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

Samoa, at 14,950 number against 13,164 number in Malta as of 2020.

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

1,786 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.

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.

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

Malta

13,164 number

in 2020

Samoa

14,950 number

in 2020

Malta rank

177th

Samoa rank

175th

School age population, primary education, male over time

Malta
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 14,950 number against 13,164 number in Malta, a difference of 1,786 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 4 and Samoa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
1970s	17,082 number	15,618 number	1,464 number	Malta
1980s	16,914 number	14,509 number	2,405 number	Malta
1990s	17,433 number	14,246 number	3,188 number	Malta
2000s	15,086 number	14,874 number	211.6 number	Malta
2010s	12,422 number	15,053 number	2,631 number	Samoa
2020s	13,164 number	14,950 number	1,786 number	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, primary education, male, Malta or Samoa?: Samoa, at 14,950 number against 13,164 number in Malta as of 2020.
What is the difference in school age population, primary education, male between Malta and Samoa?: 1,786 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 school age population, 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 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.