School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes in Gibraltar
Gibraltar: School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes was 918 number in 2020. ▼ Falling
Latest (2020)
918 number
Change on year
down 33.9%
World rank
203rd
of 205 countries
All-time high
1,910 number
in 1988
All-time low
762 number
in 2000
Years of data
51
1970–2020
School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes in Gibraltar, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2020, school age population, lower secondary education, both sexes in Gibraltar stood at 918 number.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 33.9% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, lower secondary education, both sexes in Gibraltar peaked at 1,910 number in 1988 and was at its lowest, 762 number, in 2000.
Gibraltar ranks 203rd of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes in Gibraltar, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,642 number | — |
| 1971 | 1,623 number | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 1,628 number | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 1,655 number | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 1,704 number | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 1,771 number | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 1,837 number | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 1,873 number | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 1,890 number | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 1,888 number | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 1,872 number | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 1,853 number | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 1,825 number | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 1,813 number | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 1,820 number | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 1,845 number | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 1,884 number | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 1,902 number | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 1,910 number | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 1,907 number | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 1,886 number | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 1,855 number | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 1,812 number | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 1,770 number | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 1,737 number | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 1,724 number | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 1,728 number | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 1,738 number | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 809 number | -53.5% |
| 1999 | 785 number | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 762 number | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 766 number | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 821 number | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 880 number | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 930 number | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 972 number | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 992 number | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 992 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 985 number | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 982 number | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 978 number | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 975 number | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 967 number | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 962 number | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 956 number | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 952 number | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 946 number | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 938 number | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 1,399 number | +49.1% |
| 2019 | 1,389 number | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 918 number | -33.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,751 number | 1,623 number | 1,890 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,863 number | 1,813 number | 1,910 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,584 number | 785 number | 1,886 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 908.2 number | 762 number | 992 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,046 number | 938 number | 1,399 number | 10 |
| 2020s | 918 number | 918 number | 918 number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Gibraltar
- 200 Tuvalu 985 number compare
- 201 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 968 number compare
- 202 San Marino 933 number compare
- 204 Nauru 885 number compare
- 205 Palau 483 number compare
More education data for Gibraltar
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, lower secondary education, both sexes in Gibraltar?
- School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes in Gibraltar was 918 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in Gibraltar?
- The highest recorded value was 1,910 number in 1988.
- What is the lowest school age population, lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in Gibraltar?
- The lowest recorded value was 762 number in 2000.
- How does Gibraltar rank for school age population, lower secondary education, both sexes?
- Gibraltar ranks 203rd out of 205 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, lower secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in Gibraltar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gibraltar data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to lower secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.