What is the difference in enrolment in primary education, female between Greece and Portugal?

11,778 number, with Greece ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Portugal?

44 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Greece vs Portugal: Enrolment in primary education, female

Greece

312,219 number

in 2018

Portugal

300,441 number

in 2018

Greece rank

98th

Portugal rank

101st

Enrolment in primary education, female over time

Greece
Portugal

How they compare

Greece currently reports 312,219 number against 300,441 number in Portugal, a difference of 11,778 number.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Portugal ahead.

Greece ranks 98th and Portugal ranks 101st of 203 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greece	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1970s	443,970 number	573,947 number	129,977 number	Portugal
1980s	428,943 number	589,527 number	160,584 number	Portugal
1990s	354,849 number	444,691 number	89,842 number	Portugal
2000s	313,056 number	367,799 number	54,744 number	Portugal
2010s	310,562 number	323,935 number	13,373 number	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in primary education, female, Greece or Portugal?: Greece, at 312,219 number against 300,441 number in Portugal as of 2018.
What is the difference in enrolment in primary education, female between Greece and Portugal?: 11,778 number, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Portugal?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Greece and Portugal rank globally for enrolment in primary education, female?: Greece ranks 98th and Portugal ranks 101st of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Greece vs Portugal: Enrolment in primary education, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/enrolment-in-primary-education-female-number/greece/portugal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/enrolment-in-primary-education-female-number/greece/portugal/">Greece vs Portugal: Enrolment in primary education, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Enrolment in primary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 9,587 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Total number of female students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions regardless of age.