School age population, tertiary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): School age population, tertiary education, female was 17.77 million in 2024. β² Rising
School age population, tertiary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) recorded 17.77 million for school age population, tertiary education, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, tertiary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 17.77 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.62 million, in 1970.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 137th 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 | 7.27 million | 6.62 million | 7.87 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.92 million | 8.02 million | 9.74 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.96 million | 9.98 million | 12.12 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.81 million | 12.43 million | 15.06 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.59 million | 15.23 million | 16.21 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.18 million | 16.56 million | 17.77 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.28 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 16.59 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 17.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female 23.71 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 11.98 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 11.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 12.84 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, tertiary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- School age population, tertiary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 17.77 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, tertiary education, female recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 17.77 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest school age population, tertiary education, female recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.62 million in 1970.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for school age population, tertiary education, female?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 137th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, tertiary education, female rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release