Switzerland - Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Switzerland was 521,087 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 561,773 in 1974 and a minimum value of 373,245 in 1987.

Definition: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1973 557,856
1974 561,773
1975 561,645
1976 556,885
1977 503,153
1978 502,337
1979 485,902
1980 468,531
1981 450,942
1982 434,288
1983 415,478
1984 398,931
1985 385,474
1986 376,512
1987 373,245
1988 375,302
1989 383,042
1990 394,061
1991 404,154
1992 414,129
1993 443,512
1994 447,240
1995 461,805
1996 477,643
1998 522,741
1999 529,610
2000 538,372
2001 537,744
2002 536,423
2003 535,577
2004 532,092
2005 524,222
2006 517,056
2007 510,804
2008 505,382
2009 499,435
2010 492,508
2011 487,436
2012 483,466
2013 483,707
2014 483,900
2015 490,469
2016 498,338
2017 507,686
2018 514,664
2019 521,087

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Enrollment includes Individuals officially registered in a given educational programme, or stage or module thereof, regardless of age. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation