Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male in Eswatini

Eswatini: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male was 14,240 number in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
14,240 number
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
147th
of 206 countries
All-time high
15,167 number
in 2015
All-time low
6,748 number
in 1970
Years of data
51
1970–2020

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male in Eswatini, 1970–2020

05.0k10.0k15.0k197019952020

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

The most recent figure for population of the official entrance age to primary education, male in Eswatini is 14,240 number, measured in 2020.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population of the official entrance age to primary education, male in Eswatini peaked at 15,167 number in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6,748 number, in 1970.

Eswatini ranks 147th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male in Eswatini, year by year

Annual values for Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male (number) in Eswatini, 1970 to 2020.
Year number Change
1970 6,748 number
1971 7,015 number +4.0%
1972 7,291 number +3.9%
1973 7,573 number +3.9%
1974 7,863 number +3.8%
1975 8,158 number +3.8%
1976 8,526 number +4.5%
1977 8,945 number +4.9%
1978 9,386 number +4.9%
1979 9,813 number +4.5%
1980 10,190 number +3.8%
1981 10,612 number +4.1%
1982 10,997 number +3.6%
1983 11,359 number +3.3%
1984 11,722 number +3.2%
1985 12,108 number +3.3%
1986 12,545 number +3.6%
1987 13,069 number +4.2%
1988 13,607 number +4.1%
1989 14,076 number +3.4%
1990 14,385 number +2.2%
1991 14,617 number +1.6%
1992 14,642 number +0.2%
1993 14,538 number -0.7%
1994 14,384 number -1.1%
1995 14,282 number -0.7%
1996 14,361 number +0.6%
1997 14,535 number +1.2%
1998 14,723 number +1.3%
1999 14,830 number +0.7%
2000 14,754 number -0.5%
2001 14,765 number +0.1%
2002 14,620 number -1.0%
2003 14,375 number -1.7%
2004 14,085 number -2.0%
2005 13,815 number -1.9%
2006 13,733 number -0.6%
2007 13,743 number +0.1%
2008 13,815 number +0.5%
2009 13,912 number +0.7%
2010 13,985 number +0.5%
2011 14,108 number +0.9%
2012 14,387 number +2.0%
2013 14,730 number +2.4%
2014 15,031 number +2.0%
2015 15,167 number +0.9%
2016 15,163 number -0.0%
2017 14,993 number -1.1%
2018 14,730 number -1.8%
2019 14,446 number -1.9%
2020 14,240 number -1.4%

Eswatini compared with similar countries

  • Eswatini's 14,240 number is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 120,878 number, 12% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Eswatini's 14,240 number is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 181,214 number, 8% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 8,132 number 6,748 number 9,813 number 10
1980s 12,028 number 10,190 number 14,076 number 10
1990s 14,530 number 14,282 number 14,830 number 10
2000s 14,162 number 13,733 number 14,765 number 10
2010s 14,674 number 13,985 number 15,167 number 10
2020s 14,240 number 14,240 number 14,240 number 1

Countries ranked near Eswatini

  1. 144 Puerto Rico 16,210 number compare
  2. 145 Timor-Leste 15,628 number compare
  3. 146 Lithuania 14,893 number compare
  4. 148 Qatar 13,953 number compare
  5. 149 North Macedonia 12,009 number compare
  6. 150 Bahrain 11,728 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population of the official entrance age to primary education, male in Eswatini?
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male in Eswatini was 14,240 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population of the official entrance age to primary education, male recorded in Eswatini?
The highest recorded value was 15,167 number in 2015.
What is the lowest population of the official entrance age to primary education, male recorded in Eswatini?
The lowest recorded value was 6,748 number in 1970.
How does Eswatini rank for population of the official entrance age to primary education, male?
Eswatini ranks 147th out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
Is population of the official entrance age to primary education, male rising or falling in Eswatini?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eswatini data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Population of the official entrance age to 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
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Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the official entrance age to primary education. The official entrance age is the age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, study full-time throughout and progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. The theoretical entrance age to a given programme or level is typically, but not always, the most common entrance age.