School age population, secondary education, female in Curaçao
Curaçao: School age population, secondary education, female was 6,331 in 2025. ▼ Falling
School age population, secondary education, female in Curaçao, 1999–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2025, school age population, secondary education, female in Curaçao stood at 6,331.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, secondary education, female in Curaçao peaked at 7,041 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5,082, in 2023.
That places Curaçao 189th out of 220 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
School age population, secondary education, female in Curaçao, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7,034 | — |
| 2000 | 6,751 | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 6,287 | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 6,103 | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 6,255 | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 6,352 | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 6,462 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 6,700 | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 7,041 | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 7,016 | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 6,909 | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 6,725 | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 6,724 | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 6,523 | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 6,327 | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 6,231 | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 6,165 | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 6,195 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 6,107 | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 5,966 | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 5,860 | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 5,670 | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 5,478 | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 5,213 | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 5,082 | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 6,188 | +21.8% |
| 2025 | 6,331 | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,034 | 7,034 | 7,034 | 1 |
| 2000s | 6,588 | 6,103 | 7,041 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,282 | 5,860 | 6,725 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,660 | 5,082 | 6,331 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Curaçao
- 186 Barbados 8,386 compare
- 187 Tonga 8,222 compare
- 188 Micronesia, Federated States of 7,008 compare
- 190 Seychelles 5,738 compare
- 191 Saint Lucia 5,609 compare
- 192 Grenada 4,279 compare
More education data for Curaçao
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.6% (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.07 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, secondary education, female in Curaçao?
- School age population, secondary education, female in Curaçao was 6,331 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, secondary education, female recorded in Curaçao?
- The highest recorded value was 7,041 in 2007.
- What is the lowest school age population, secondary education, female recorded in Curaçao?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,082 in 2023.
- How does Curaçao rank for school age population, secondary education, female?
- Curaçao ranks 189th out of 220 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, secondary education, female rising or falling in Curaçao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Curaçao data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release