Population of compulsory school age, female in Paraguay

Paraguay: Population of compulsory school age, female was 856,725 number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
856,725 number
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
79th
of 186 countries
All-time high
866,501 number
in 2011
All-time low
573,317 number
in 1998
Years of data
21
1998–2019

Population of compulsory school age, female in Paraguay, 1998–2019

0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1998200820191998: 573.3k number1999: 580.8k number2000: 587.5k number2001: 593.1k number2002: 598.7k number2003: 604.0k number2004: 608.3k number2005: 611.2k number2006: 613.9k number2007: 614.2k number2008: 612.5k number2009: 609.3k number2010: 605.4k number2011: 866.5k number2012: 864.6k number2013: 863.9k number2014: 863.5k number2015: 862.3k number2017: 858.5k number2018: 857.1k number2019: 856.7k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2019, population of compulsory school age, female in Paraguay stood at 856,725 number.

The figure is up 40.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population of compulsory school age, female in Paraguay peaked at 866,501 number in 2011 and was at its lowest, 573,317 number, in 1998.

Paraguay ranks 79th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.

Population of compulsory school age, female in Paraguay, year by year

Annual values for Population of compulsory school age, female (number) in Paraguay, 1998 to 2019.
Year number Change
1998 573,317 number —
1999 580,775 number +1.3%
2000 587,466 number +1.2%
2001 593,113 number +1.0%
2002 598,713 number +0.9%
2003 603,965 number +0.9%
2004 608,291 number +0.7%
2005 611,186 number +0.5%
2006 613,877 number +0.4%
2007 614,235 number +0.1%
2008 612,478 number -0.3%
2009 609,273 number -0.5%
2010 605,415 number -0.6%
2011 866,501 number +43.1%
2012 864,614 number -0.2%
2013 863,943 number -0.1%
2014 863,538 number -0.0%
2015 862,264 number -0.1%
2017 858,502 number -0.4%
2018 857,145 number -0.2%
2019 856,725 number -0.0%

Paraguay compared with similar countries

  • Paraguay's 856,725 number is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 543,924 number, 1.6× the median. (53 countries reporting)
  • Paraguay's 856,725 number is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 310,736 number, 2.8× the median. (39 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Population of compulsory school age, female in Paraguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2011 +43.1% 605,415 number 866,501 number

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 577,046 number 573,317 number 580,775 number 2
2000s 605,260 number 587,466 number 614,235 number 10
2010s 833,183 number 605,415 number 866,501 number 9

Countries ranked near Paraguay

  1. 76 Rwanda 956,737 number compare
  2. 77 Benin 920,984 number compare
  3. 78 Sierra Leone 894,442 number compare
  4. 80 El Salvador 848,176 number compare
  5. 81 Tajikistan 825,169 number compare
  6. 82 Belgium 768,247 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population of compulsory school age, female in Paraguay?
Population of compulsory school age, female in Paraguay was 856,725 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population of compulsory school age, female recorded in Paraguay?
The highest recorded value was 866,501 number in 2011.
What is the lowest population of compulsory school age, female recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 573,317 number in 1998.
How does Paraguay rank for population of compulsory school age, female?
Paraguay ranks 79th out of 186 countries with data for 2019.
Is population of compulsory school age, female rising or falling in Paraguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 40.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Paraguay 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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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.