Education in Lankaran, Azerbaijan: official figures
The Lankaran economic region had 555 general schools at the start of the 2023/24 school year, teaching 125,875 pupils, an average of 227 per school.
More figures
- There were 134 school pupils for every 1,000 residents of the Lankaran economic region in 2023/24, 4th lowest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 167). Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
- The Lankaran economic region taught 7.4% of Azerbaijan's 1,704,217 school pupils in 2023/24 in 12.6% of its schools. Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
- The largest school population in the Lankaran economic region in 2023/24 was in Jalilabad, with 34,247 pupils in 127 schools. Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
- Schools in the Lankaran economic region averaged 227 pupils each in 2023/24, against 385 for Azerbaijan and 1,396 in Baku. Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
How Lankaran compares with other first-level divisions
School pupils per 1,000 residents, 2023/24 (2023/24)
Lankaran ranks 7 of 10, highest first.
| Rank | Region | School pupils per 1,000 residents, 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Aran | 152 |
| 5 | Ganja-Gazakh | 151 |
| 6 | Shaki-Zaqatala | 143 |
| 7 | Lankaran | 134 |
| 8 | Yukhari Garabakh | 129 |
| 9 | Daghlig Shirvan | 127 |
| 10 | Nakhchivan | 112 |
Pupils per general school, 2023/24 (2023/24)
Lankaran ranks 6 of 10, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Pupils per general school, 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Ganja-Gazakh | 330 |
| 4 | Nakhchivan | 246 |
| 5 | Shaki-Zaqatala | 244 |
| 6 | Lankaran | 227 |
| 7 | Guba-Khachmaz | 215 |
| 8 | Yukhari Garabakh | 192 |
| 9 | Daghlig Shirvan | 172 |
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Sources
- State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan: Statistical Yearbook of Azerbaijan 2024: tables by economic region and administrative-territorial unit (population, employment, incomes, wages, schools, health, hotels, crime, services and municipal budgets), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 2931ccb66876…)
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