School age population, primary education, female in Madagascar
Madagascar: School age population, primary education, female was 1.75 million number in 2020. β² Rising
School age population, primary education, female in Madagascar, 1970β2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2020, school age population, primary education, female in Madagascar stood at 1.75 million number. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, female in Madagascar peaked at 1.75 million number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 532,426 number, in 1970.
That places Madagascar 41st out of 206 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 578,969 number | 532,426 number | 632,829 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 702,145 number | 611,102 number | 794,111 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 918,213 number | 811,732 number | 1.05 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.27 million number | 1.09 million number | 1.45 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.59 million number | 1.47 million number | 1.72 million number | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.75 million number | 1.75 million number | 1.75 million number | 1 |
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More education data for Madagascar
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 132.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 138,648 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.91 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 135.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, primary education, female in Madagascar?
- School age population, primary education, female in Madagascar was 1.75 million number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.75 million number in 2020.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 532,426 number in 1970.
- How does Madagascar rank for school age population, primary education, female?
- Madagascar ranks 41st out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, primary education, female rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.