Australia vs Europe & Central Asia: School age population, early childhood educational development

Australia
510,850 number
in 2019
Europe & Central Asia
8.02 million number
in 2019
Australia rank
23rd
Europe & Central Asia rank
21st

School age population, early childhood educational development over time

  • Australia
  • Europe & Central Asia
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M199720082019

How they compare

Europe & Central Asia currently reports 8.02 million number against 510,850 number in Australia, a difference of 7.51 million number.

That makes Europe & Central Asia's figure about 15.7 times Australia's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Europe & Central Asia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 23rd and Europe & Central Asia ranks 21st of 92 countries.

Europe & Central Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Europe & Central Asia Difference Ahead
1990s 400,578 number 2.63 million number 2.23 million number Europe & Central Asia
2000s 398,410 number 2.58 million number 2.19 million number Europe & Central Asia
2010s 481,837 number 6.20 million number 5.72 million number Europe & Central Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, early childhood educational development, Australia or Europe & Central Asia?
Europe & Central Asia, at 8.02 million number against 510,850 number in Australia as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, early childhood educational development between Australia and Europe & Central Asia?
7.51 million number, with Europe & Central Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Europe & Central Asia?
19 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
How do Australia and Europe & Central Asia rank globally for school age population, early childhood educational development?
Australia ranks 23rd and Europe & Central Asia ranks 21st of 92 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
131 places, 2,087 data points, 1972–2020
Last refreshed

Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to early childhood educational development education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. 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/