School age population, primary education, female in Greece
Greece: School age population, primary education, female was 299,366 number in 2020. βΌ Falling
School age population, primary education, female in Greece, 1970β2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2020, school age population, primary education, female in Greece stood at 299,366 number. That is the lowest value across all 51 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, female in Greece peaked at 443,858 number in 1979 and was at its lowest, 299,366 number, in 2020.
That places Greece 102nd out of 206 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 435,246 number | 427,579 number | 443,858 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 435,512 number | 430,400 number | 441,408 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 376,422 number | 323,034 number | 427,674 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 323,208 number | 320,068 number | 325,608 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 314,938 number | 307,997 number | 320,396 number | 10 |
| 2020s | 299,366 number | 299,366 number | 299,366 number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 99 Mauritania 341,742 number compare
- 100 El Salvador 336,426 number compare
- 101 Azerbaijan 304,588 number compare
- 103 Czechia 278,276 number compare
- 104 Ireland 275,047 number compare
- 105 Portugal 272,847 number compare
More education data for Greece
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 70,680 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.34 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, primary education, female in Greece?
- School age population, primary education, female in Greece was 299,366 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 443,858 number in 1979.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 299,366 number in 2020.
- How does Greece rank for school age population, primary education, female?
- Greece ranks 102nd out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, primary education, female rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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
Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.