School age population, tertiary education, male (number) (age male) in Curacao
Curacao: School age population, tertiary education, male (number) (age male) was 5,878 in 2025. ▲ Rising
School age population, tertiary education, male in Curacao, 1999–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Curacao recorded 5,878 for school age population, tertiary education, male in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, tertiary education, male in Curacao peaked at 6,051 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,414, in 2002.
Curacao ranks 188th of 221 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School age population, tertiary education, male (number) (age male) in Curacao, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4,399 | — |
| 2000 | 3,840 | -12.7% |
| 2001 | 3,534 | -8.0% |
| 2002 | 3,414 | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 3,494 | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 3,687 | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 3,972 | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 4,213 | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 4,294 | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 4,404 | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 4,412 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 4,425 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 4,605 | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 4,709 | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 4,767 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 4,812 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 4,958 | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 4,996 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 4,935 | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 4,755 | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 4,673 | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 4,411 | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 4,157 | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 3,977 | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 3,767 | -5.3% |
| 2024 | 6,051 | +60.6% |
| 2025 | 5,878 | -2.9% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 5,878 is below the median for high income countries, which is 125,237, 5% of the median. (79 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 5,878 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 115,709, 5% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School age population, tertiary education, male (number) (age male) in Curacao changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +60.6% | 3,767 | 6,051 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,399 | 4,399 | 4,399 | 1 |
| 2000s | 3,926 | 3,414 | 4,412 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,764 | 4,425 | 4,996 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,707 | 3,767 | 6,051 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
- 185 Martinique 9,639 compare
- 186 Barbados 9,207 compare
- 187 Saint Lucia 6,431 compare
- 189 Tonga 5,723 compare
- 190 Micronesia (country) 5,555 compare
- 191 Kiribati 5,409 compare
More education data for Curacao
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.6% (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, tertiary education, male in Curacao?
- School age population, tertiary education, male in Curacao was 5,878 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, tertiary education, male recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 6,051 in 2024.
- What is the lowest school age population, tertiary education, male recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,414 in 2002.
- How does Curacao rank for school age population, tertiary education, male?
- Curacao ranks 188th out of 221 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, tertiary education, male rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curacao data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, tertiary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release