How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Samoa?

51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.

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.

Malta vs Samoa: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male

Malta

2,245 number

in 2020

Samoa

2,576 number

in 2020

Malta rank

177th

Samoa rank

175th

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

Malta
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 2,576 number against 2,245 number in Malta, a difference of 331 number.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 177th and Samoa ranks 175th of 206 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 2 and Samoa in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
1970s	2,658 number	2,685 number	27.5 number	Samoa
1980s	2,913 number	2,439 number	474 number	Malta
1990s	2,829 number	2,475 number	353.3 number	Malta
2000s	2,347 number	2,548 number	200.7 number	Samoa
2010s	2,080 number	2,678 number	597.3 number	Samoa
2020s	2,245 number	2,576 number	331 number	Samoa

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, Malta or Samoa?: Samoa, at 2,576 number against 2,245 number in Malta as of 2020.
What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, male between Malta and Samoa?: 331 number, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Samoa?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.
How do Malta and Samoa rank globally for population of the official entrance age to primary education, male?: Malta ranks 177th and Samoa ranks 175th of 206 countries.
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: 04 September 2026

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.