School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Curacao
Curacao: School age population, one year before the official primary entry was 734 in 2025. ▼ Falling
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Curacao, 1999–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, one year before the official primary entry in Curacao is 734, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 17.5% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in Curacao peaked at 1,404 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 715, in 2023.
That places Curacao 192nd out of 222 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Curacao, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,404 | — |
| 2000 | 1,176 | -16.2% |
| 2001 | 1,032 | -12.2% |
| 2002 | 951 | -7.8% |
| 2003 | 875 | -8.0% |
| 2004 | 881 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 870 | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 928 | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 1,099 | +18.4% |
| 2008 | 956 | -13.0% |
| 2009 | 1,024 | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 869 | -15.1% |
| 2011 | 903 | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 905 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 928 | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 914 | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 870 | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 954 | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 1,005 | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 991 | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 977 | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 917 | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 862 | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 840 | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 715 | -14.9% |
| 2024 | 890 | +24.5% |
| 2025 | 734 | -17.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,404 | 1,404 | 1,404 | 1 |
| 2000s | 979.2 | 870 | 1,176 | 10 |
| 2010s | 931.6 | 869 | 1,005 | 10 |
| 2020s | 826.33 | 715 | 917 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
- 189 Tonga 1,062 compare
- 190 Saint Lucia 1,012 compare
- 191 Seychelles 860 compare
- 193 Grenada 689 compare
- 194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 621 compare
- 195 Antigua and Barbuda 546 compare
More education data for Curacao
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.1% (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 Curacao?
- School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Curacao was 734 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 1,404 in 1999.
- What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 715 in 2023.
- How does Curacao rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?
- Curacao ranks 192nd out of 222 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Curacao 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, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release