Belarus - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Belarus was 4.00 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 6.00 in 1990, while its lowest value was 4.00 in 1991.

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 5.00
1971 5.00
1972 5.00
1973 5.00
1974 5.00
1975 5.00
1976 5.00
1977 5.00
1978 5.00
1979 5.00
1980 5.00
1981 5.00
1982 5.00
1983 5.00
1984 5.00
1985 5.00
1986 5.00
1987 6.00
1988 6.00
1989 6.00
1990 6.00
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 4.00
2010 4.00
2011 4.00
2012 4.00
2013 4.00
2014 4.00
2015 4.00
2016 4.00
2017 4.00
2018 4.00
2019 4.00
2020 4.00
2021 4.00

Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Belarus was 427,752 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 946,400 in 1971 and a minimum value of 351,780 in 2012.

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
1971 946,400
1972 912,300
1973 876,500
1974 836,623
1975 801,428
1976 768,582
1977 741,733
1978 727,422
1979 721,800
1980 733,100
1981 747,700
1982 762,800
1983 772,300
1984 780,800
1985 787,300
1986 794,300
1987 837,300
1988 846,400
1989 852,300
1990 868,000
1991 614,800
1992 620,100
1993 635,100
1994 634,600
1995 636,300
1996 632,100
1997 625,000
1998 614,700
1999 632,083
2000 599,732
2001 560,931
2002 511,863
2003 437,005
2004 403,841
2005 379,577
2006 367,736
2007 361,493
2008 362,304
2009 362,110
2010 357,796
2011 353,801
2012 351,780
2013 355,634
2014 368,783
2015 387,051
2016 410,487
2017 423,001
2018 427,752

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Belarus was 48.52 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 48.98 in 1993, while its lowest value was 47.71 in 1998.

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
1993 48.98
1994 48.77
1995 48.09
1996 47.95
1997 47.73
1998 47.71
1999 48.33
2000 48.36
2001 48.36
2002 48.26
2003 48.29
2004 47.78
2005 47.76
2006 48.07
2007 48.24
2008 48.52
2009 48.49
2010 48.61
2011 48.62
2012 48.68
2013 48.71
2014 48.71
2015 48.64
2016 48.64
2017 48.45
2018 48.52

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Belarus was 22,241 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32,940 in 2000 and a minimum value of 22,029 in 2015.

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
1992 30,300
1993 31,600
1994 32,400
1995 32,200
1998 31,900
1999 32,360
2000 32,940
2001 32,166
2002 30,722
2003 27,418
2004 26,151
2005 23,671
2006 22,949
2007 22,640
2008 23,638
2009 23,916
2010 23,907
2011 23,644
2012 23,595
2013 23,150
2014 22,383
2015 22,029
2016 22,385
2017 22,497
2018 22,241

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Belarus was 99.48 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 99.54 in 2014, while its lowest value was 99.03 in 1999.

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
1998 99.06
1999 99.03
2000 99.10
2001 99.18
2002 99.20
2003 99.12
2004 99.20
2005 99.29
2006 99.32
2007 99.29
2008 99.27
2009 99.24
2010 99.31
2011 99.21
2012 99.35
2013 99.44
2014 99.54
2015 99.49
2016 99.46
2017 99.49
2018 99.48

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes