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

Uruguay: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male was 24,243 number in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
24,243 number
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
136th
of 206 countries
All-time high
28,670 number
in 1985
All-time low
23,744 number
in 2016
Years of data
51
1970–2020

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

010.0k20.0k30.0k197019952020

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 Uruguay is 24,243 number, measured in 2020.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population of the official entrance age to primary education, male in Uruguay peaked at 28,670 number in 1985 and was at its lowest, 23,744 number, in 2016.

Uruguay ranks 136th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

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

Annual values for Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male (number) in Uruguay, 1970 to 2020.
Year number Change
1970 27,431 number
1971 27,289 number -0.5%
1972 26,839 number -1.6%
1973 26,244 number -2.2%
1974 25,665 number -2.2%
1975 25,292 number -1.5%
1976 25,364 number +0.3%
1977 25,883 number +2.0%
1978 26,642 number +2.9%
1979 27,428 number +3.0%
1980 27,948 number +1.9%
1981 28,297 number +1.2%
1982 28,520 number +0.8%
1983 28,634 number +0.4%
1984 28,666 number +0.1%
1985 28,670 number +0.0%
1986 28,385 number -1.0%
1987 27,818 number -2.0%
1988 27,138 number -2.4%
1989 26,511 number -2.3%
1990 26,145 number -1.4%
1991 26,085 number -0.2%
1992 26,362 number +1.1%
1993 26,835 number +1.8%
1994 27,362 number +2.0%
1995 27,734 number +1.4%
1996 28,046 number +1.1%
1997 28,327 number +1.0%
1998 28,539 number +0.7%
1999 28,648 number +0.4%
2000 28,628 number -0.1%
2001 28,449 number -0.6%
2002 28,062 number -1.4%
2003 27,555 number -1.8%
2004 27,030 number -1.9%
2005 26,605 number -1.6%
2006 26,241 number -1.4%
2007 25,962 number -1.1%
2008 25,733 number -0.9%
2009 25,512 number -0.9%
2010 25,251 number -1.0%
2011 24,946 number -1.2%
2012 24,609 number -1.4%
2013 24,277 number -1.3%
2014 23,991 number -1.2%
2015 23,801 number -0.8%
2016 23,744 number -0.2%
2017 23,823 number +0.3%
2018 23,977 number +0.6%
2019 24,146 number +0.7%
2020 24,243 number +0.4%

Uruguay compared with similar countries

  • Uruguay's 24,243 number is above the median for high income countries, which is 22,784 number, 1.1× the median. (76 countries reporting)
  • Uruguay's 24,243 number is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,926 number, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 26,408 number 25,292 number 27,431 number 10
1980s 28,059 number 26,511 number 28,670 number 10
1990s 27,408 number 26,085 number 28,648 number 10
2000s 26,978 number 25,512 number 28,628 number 10
2010s 24,256 number 23,744 number 25,251 number 10
2020s 24,243 number 24,243 number 24,243 number 1

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 133 Guinea-Bissau 28,093 number compare
  2. 134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 28,014 number compare
  3. 135 Botswana 27,370 number compare
  4. 137 Jamaica 23,926 number compare
  5. 138 Lesotho 22,961 number compare
  6. 139 Armenia 22,884 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population of the official entrance age to primary education, male in Uruguay?
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male in Uruguay was 24,243 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 Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 28,670 number in 1985.
What is the lowest population of the official entrance age to primary education, male recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 23,744 number in 2016.
How does Uruguay rank for population of the official entrance age to primary education, male?
Uruguay ranks 136th out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
Is population of the official entrance age to primary education, male rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay 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
Last refreshed

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.