El Salvador vs Papua New Guinea: School age population, early childhood education, both sexes

El Salvador
806,388 number
in 2019
Papua New Guinea
849,005 number
in 2019
El Salvador rank
79th
Papua New Guinea rank
78th

School age population, early childhood education, both sexes over time

  • El Salvador
  • Papua New Guinea
200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k199820082019

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 849,005 number against 806,388 number in El Salvador, a difference of 42,617 number.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1998 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 79th and Papua New Guinea ranks 78th of 199 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 457,838 number 150,698 number 307,140 number El Salvador
2000s 475,192 number 173,219 number 301,974 number El Salvador
2010s 825,385 number 698,901 number 126,484 number El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, early childhood education, both sexes, El Salvador or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 849,005 number against 806,388 number in El Salvador as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, early childhood education, both sexes between El Salvador and Papua New Guinea?
42,617 number, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Papua New Guinea?
22 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do El Salvador and Papua New Guinea rank globally for school age population, early childhood education, both sexes?
El Salvador ranks 79th and Papua New Guinea ranks 78th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, early childhood education, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
School age population, early childhood education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
239 places, 5,152 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to early childhood education (ISCED 0) as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years, and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at children aged 3 years until the age to start ISCED 1. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/