Albania - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Albania was 5.00 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 5.00 in 2021, while its lowest value was 4.00 in 1970.

Definition: Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 4.00
1971 4.00
1972 4.00
1973 4.00
1974 4.00
1975 4.00
1976 4.00
1977 4.00
1978 4.00
1979 4.00
1980 4.00
1981 4.00
1982 4.00
1983 4.00
1984 4.00
1985 4.00
1986 4.00
1987 4.00
1988 4.00
1989 4.00
1990 4.00
1991 4.00
1992 4.00
1993 4.00
1994 4.00
1995 4.00
1996 4.00
1997 4.00
1998 4.00
1999 4.00
2000 4.00
2001 4.00
2002 4.00
2003 4.00
2004 4.00
2005 4.00
2006 4.00
2007 4.00
2008 4.00
2009 5.00
2010 5.00
2011 5.00
2012 5.00
2013 5.00
2014 5.00
2015 5.00
2016 5.00
2017 5.00
2018 5.00
2019 5.00
2020 5.00
2021 5.00

Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Albania was 162,170 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 303,632 in 1997 and a minimum value of 162,170 in 2020.

Definition: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1976 293,723
1978 284,644
1979 280,593
1980 272,277
1981 269,016
1982 267,850
1983 267,200
1984 270,990
1985 272,935
1986 274,660
1987 272,585
1988 271,728
1989 275,426
1990 278,446
1991 284,616
1992 281,770
1993 279,500
1994 288,092
1995 295,137
1996 301,051
1997 303,632
1998 299,164
1999 292,070
2000 283,249
2001 274,233
2002 263,603
2003 252,829
2004 240,487
2005 237,975
2006 222,402
2007 210,125
2008 199,454
2009 236,102
2010 224,781
2011 215,660
2012 206,617
2013 198,897
2014 195,720
2015 188,371
2016 179,564
2017 174,836
2018 170,861
2019 167,104
2020 162,170

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Albania was 47.42 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 49.18 in 1993, while its lowest value was 47.11 in 2015.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1976 47.47
1978 47.67
1979 47.63
1980 47.89
1981 47.76
1982 47.92
1983 48.28
1984 47.82
1985 48.02
1986 48.10
1987 47.61
1988 48.29
1989 48.10
1990 48.08
1991 48.20
1992 48.54
1993 49.18
1994 48.26
1995 47.93
1996 48.00
1997 48.07
1998 48.09
1999 48.14
2000 48.27
2001 48.58
2002 47.82
2003 48.10
2004 48.21
2005 48.05
2006 48.11
2007 48.08
2008 47.86
2009 47.61
2010 47.56
2011 47.42
2012 47.23
2013 47.15
2014 47.32
2015 47.11
2016 47.24
2017 47.16
2018 47.42

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Albania was 9,668 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13,342 in 1997 and a minimum value of 9,668 in 2020.

Definition: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1997 13,342
2000 12,551
2001 12,607
2003 11,762
2008 10,277
2009 11,701
2010 11,409
2011 10,854
2012 10,605
2013 10,402
2014 10,343
2015 10,119
2016 9,867
2017 9,743
2018 9,723
2019 9,778
2020 9,668

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Albania was 85.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 85.84 in 2020, while its lowest value was 72.91 in 1997.

Definition: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1997 72.91
2000 75.40
2001 73.47
2003 75.71
2008 80.89
2009 81.96
2010 81.78
2011 82.81
2012 83.18
2013 83.60
2014 83.83
2015 84.35
2016 84.67
2017 84.74
2018 84.93
2019 85.33
2020 85.84

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes