Uruguay - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Uruguay 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 Uruguay was 292,536 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 387,150 in 1981 and a minimum value of 292,536 in 2019.

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 354,096
1971 359,928
1972 352,209
1973 353,653
1974 331,047
1975 322,602
1976 322,942
1977 324,361
1978 325,888
1979 326,235
1980 331,247
1981 387,150
1982 363,179
1983 350,178
1984 350,390
1985 356,002
1986 354,883
1987 354,177
1988 351,984
1989 350,415
1990 346,416
1991 340,789
1992 338,020
1993 338,204
1994 337,889
1995 341,197
1996 345,573
1997 364,291
1998 365,297
1999 366,461
2000 360,834
2001 359,557
2002 364,858
2003 365,423
2004 366,205
2005 365,536
2006 365,388
2007 359,439
2008 353,560
2009 348,691
2010 341,885
2011 339,783
2012 332,212
2013 327,137
2014 321,779
2015 316,864
2016 309,806
2017 304,309
2018 296,791
2019 292,536

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Uruguay was 48.45 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 50.59 in 1978, while its lowest value was 47.78 in 1970.

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 47.78
1971 49.03
1972 48.99
1973 49.32
1974 48.74
1975 48.65
1976 48.69
1977 48.68
1978 50.59
1979 48.50
1980 48.69
1981 48.43
1983 48.57
1984 48.61
1985 48.70
1986 48.80
1987 48.77
1988 48.72
1989 48.68
1990 48.72
1991 48.69
1992 48.61
1993 48.62
1994 48.59
1995 48.57
1996 48.63
1997 48.62
1998 48.63
1999 48.59
2000 48.52
2001 48.41
2002 48.40
2003 48.37
2004 48.32
2005 48.36
2006 48.31
2007 48.29
2008 48.22
2009 48.14
2010 48.16
2011 48.21
2012 48.22
2013 48.27
2014 48.33
2015 48.32
2016 48.32
2017 48.45

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Uruguay was 25,054 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28,060 in 2014 and a minimum value of 12,009 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 12,009
1971 12,563
1972 13,724
1973 13,908
1974 14,434
1975 13,572
1976 13,788
1977 13,685
1978 13,821
1979 13,698
1980 14,768
1981 18,017
1982 16,821
1983 17,036
1984 15,021
1985 14,193
1986 16,212
1988 15,188
1989 15,827
1990 15,827
1991 15,747
1992 16,378
1993 16,991
1994 15,793
1995 16,991
1996 16,868
1997 16,869
1998 17,724
1999 17,929
2000 17,384
2001 17,307
2002 17,235
2003 17,547
2004 17,834
2005 18,139
2006 18,600
2007 23,175
2008 23,555
2009 24,931
2010 24,785
2013 27,343
2014 28,060
2015 26,943
2016 27,832
2017 27,616
2018 27,762
2019 25,054

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Uruguay was 97.00 as of 1997. Its highest value over the past 13 years was 97.00 in 1991, while its lowest value was 78.90 in 1984.

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
1984 78.90
1990 97.00
1991 97.00
1992 97.00
1993 97.00
1994 97.00
1995 97.00
1996 97.00
1997 97.00

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes