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Population of compulsory school age, female in Iraq

Iraq: Population of compulsory school age, female was 2.78 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
2.78 million number
Change on year
up 2.6%
World rank
40th
of 186 countries
All-time high
2.78 million number
in 2019
All-time low
1.74 million number
in 1998
Years of data
22
1998–2019

Population of compulsory school age, female in Iraq, 1998–2019

01.0M2.0M3.0M1998200820191998: 1.7M number1999: 1.8M number2000: 1.8M number2001: 1.9M number2002: 1.9M number2003: 2.0M number2004: 2.0M number2005: 2.1M number2006: 2.1M number2007: 2.2M number2008: 2.2M number2009: 2.3M number2010: 2.3M number2011: 2.4M number2012: 2.4M number2013: 2.4M number2014: 2.5M number2015: 2.5M number2016: 2.6M number2017: 2.6M number2018: 2.7M number2019: 2.8M number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Iraq recorded 2.78 million number for population of compulsory school age, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 22.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population of compulsory school age, female in Iraq peaked at 2.78 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.74 million number, in 1998.

That places Iraq 40th out of 186 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.76 million number 1.74 million number 1.78 million number 2
2000s 2.04 million number 1.82 million number 2.26 million number 10
2010s 2.52 million number 2.31 million number 2.78 million number 10

Countries ranked near Iraq

  1. 37 Yemen 3.15 million number compare
  2. 38 Angola 2.85 million number compare
  3. 39 Nepal 2.83 million number compare
  4. 41 Morocco 2.76 million number compare
  5. 42 Burkina Faso 2.64 million number compare
  6. 43 Saudi Arabia 2.38 million number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population of compulsory school age, female in Iraq?
Population of compulsory school age, female in Iraq was 2.78 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population of compulsory school age, female recorded in Iraq?
The highest recorded value was 2.78 million number in 2019.
What is the lowest population of compulsory school age, female recorded in Iraq?
The lowest recorded value was 1.74 million number in 1998.
How does Iraq rank for population of compulsory school age, female?
Iraq ranks 40th out of 186 countries with data for 2019.
Is population of compulsory school age, female rising or falling in Iraq?
Over the last ten years it is up 22.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iraq data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population of compulsory school age, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Population of compulsory school age, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
231 places, 4,849 data points, 1975–2020
Last refreshed

Population of female children within the age span that children are legally obliged to attend school.