School age population, primary education, female in Seychelles
Seychelles: School age population, primary education, female was 5,036 in 2025. ▼ Falling
School age population, primary education, female in Seychelles, 1970–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 5,036 for school age population, primary education, female in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, female in Seychelles peaked at 5,036 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3,326, in 2008.
Seychelles ranks 194th of 216 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4,871 | 4,515 | 5,028 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,656 | 4,595 | 4,734 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,526 | 4,464 | 4,568 | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,890 | 3,326 | 4,470 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,728 | 3,333 | 3,906 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,635 | 4,007 | 5,036 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 191 Curaçao, Kingdom of the Netherlands 5,981 compare
- 192 Grenada 5,134 compare
- 193 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5,113 compare
- 195 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 3,744 compare
- 196 Antigua and Barbuda 3,639 compare
- 197 Dominica 2,779 compare
More education data for Seychelles
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 71.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 671 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 2.11 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, primary education, female in Seychelles?
- School age population, primary education, female in Seychelles was 5,036 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 5,036 in 2025.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,326 in 2008.
- How does Seychelles rank for school age population, primary education, female?
- Seychelles ranks 194th out of 216 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, primary education, female rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release