Eswatini - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Eswatini was 7.00 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 7.00 in 2021, while its lowest value was 7.00 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 7.00
1971 7.00
1972 7.00
1973 7.00
1974 7.00
1975 7.00
1976 7.00
1977 7.00
1978 7.00
1979 7.00
1980 7.00
1981 7.00
1982 7.00
1983 7.00
1984 7.00
1985 7.00
1986 7.00
1987 7.00
1988 7.00
1989 7.00
1990 7.00
1991 7.00
1992 7.00
1993 7.00
1994 7.00
1995 7.00
1996 7.00
1997 7.00
1998 7.00
1999 7.00
2000 7.00
2001 7.00
2002 7.00
2003 7.00
2004 7.00
2005 7.00
2006 7.00
2007 7.00
2008 7.00
2009 7.00
2010 7.00
2011 7.00
2012 7.00
2013 7.00
2014 7.00
2015 7.00
2016 7.00
2017 7.00
2018 7.00
2019 7.00
2020 7.00
2021 7.00

Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Eswatini was 236,002 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 241,404 in 2015 and a minimum value of 69,055 in 1970.

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
1970 69,055
1971 71,455
1972 76,343
1973 81,694
1974 86,110
1975 89,528
1976 92,721
1977 96,835
1978 100,700
1979 105,607
1980 112,019
1981 119,913
1982 125,303
1983 129,767
1984 134,528
1985 139,345
1986 142,206
1987 147,743
1988 152,895
1989 157,345
1990 166,454
1991 172,908
1992 180,285
1993 186,271
1994 192,599
1995 201,307
1996 202,439
1997 205,829
1998 208,779
1999 213,041
2000 213,986
2001 212,063
2002 209,037
2003 208,444
2004 218,352
2005 221,596
2006 229,686
2007 232,572
2009 231,349
2010 241,237
2011 239,721
2012 239,422
2013 239,019
2014 240,437
2015 241,404
2016 239,028
2017 237,451
2018 237,074
2019 236,002

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Eswatini was 47.64 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 49.94 in 1980, while its lowest value was 47.00 in 2011.

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
1970 48.49
1971 48.54
1972 48.44
1973 48.64
1974 48.96
1975 49.13
1976 49.31
1977 49.50
1978 49.75
1979 49.88
1980 49.94
1981 49.76
1982 49.74
1983 49.53
1984 49.60
1985 49.55
1986 49.74
1987 49.77
1988 49.76
1989 49.90
1990 49.66
1991 49.54
1992 49.43
1993 49.19
1994 49.22
1995 49.09
1996 48.91
1997 48.92
1998 48.64
1999 48.65
2000 48.39
2001 48.63
2002 48.06
2003 48.48
2004 48.13
2005 48.05
2006 47.93
2007 47.91
2009 47.62
2010 47.54
2011 47.00
2012 47.52
2013 47.49
2014 47.56
2015 47.54
2016 47.66
2017 47.64

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Eswatini was 9,139 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,139 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,706 in 1970.

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
1970 1,706
1971 1,895
1972 2,015
1973 2,112
1974 2,220
1975 2,363
1976 2,513
1977 2,672
1978 2,853
1979 3,016
1980 3,278
1981 3,586
1982 3,769
1983 3,922
1984 4,039
1985 4,107
1986 4,290
1987 4,462
1988 4,665
1989 4,890
1990 5,083
1991 5,347
1992 5,504
1993 5,696
1994 5,887
1995 5,917
1996 5,975
1997 6,094
1998 6,195
1999 6,425
2000 6,842
2001 6,451
2002 6,727
2003 6,680
2004 6,758
2005 6,741
2006 6,906
2007 7,169
2009 7,310
2010 7,463
2011 7,862
2012 8,239
2013 8,507
2014 8,577
2015 8,752
2016 8,764
2017 8,928
2018 9,006
2019 9,139

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Eswatini was 69.73 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 80.26 in 1988, while its lowest value was 61.02 in 1970.

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
1970 61.02
1971 72.35
1972 72.85
1973 73.67
1974 73.96
1975 76.39
1977 78.33
1978 78.97
1980 79.01
1981 79.00
1982 79.62
1983 77.97
1984 80.22
1985 79.81
1986 79.84
1987 79.99
1988 80.26
1989 78.49
1990 79.19
1991 77.74
1992 77.60
1993 77.02
1994 77.24
1995 76.22
1996 77.94
1997 75.45
1998 75.22
1999 75.41
2000 74.72
2001 76.45
2002 74.52
2003 74.79
2004 72.82
2005 72.82
2006 72.23
2007 70.46
2009 72.15
2010 71.90
2011 70.92
2012 70.37
2013 69.80
2014 69.86
2015 69.64
2016 69.04
2017 68.34
2018 69.69
2019 69.73

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes