School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: School age population, one year before the official primary entry was 4,239 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
4,239
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
168th
of 222 countries
All-time high
4,239
in 2025
All-time low
1,029
in 1984
Years of data
56
1970–2025
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Vanuatu, 1970–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, one year before the official primary entry in Vanuatu is 4,239, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in Vanuatu peaked at 4,239 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,029, in 1984.
Vanuatu ranks 168th of 222 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,304 | — |
| 1971 | 1,330 | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 1,337 | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 1,327 | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 1,392 | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 1,458 | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 1,524 | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 1,595 | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 1,660 | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 1,723 | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 1,637 | -5.0% |
| 1981 | 1,643 | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 1,637 | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 1,279 | -21.9% |
| 1984 | 1,029 | -19.5% |
| 1985 | 1,944 | +88.9% |
| 1986 | 2,025 | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 2,109 | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 2,184 | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 2,252 | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 2,312 | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 2,373 | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 2,431 | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 2,483 | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 2,530 | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 2,576 | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 2,617 | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 2,657 | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 2,691 | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 2,705 | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 2,702 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 2,690 | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 2,670 | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 2,652 | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 2,664 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 2,692 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 2,757 | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 2,825 | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 2,855 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 2,904 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 2,961 | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 3,027 | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 3,130 | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 3,275 | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 3,438 | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 3,573 | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 3,679 | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 3,780 | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 3,870 | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 3,963 | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 4,035 | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 4,097 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 4,155 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 4,199 | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 4,217 | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 4,239 | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,465 | 1,304 | 1,723 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,774 | 1,029 | 2,252 | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,538 | 2,312 | 2,705 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,741 | 2,652 | 2,904 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,470 | 2,961 | 3,963 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,157 | 4,035 | 4,239 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 165 Cape Verde 4,548 compare
- 165 Western Sahara 4,548 compare
- 167 Bhutan 4,534 compare
- 169 Montenegro 3,597 compare
- 170 Belize 3,487 compare
- 171 Luxembourg 3,438 compare
More education data for Vanuatu
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,892 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, one year before the official primary entry in Vanuatu?
- School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Vanuatu was 4,239 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 4,239 in 2025.
- What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,029 in 1984.
- How does Vanuatu rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?
- Vanuatu ranks 168th out of 222 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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