School age population, secondary education, female in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: School age population, secondary education, female was 115,230 number in 2020. ▼ Falling
School age population, secondary education, female in Puerto Rico, 1997–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2020, school age population, secondary education, female in Puerto Rico stood at 115,230 number. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, secondary education, female in Puerto Rico peaked at 184,216 number in 1997 and was at its lowest, 115,230 number, in 2020.
Puerto Rico ranks 141st of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
School age population, secondary education, female in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 184,216 number | — |
| 1998 | 180,904 number | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 178,690 number | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 177,010 number | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 175,495 number | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 174,399 number | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 173,593 number | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 172,968 number | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 172,500 number | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 172,026 number | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 170,794 number | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 169,699 number | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 168,347 number | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 166,303 number | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 163,121 number | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 155,570 number | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 149,302 number | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 144,326 number | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 140,233 number | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 136,845 number | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 128,346 number | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 121,532 number | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 116,874 number | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 115,230 number | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 181,270 number | 178,690 number | 184,216 number | 3 |
| 2000s | 172,683 number | 168,347 number | 177,010 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 142,245 number | 116,874 number | 166,303 number | 10 |
| 2020s | 115,230 number | 115,230 number | 115,230 number | 1 |
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More education data for Puerto Rico
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 63,124 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1,864 (2018)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 15,316 (2024)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -5.62 % change on previous year (2023)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -4.28 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, secondary education, female in Puerto Rico?
- School age population, secondary education, female in Puerto Rico was 115,230 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, secondary education, female recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 184,216 number in 1997.
- What is the lowest school age population, secondary education, female recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 115,230 number in 2020.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for school age population, secondary education, female?
- Puerto Rico ranks 141st out of 205 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, secondary education, female rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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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Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.