North America - Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in North America was 27,197,960 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27,502,120 in 2001 and a minimum value of 21,414,320 in 1979.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 25,070,980
1971 24,891,210
1972 24,469,860
1973 24,575,420
1974 23,805,760
1975 23,154,060
1976 22,659,820
1977 22,192,930
1978 21,856,390
1979 21,414,320
1980 22,892,850
1981 22,610,850
1982 22,911,880
1983 22,443,530
1984 22,097,060
1985 22,118,570
1986 22,474,180
1987 22,869,860
1988 23,399,360
1989 23,991,470
1990 24,629,340
1991 24,810,160
1992 25,105,490
1993 25,381,170
1994 25,618,930
1995 26,242,750
1996 26,500,510
1997 26,795,060
1998 27,100,830
1999 27,372,010
2000 27,434,820
2001 27,502,120
2002 27,311,630
2003 27,147,520
2004 26,953,490
2005 26,759,270
2006 26,628,920
2007 26,668,340
2008 26,881,490
2009 26,784,200
2010 26,854,640
2011 26,944,700
2012 26,809,750
2013 26,627,910
2014 26,791,640
2015 27,093,810
2016 27,342,020
2017 27,492,270
2018 27,368,830
2019 27,197,960

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