School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in Portugal

Portugal: School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female was 52,694 number in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
52,694 number
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
88th
of 164 countries
All-time high
82,586 number
in 1991
All-time low
52,694 number
in 2020
Years of data
23
1991–2020

School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in Portugal, 1991–2020

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k1991200520201991: 82.6k number1998: 77.0k number1999: 75.1k number2000: 73.2k number2001: 71.5k number2003: 67.0k number2004: 64.5k number2005: 62.1k number2006: 59.6k number2007: 57.5k number2008: 56.5k number2009: 56.1k number2010: 55.9k number2011: 55.8k number2012: 55.4k number2013: 55.2k number2014: 55.0k number2015: 54.9k number2016: 54.9k number2017: 54.7k number2018: 54.2k number2019: 53.4k number2020: 52.7k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in Portugal is 52,694 number, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in Portugal peaked at 82,586 number in 1991 and was at its lowest, 52,694 number, in 2020.

Portugal ranks 88th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.

School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in Portugal, year by year

Annual values for School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female (number) in Portugal, 1991 to 2020.
Year number Change
1991 82,586 number
1998 77,040 number -6.7%
1999 75,078 number -2.5%
2000 73,214 number -2.5%
2001 71,452 number -2.4%
2003 67,036 number -6.2%
2004 64,536 number -3.7%
2005 62,065 number -3.8%
2006 59,585 number -4.0%
2007 57,525 number -3.5%
2008 56,460 number -1.9%
2009 56,078 number -0.7%
2010 55,858 number -0.4%
2011 55,784 number -0.1%
2012 55,422 number -0.6%
2013 55,163 number -0.5%
2014 54,978 number -0.3%
2015 54,865 number -0.2%
2016 54,881 number +0.0%
2017 54,738 number -0.3%
2018 54,203 number -1.0%
2019 53,426 number -1.4%
2020 52,694 number -1.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 78,235 number 75,078 number 82,586 number 3
2000s 63,106 number 56,078 number 73,214 number 9
2010s 54,932 number 53,426 number 55,858 number 10
2020s 52,694 number 52,694 number 52,694 number 1

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 85 Azerbaijan 60,705 number compare
  2. 86 Bulgaria 56,210 number compare
  3. 87 Oman 53,686 number compare
  4. 89 Jamaica 50,127 number compare
  5. 90 Palestine, State of 50,038 number compare
  6. 91 Namibia 49,119 number compare

See the full ranking of 209 places →

More education data for Portugal

All data for Portugal →

Frequently asked questions

What is school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in Portugal?
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in Portugal was 52,694 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female recorded in Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 82,586 number in 1991.
What is the lowest school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 52,694 number in 2020.
How does Portugal rank for school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female?
Portugal ranks 88th out of 164 countries with data for 2020.
Is school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female rising or falling in Portugal?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Portugal data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in Portugal. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/school-age-population-post-secondary-non-tertiary-education-female-number/portugal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/school-age-population-post-secondary-non-tertiary-education-female-number/portugal/">School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female in Portugal</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
209 places, 4,244 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to post-secondary non-tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.