Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs United Kingdom: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
5.09 million number
in 2019
United Kingdom
422,268 number
in 2020
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
31st
United Kingdom rank
29th

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • United Kingdom
02.0M4.0M6.0M197019952020

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 5.09 million number against 422,268 number in United Kingdom, a difference of 4.67 million number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 12.1 times United Kingdom's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st and United Kingdom ranks 29th of 45 groups.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) United Kingdom Difference Ahead
1970s 4.20 million number 462,155 number 3.74 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1980s 4.89 million number 354,467 number 4.54 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 5.38 million number 390,454 number 4.99 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 5.44 million number 365,449 number 5.07 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 5.10 million number 398,455 number 4.70 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population of the official entrance age to primary education, male, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or United Kingdom?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 5.09 million number against 422,268 number in United Kingdom as of 2019.
What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, male between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and United Kingdom?
4.67 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and United Kingdom?
50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and United Kingdom rank globally for population of the official entrance age to primary education, male?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st and United Kingdom ranks 29th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
251 places, 12,277 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the official entrance age to primary education. The official entrance age is the age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, study full-time throughout and progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. The theoretical entrance age to a given programme or level is typically, but not always, the most common entrance age.