European Union - Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in European Union was 29,386,010 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39,596,560 in 1972 and a minimum value of 27,822,460 in 2011.

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 39,413,590
1971 39,554,470
1972 39,596,560
1973 39,162,470
1974 39,113,360
1975 38,855,100
1976 38,578,700
1977 38,175,540
1978 37,713,100
1979 37,092,410
1980 36,350,400
1981 35,561,900
1982 35,002,720
1983 34,407,420
1984 33,990,630
1985 33,673,540
1986 33,422,430
1987 33,214,480
1988 32,905,550
1989 32,543,050
1990 32,088,740
1991 31,719,350
1992 31,351,110
1993 31,334,430
1994 31,310,470
1995 31,197,020
1996 31,654,300
1997 31,612,720
1998 31,587,430
1999 31,200,420
2000 30,696,080
2001 30,144,000
2002 29,574,690
2003 29,139,570
2004 28,987,450
2005 28,806,650
2006 28,486,600
2007 28,336,440
2008 28,205,340
2009 27,986,070
2010 27,854,180
2011 27,822,460
2012 27,876,800
2013 28,403,740
2014 28,314,600
2015 28,633,410
2016 28,892,770
2017 29,306,100
2018 29,405,340
2019 29,386,010

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Enrollment includes Individuals officially registered in a given educational programme, or stage or module thereof, regardless of age. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation