Sweden vs Palestine: School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes

Sweden
116,104 number
in 2020
Palestine
122,066 number
in 2019
Sweden rank
102nd
Palestine rank
99th

School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes over time

  • Sweden
  • Palestine
40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k120.0k197019952020

How they compare

Palestine currently reports 122,066 number against 116,104 number in Sweden, a difference of 5,962 number.

That makes Palestine's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sweden ahead.

Sweden ranks 102nd and Palestine ranks 99th of 204 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 4 and Palestine in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sweden Palestine Difference Ahead
1970s 110,646 number 38,424 number 72,222 number Sweden
1980s 112,807 number 50,717 number 62,090 number Sweden
1990s 100,311 number 71,763 number 28,548 number Sweden
2000s 118,248 number 104,814 number 13,434 number Sweden
2010s 101,333 number 112,499 number 11,166 number Palestine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes, Sweden or Palestine?
Palestine, at 122,066 number against 116,104 number in Sweden as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes between Sweden and Palestine?
5,962 number, with Palestine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Palestine?
50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Sweden and Palestine rank globally for school age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes?
Sweden ranks 102nd and Palestine ranks 99th of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes (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

Sweden vs Palestine: School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-last-grade-of-primary-education-both-sexes-number/sweden/west-bank-and-gaza/

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/school-age-population-last-grade-of-primary-education-both-sexes-number/sweden/west-bank-and-gaza/">Sweden vs Palestine: School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
249 places, 12,245 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the last grade of primary school as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.