Population of compulsory school age, female in Finland

Finland: Population of compulsory school age, female was 300,020 number in 2020. ▬ Flat

Latest (2020)
300,020 number
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
116th
of 186 countries
All-time high
300,020 number
in 2020
All-time low
256,907 number
in 2014
Years of data
23
1998–2020

Population of compulsory school age, female in Finland, 1998–2020

0100.0k200.0k300.0k1998200920201998: 283.9k number1999: 283.2k number2000: 283.2k number2001: 283.9k number2002: 285.1k number2003: 285.9k number2004: 286.1k number2005: 285.3k number2006: 283.1k number2007: 279.9k number2008: 275.8k number2009: 270.8k number2010: 265.7k number2011: 261.4k number2012: 258.5k number2013: 256.9k number2014: 256.9k number2015: 258.3k number2016: 290.8k number2017: 293.5k number2018: 296.0k number2019: 298.3k number2020: 300.0k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Finland recorded 300,020 number for population of compulsory school age, female in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population of compulsory school age, female in Finland peaked at 300,020 number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 256,907 number, in 2014.

That places Finland 116th out of 186 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 283,518 number 283,159 number 283,877 number 2
2000s 281,901 number 270,812 number 286,103 number 10
2010s 273,614 number 256,907 number 298,259 number 10
2020s 300,020 number 300,020 number 300,020 number 1

Countries ranked near Finland

  1. 113 Puerto Rico 310,736 number compare
  2. 114 Norway 310,240 number compare
  3. 115 New Zealand 307,900 number compare
  4. 117 Oman 295,390 number compare
  5. 118 United Arab Emirates 281,271 number compare
  6. 119 Slovakia 273,122 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population of compulsory school age, female in Finland?
Population of compulsory school age, female in Finland was 300,020 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population of compulsory school age, female recorded in Finland?
The highest recorded value was 300,020 number in 2020.
What is the lowest population of compulsory school age, female recorded in Finland?
The lowest recorded value was 256,907 number in 2014.
How does Finland rank for population of compulsory school age, female?
Finland ranks 116th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
Is population of compulsory school age, female rising or falling in Finland?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Finland data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population of compulsory school age, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Population of compulsory school age, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
231 places, 4,849 data points, 1975–2020
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Population of female children within the age span that children are legally obliged to attend school.