Philippines - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Philippines was 6.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 6.00 in 2020, 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

Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Philippines was 13,195,090 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,460,380 in 2014 and a minimum value of 6,968,978 in 1971.

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 6,968,978
1972 7,001,970
1973 7,022,709
1974 7,209,039
1975 7,429,249
1976 7,597,279
1977 7,808,158
1978 7,861,641
1979 8,178,609
1980 8,112,536
1981 8,506,072
1982 8,518,283
1983 8,591,267
1984 8,717,469
1985 8,793,763
1986 8,925,959
1987 9,204,168
1988 9,601,322
1989 9,972,571
1990 10,284,860
1991 10,427,080
1992 10,517,930
1993 10,674,070
1994 10,731,450
1995 10,910,880
1996 11,541,570
1997 11,847,790
1998 12,225,040
1999 12,502,520
2000 12,707,790
2001 12,759,920
2002 12,826,220
2003 12,970,640
2004 13,017,970
2005 13,083,740
2006 13,006,650
2007 13,145,210
2008 13,411,290
2009 13,686,640
2014 14,460,380
2015 14,453,060
2016 14,293,640
2017 14,039,870
2018 13,418,840
2019 13,195,090

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Philippines was 47.89 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 50.50 in 1976, while its lowest value was 47.77 in 2015.

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
1976 50.50
1981 48.61
1982 48.78
1983 48.73
1984 48.80
1985 48.89
1986 48.93
1987 48.52
1988 49.28
1989 49.28
1990 48.51
1991 48.80
1992 48.90
1993 48.91
1994 49.54
1995 48.78
1996 48.47
1997 48.93
1998 48.74
1999 48.91
2001 48.91
2002 48.67
2003 48.58
2004 48.54
2005 48.61
2006 48.53
2007 48.50
2008 48.47
2009 48.30
2014 47.89
2015 47.77
2016 47.83
2017 47.89

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Philippines was 514,231 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 514,231 in 2019 and a minimum value of 243,833 in 1971.

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
1971 243,833
1972 247,106
1973 250,783
1974 256,906
1975 259,833
1976 261,817
1977 252,862
1978 256,370
1980 252,338
1981 264,241
1982 273,492
1983 272,134
1984 281,456
1985 286,246
1986 289,251
1987 292,602
1988 301,530
1989 302,195
1990 314,838
1991 317,023
1992 314,722
1993 317,012
1994 320,634
1995 323,414
1996 334,822
1997 341,183
1998 354,568
1999 360,357
2000 359,798
2001 362,427
2002 362,431
2003 371,384
2004 376,988
2005 373,035
2006 375,978
2007 390,432
2008 397,468
2009 435,385
2014 461,244
2015 477,530
2016 493,084
2017 482,743
2018 495,636
2019 514,231

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Philippines was 87.09 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 95.07 in 1985, while its lowest value was 79.95 in 1981.

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
1971 80.66
1980 83.46
1981 79.95
1983 85.42
1984 84.73
1985 95.07
1998 87.39
1999 87.42
2001 87.25
2002 87.25
2003 89.02
2004 89.36
2005 87.25
2006 87.25
2007 87.27
2009 89.65
2014 86.98
2015 87.63
2016 87.54
2017 87.54
2018 87.35
2019 87.09

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes