Education in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan: official figures

The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic had 213 general schools at the start of the 2023/24 school year, teaching 52,422 pupils, an average of 246 per school.

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• There were 112 school pupils for every 1,000 residents of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in 2023/24, the lowest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 167). Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
• The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic taught 3.1% of Azerbaijan's 1,704,217 school pupils in 2023/24 in 4.8% of its schools. Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
• The largest school population in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in 2023/24 was in Nakhchivan city, with 15,758 pupils in 24 schools. Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
• Schools in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic averaged 246 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 Nakhchivan compares with other first-level divisions

School pupils per 1,000 residents, 2023/24 (2023/24)

Nakhchivan ranks 10 of 10, highest first.

Pupils per general school, 2023/24 (2023/24)

Nakhchivan ranks 4 of 10, highest first.

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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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