Iran - Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Iran was 8,171,667 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,937,369 in 1993 and a minimum value of 3,230,880 in 1972.

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 3,415,650
1972 3,230,880
1973 3,445,528
1974 3,646,421
1975 4,119,157
1976 4,468,299
1977 4,768,588
1978 5,020,686
1979 4,395,000
1980 4,929,000
1981 4,799,000
1982 5,283,377
1983 5,592,808
1984 5,994,403
1985 6,343,300
1986 6,788,323
1987 7,232,820
1988 7,757,707
1989 8,262,441
1990 8,817,145
1991 9,369,646
1992 9,787,593
1993 9,937,369
1994 9,862,817
1995 9,745,600
1996 9,593,784
1997 9,238,393
1998 9,065,214
1999 8,667,147
2000 8,287,537
2001 7,968,437
2002 7,513,015
2003 7,028,924
2004 6,647,917
2005 6,206,718
2006 6,006,553
2007 5,827,851
2008 5,725,620
2009 5,695,590
2010 5,629,585
2011 5,678,434
2012 5,746,859
2013 7,857,540
2014 7,441,078
2015 7,670,175
2016 8,006,278
2017 8,171,667

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