Population of compulsory school age, male in Jordan

Jordan: Population of compulsory school age, male was 1.15 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.15 million number
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
71st
of 186 countries
All-time high
1.15 million number
in 2019
All-time low
625,230 number
in 1998
Years of data
22
1998–2019

Population of compulsory school age, male in Jordan, 1998–2019

0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M1998200820191998: 625.2k number1999: 632.9k number2000: 639.6k number2001: 646.9k number2002: 653.4k number2003: 661.4k number2004: 671.6k number2005: 684.9k number2006: 700.9k number2007: 722.9k number2008: 749.4k number2009: 780.2k number2010: 815.2k number2011: 854.1k number2012: 899.2k number2013: 947.6k number2014: 996.4k number2015: 1.0M number2016: 1.1M number2017: 1.1M number2018: 1.1M number2019: 1.1M number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Jordan recorded 1.15 million number for population of compulsory school age, male in 2019. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 47.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population of compulsory school age, male in Jordan peaked at 1.15 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 625,230 number, in 1998.

Jordan ranks 71st of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 629,052 number 625,230 number 632,875 number 2
2000s 691,126 number 639,567 number 780,239 number 10
2010s 1.00 million number 815,227 number 1.15 million number 10

Countries ranked near Jordan

  1. 68 Netherlands 1.27 million number compare
  2. 69 Honduras 1.25 million number compare
  3. 70 South Sudan 1.18 million number compare
  4. 72 Israel 1.14 million number compare
  5. 73 Romania 1.07 million number compare
  6. 74 Guinea 1.03 million number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population of compulsory school age, male in Jordan?
Population of compulsory school age, male in Jordan was 1.15 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population of compulsory school age, male recorded in Jordan?
The highest recorded value was 1.15 million number in 2019.
What is the lowest population of compulsory school age, male recorded in Jordan?
The lowest recorded value was 625,230 number in 1998.
How does Jordan rank for population of compulsory school age, male?
Jordan ranks 71st out of 186 countries with data for 2019.
Is population of compulsory school age, male rising or falling in Jordan?
Over the last ten years it is up 47.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Jordan data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population of compulsory school age, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Population of compulsory school age, male (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 male children within the age span that children are legally obliged to attend school.