What is the difference in school age population, primary education, female between Greece and Portugal?

26,519 number, with Greece ahead.

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

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

Where does this data come from?

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

Greece vs Portugal: School age population, primary education, female

Greece

299,366 number

in 2020

Portugal

272,847 number

in 2020

Greece rank

102nd

Portugal rank

105th

School age population, primary education, female over time

Greece
Portugal

How they compare

Greece currently reports 299,366 number against 272,847 number in Portugal, a difference of 26,519 number.

That makes Greece's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Portugal ahead.

Greece ranks 102nd and Portugal ranks 105th of 206 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 4 and Portugal in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greece	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1970s	435,246 number	495,186 number	59,939 number	Portugal
1980s	435,512 number	486,764 number	51,252 number	Portugal
1990s	376,422 number	372,106 number	4,316 number	Greece
2000s	323,208 number	315,790 number	7,418 number	Greece
2010s	314,938 number	301,447 number	13,491 number	Greece
2020s	299,366 number	272,847 number	26,519 number	Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, primary education, female, Greece or Portugal?: Greece, at 299,366 number against 272,847 number in Portugal as of 2020.
What is the difference in school age population, primary education, female between Greece and Portugal?: 26,519 number, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Portugal?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.
How do Greece and Portugal rank globally for school age population, primary education, female?: Greece ranks 102nd and Portugal ranks 105th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, primary education, female (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: 21 August 2026

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.