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

Iceland, at 16,705 number against 14,950 number in Samoa as of 2020.

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

1,755 number, with Iceland ahead.

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

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 Samoa: School age population, primary education, male

Iceland

16,705 number

in 2020

Samoa

14,950 number

in 2020

Iceland rank

174th

Samoa rank

175th

School age population, primary education, male over time

Iceland
Samoa

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 16,705 number against 14,950 number in Samoa, a difference of 1,755 number.

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

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

Iceland ranks 174th and Samoa ranks 175th of 206 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
1970s	13,681 number	15,618 number	1,937 number	Samoa
1980s	12,874 number	14,509 number	1,635 number	Samoa
1990s	14,994 number	14,246 number	748.1 number	Iceland
2000s	15,871 number	14,874 number	996.9 number	Iceland
2010s	15,778 number	15,053 number	725.3 number	Iceland
2020s	16,705 number	14,950 number	1,755 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 Samoa?: Iceland, at 16,705 number against 14,950 number in Samoa as of 2020.
What is the difference in school age population, primary education, male between Iceland and Samoa?: 1,755 number, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Samoa?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.
How do Iceland and Samoa rank globally for school age population, primary education, male?: Iceland ranks 174th and Samoa ranks 175th 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.