Which has higher school age population, primary education, male, Iceland or Malta?

Iceland, at 16,705 number against 13,164 number in Malta as of 2020.

What is the difference in school age population, primary education, male between Iceland and Malta?

3,541 number, with Iceland ahead.

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

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, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iceland vs Malta: School age population, primary education, male

Iceland

16,705 number

in 2020

Malta

13,164 number

in 2020

Iceland rank

174th

Malta rank

177th

School age population, primary education, male over time

Iceland
Malta

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 16,705 number against 13,164 number in Malta, a difference of 3,541 number.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.3 times Malta's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Malta ahead.

Iceland ranks 174th and Malta ranks 177th of 206 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 3 and Malta in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1970s	13,681 number	17,082 number	3,401 number	Malta
1980s	12,874 number	16,914 number	4,040 number	Malta
1990s	14,994 number	17,433 number	2,439 number	Malta
2000s	15,871 number	15,086 number	785.3 number	Iceland
2010s	15,778 number	12,422 number	3,356 number	Iceland
2020s	16,705 number	13,164 number	3,541 number	Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, primary education, male, Iceland or Malta?: Iceland, at 16,705 number against 13,164 number in Malta as of 2020.
What is the difference in school age population, primary education, male between Iceland and Malta?: 3,541 number, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Malta?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.
How do Iceland and Malta rank globally for school age population, primary education, male?: Iceland ranks 174th and Malta ranks 177th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, primary education, male (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, 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: 21 August 2026

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