School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Sint Maarten (Dutch part): School age population, one year before the official primary entry was 361 in 2025. ▼ Falling
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Sint Maarten (Dutch part), 1999–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) recorded 361 for school age population, one year before the official primary entry in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) peaked at 570 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 361, in 2025.
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranks 209th of 222 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Sint Maarten (Dutch part), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 570 | — |
| 2000 | 555 | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 538 | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 533 | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 530 | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 529 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 531 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 551 | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 535 | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 504 | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 501 | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 508 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 511 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 507 | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 475 | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 507 | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 508 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 491 | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 466 | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 439 | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 410 | -6.6% |
| 2023 | 395 | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 374 | -5.3% |
| 2025 | 361 | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 570 | 570 | 570 | 1 |
| 2000s | 530.7 | 501 | 555 | 10 |
| 2010s | 501 | 475 | 511 | 7 |
| 2020s | 407.5 | 361 | 466 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- 206 Gibraltar 454 compare
- 207 Liechtenstein 411 compare
- 208 Monaco 367 compare
- 210 British Virgin Islands 327 compare
- 211 Naoero 289 compare
- 212 San Marino 251 compare
More education data for Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 146 (2023)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 33 (2023)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, one year before the official primary entry in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) was 361 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- The highest recorded value was 570 in 1999.
- What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- The lowest recorded value was 361 in 2025.
- How does Sint Maarten (Dutch part) rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranks 209th out of 222 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sint Maarten (Dutch part) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release