 1.07 million number | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 1.09 million number | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 1.12 million number | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 1.15 million number | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 227,627 number | 194,450 number | 253,711 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 433,229 number | 272,840 number | 470,720 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 485,532 number | 470,936 number | 521,551 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 665,651 number | 544,498 number | 800,708 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 991,208 number | 838,781 number | 1.12 million number | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.15 million number | 1.15 million number | 1.15 million number | 1 |
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More education data for Somalia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2014)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, secondary education, male in Somalia?
- School age population, secondary education, male in Somalia was 1.15 million number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, secondary education, male recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 million number in 2020.
- What is the lowest school age population, secondary education, male recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 194,450 number in 1977.
- How does Somalia rank for school age population, secondary education, male?
- Somalia ranks 59th out of 205 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, secondary education, male rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.6%. 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, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.