Primary education, teachers, gaps filled in Euro area
Euro area: Primary education, teachers, gaps filled was 1.51 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary education, teachers, gaps filled in Euro area, 1970–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Euro area recorded 1.51 million for primary education, teachers, gaps filled in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary education, teachers, gaps filled in Euro area peaked at 1.51 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 846,480, in 1970.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Primary education, teachers, gaps filled in Euro area, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 846,480 | — |
| 1971 | 1.07 million | +25.8% |
| 1972 | 1.10 million | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 1.09 million | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 1.11 million | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 1.12 million | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 1.13 million | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 1.15 million | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 1.16 million | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 1.17 million | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 1.18 million | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 1.18 million | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 1.18 million | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 1.17 million | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 1.16 million | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 1.17 million | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 1.18 million | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 1.18 million | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 1.18 million | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 1.15 million | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 1.17 million | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 1.18 million | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 1.18 million | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 1.20 million | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 1.24 million | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 1.21 million | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 1.24 million | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 1.25 million | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1.24 million | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 1.25 million | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 1.28 million | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 1.29 million | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1.30 million | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 1.30 million | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 1.30 million | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1.33 million | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 1.34 million | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 1.37 million | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 1.38 million | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 1.39 million | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 1.41 million | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 1.43 million | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.41 million | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 1.39 million | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 1.37 million | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 1.39 million | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.42 million | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 1.43 million | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 1.44 million | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.46 million | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 1.47 million | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 1.49 million | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 1.50 million | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.51 million | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 1.51 million | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary education, teachers, gaps filled in Euro area changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +25.8% | 846,480 | 1.07 million |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.09 million | 846,480 | 1.17 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.17 million | 1.15 million | 1.18 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.22 million | 1.17 million | 1.25 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.33 million | 1.28 million | 1.39 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.41 million | 1.37 million | 1.46 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.49 million | 1.47 million | 1.51 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More education data for Euro area
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 14.0% (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 28.96 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0512 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 63.1% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 18.29 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, per capita 0.081 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary education, teachers, gaps filled in Euro area?
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled in Euro area was 1.51 million in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest primary education, teachers, gaps filled recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 1.51 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary education, teachers, gaps filled recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 846,480 in 1970.
- How does Euro area rank for primary education, teachers, gaps filled?
- Euro area ranks 2nd out of 2 groups with data for 2024.
- Is primary education, teachers, gaps filled rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Primary education, teachers, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Primary education, teachers with 728 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Primary education, teachers Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Primary education, teachers with 728 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.