Luxembourg - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Luxembourg was 6.00 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 6.00 in 2021, while its lowest value was 6.00 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 6.00
1971 6.00
1972 6.00
1973 6.00
1974 6.00
1975 6.00
1976 6.00
1977 6.00
1978 6.00
1979 6.00
1980 6.00
1981 6.00
1982 6.00
1983 6.00
1984 6.00
1985 6.00
1986 6.00
1987 6.00
1988 6.00
1989 6.00
1990 6.00
1991 6.00
1992 6.00
1993 6.00
1994 6.00
1995 6.00
1996 6.00
1997 6.00
1998 6.00
1999 6.00
2000 6.00
2001 6.00
2002 6.00
2003 6.00
2004 6.00
2005 6.00
2006 6.00
2007 6.00
2008 6.00
2009 6.00
2010 6.00
2011 6.00
2012 6.00
2013 6.00
2014 6.00
2015 6.00
2016 6.00
2017 6.00
2018 6.00
2019 6.00
2020 6.00
2021 6.00

Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Luxembourg was 39,146 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39,146 in 2019 and a minimum value of 21,959 in 1987.

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 35,976
1971 34,530
1972 34,527
1973 33,846
1974 34,490
1975 29,749
1976 29,430
1977 29,032
1978 28,465
1979 27,510
1980 25,604
1981 24,628
1982 23,838
1983 22,780
1984 21,979
1986 22,003
1987 21,959
1988 23,375
1991 23,465
1994 28,205
1995 27,082
1996 27,844
1997 28,437
1998 29,094
1999 31,492
2000 32,458
2001 33,266
2002 33,966
2003 34,081
2004 34,603
2005 35,016
2006 35,431
2007 35,668
2008 35,630
2010 35,187
2011 35,099
2012 35,397
2013 35,250
2014 35,435
2015 35,920
2016 36,626
2017 37,452
2018 38,173
2019 39,146

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Luxembourg was 48.84 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 50.72 in 1991, while its lowest value was 48.43 in 2012.

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 49.88
1971 49.15
1972 49.07
1973 49.32
1974 48.90
1975 49.09
1976 49.16
1977 49.44
1978 49.28
1979 48.97
1980 48.83
1981 48.54
1982 48.76
1983 48.50
1984 48.60
1986 48.73
1987 48.98
1988 49.34
1991 50.72
1999 49.23
2000 49.16
2001 48.73
2002 48.62
2003 48.71
2004 48.70
2005 48.77
2006 48.87
2007 48.73
2008 48.95
2010 48.77
2011 48.88
2012 48.43
2013 48.56
2014 48.60
2015 48.66
2016 48.77
2017 48.84

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Luxembourg was 4,916 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,916 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,437 in 1978.

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 1,597
1971 1,750
1972 1,723
1973 1,757
1974 1,857
1975 1,484
1976 1,521
1978 1,437
1979 1,449
1980 1,795
1981 1,765
1982 1,734
1983 1,685
1984 1,660
1986 1,745
1987 1,768
1988 1,762
1989 1,790
1990 1,770
1991 1,764
2001 2,834
2002 2,893
2003 2,966
2004 3,002
2005 3,091
2006 3,191
2007 3,218
2008 2,992
2010 3,786
2011 3,903
2012 4,228
2013 4,330
2014 4,338
2015 4,247
2016 4,411
2018 4,718
2019 4,916

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Luxembourg was 76.12 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 76.12 in 2019, while its lowest value was 48.16 in 1989.

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 52.22
1971 53.14
1972 53.11
1973 52.59
1974 52.72
1975 53.84
1976 53.25
1980 50.53
1981 49.97
1982 51.10
1983 50.98
1984 51.08
1986 49.00
1987 49.15
1988 50.28
1989 48.16
1990 48.70
1991 50.79
2001 66.55
2002 67.92
2003 69.25
2004 70.62
2005 71.24
2006 71.58
2007 71.88
2008 71.66
2010 73.90
2011 73.61
2013 75.98
2014 74.50
2015 75.84
2016 75.99
2018 75.88
2019 76.12

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes