Upper middle income - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Upper middle income was 6.00 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 6.00 in 2021, while its lowest value was 5.00 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 5.00
1971 5.00
1972 5.00
1973 5.00
1974 5.00
1975 5.00
1976 5.00
1977 5.00
1978 5.00
1979 5.00
1980 5.00
1981 5.00
1982 5.00
1983 5.50
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 Upper middle income was 199,207,700 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 244,264,600 in 1998 and a minimum value of 170,750,800 in 1970.

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 170,750,800
1971 177,359,300
1972 185,379,000
1973 200,267,400
1974 211,624,700
1975 221,366,200
1976 228,137,800
1977 229,004,700
1978 226,576,800
1979 229,653,400
1980 231,959,600
1981 232,770,500
1982 231,488,300
1983 228,450,400
1984 226,745,000
1985 227,074,000
1986 229,903,900
1987 224,995,400
1988 223,315,000
1989 221,581,200
1990 222,386,700
1991 220,475,300
1992 220,518,600
1993 221,585,300
1994 224,481,100
1995 232,975,700
1996 236,999,600
1997 238,276,200
1998 244,264,600
1999 241,917,300
2000 237,734,100
2001 229,990,800
2002 217,282,200
2003 206,176,500
2004 217,722,400
2005 210,912,300
2006 206,313,400
2007 204,536,800
2008 202,505,000
2009 199,787,100
2010 196,230,500
2011 194,326,500
2012 193,352,500
2013 192,717,000
2014 189,043,600
2015 189,769,400
2016 191,996,500
2017 194,072,100
2018 196,121,800
2019 199,207,700

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Upper middle income was 47.49 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 47.87 in 2001, while its lowest value was 43.23 in 1974.

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 43.53
1971 43.50
1972 43.40
1973 43.31
1974 43.23
1975 45.02
1976 45.94
1977 46.18
1978 46.16
1979 46.02
1980 46.04
1981 45.91
1982 45.61
1983 45.47
1984 45.59
1985 45.69
1986 46.32
1987 46.50
1988 46.71
1989 46.87
1990 47.08
1991 47.21
1992 47.40
1993 47.43
1994 47.51
1995 47.65
1996 47.74
1997 47.80
1998 47.84
1999 47.84
2000 47.83
2001 47.87
2002 47.81
2003 47.75
2004 47.65
2005 47.55
2006 47.48
2007 47.40
2008 47.33
2009 47.28
2010 47.23
2011 47.21
2012 47.22
2013 47.37
2014 47.44
2015 47.37
2016 47.45
2017 47.46
2018 47.49

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Upper middle income was 11,303,690 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,303,690 in 2019 and a minimum value of 5,834,856 in 1970.

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 5,834,856
1971 6,025,401
1972 6,561,206
1973 6,929,737
1974 7,263,694
1975 7,550,908
1976 7,860,513
1977 7,998,059
1978 8,013,263
1979 8,144,364
1980 8,406,410
1981 8,613,120
1982 8,803,532
1983 8,801,250
1984 8,822,443
1985 8,819,307
1986 9,035,450
1987 9,004,442
1988 9,123,125
1989 9,300,486
1990 9,465,324
1991 9,481,632
1992 9,524,045
1993 9,588,300
1994 9,670,766
1995 9,936,590
1996 10,042,790
1997 9,998,914
1998 10,116,150
1999 10,029,130
2000 10,183,170
2001 10,201,100
2002 9,946,283
2003 10,242,060
2004 10,552,220
2005 10,563,370
2006 10,451,980
2007 10,558,790
2008 10,583,450
2009 10,567,830
2010 10,581,030
2011 10,527,890
2012 10,516,600
2013 10,537,660
2014 10,592,710
2015 10,641,370
2016 10,691,600
2017 10,809,880
2018 11,050,000
2019 11,303,690

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Upper middle income was 72.87 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 72.87 in 2019, while its lowest value was 46.65 in 1977.

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
1973 49.69
1974 49.14
1975 48.39
1976 48.46
1977 46.65
1978 50.51
1979 50.43
1980 49.57
1981 49.84
1982 49.58
1983 49.92
1984 50.91
1985 52.39
1986 53.70
1987 53.69
1988 54.40
1989 54.81
1990 55.87
1991 56.15
1992 56.80
1993 57.37
1994 57.99
1995 59.34
1996 59.87
1997 59.92
1998 60.63
1999 60.64
2000 61.12
2001 61.74
2002 62.67
2003 62.86
2004 63.51
2005 63.68
2006 64.12
2007 64.23
2008 64.61
2009 65.05
2010 65.58
2011 66.15
2012 66.63
2013 67.36
2014 68.22
2015 69.28
2016 69.99
2017 70.86
2018 71.97
2019 72.87

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes