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Start of the academic school year in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Start of the academic school year was 2,017 tertiary education in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
2,017 tertiary education
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
72nd
of 206 countries
All-time high
2,017 tertiary education
in 2018
All-time low
1,969 tertiary education
in 1970
Years of data
48
1970–2018

Start of the academic school year in Puerto Rico, 1970–2018

05001.0k1.5k2.0k197019942018

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in tertiary education.

Analysis

In 2018, start of the academic school year in Puerto Rico stood at 2,017 tertiary education. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, start of the academic school year in Puerto Rico peaked at 2,017 tertiary education in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,969 tertiary education, in 1970.

Puerto Rico ranks 72nd of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1,974 tertiary education 1,969 tertiary education 1,978 tertiary education 10
1980s 1,984 tertiary education 1,979 tertiary education 1,988 tertiary education 10
1990s 1,994 tertiary education 1,989 tertiary education 1,998 tertiary education 10
2000s 2,004 tertiary education 1,999 tertiary education 2,008 tertiary education 10
2010s 2,013 tertiary education 2,009 tertiary education 2,017 tertiary education 8

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Frequently asked questions

What is start of the academic school year in Puerto Rico?
Start of the academic school year in Puerto Rico was 2,017 tertiary education in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest start of the academic school year recorded in Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 2,017 tertiary education in 2018.
What is the lowest start of the academic school year recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 1,969 tertiary education in 1970.
How does Puerto Rico rank for start of the academic school year?
Puerto Rico ranks 72nd out of 206 countries with data for 2018.
Is start of the academic school year rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Start of the academic school year (tertiary education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Start of the academic school year (tertiary education)
Unit
tertiary education
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 9,667 data points, 1970–2020
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