Number of pupils in primary education fell 0.310% to 139 '000 in Moldova in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of pupils in primary education in Moldova reached an all time high of 323 '000 in 1995 and an all time low of 138 '000 in 2016.
Moldova has been ranked 111th within the group of 135 countries we follow in terms of number of pupils in primary education, 19 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Pupils (Primary Education) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bulgaria | '000 | 262 | 262 | 265 | 263 | 257 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| China | '000 | ... | ... | 95,958 | 98,189 | 100,321 | 101,873 | 104,325 | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | '000 | 2,879 | 2,895 | 2,955 | 2,987 | 2,997 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Greece | '000 | ... | ... | 644 | 647 | 649 | 643 | 636 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Hungary | '000 | 396 | 394 | 391 | 374 | 364 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Japan | '000 | 6,638 | 6,582 | 6,532 | 6,505 | 6,494 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Moldova | '000 | 139 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 140 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | '000 | 2,306 | 2,481 | 2,297 | 2,277 | 2,313 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Romania | '000 | 947 | 939 | 928 | 948 | 931 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | '000 | ... | ... | 5,983 | 6,199 | 6,574 | 6,928 | 7,123 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Serbia | '000 | 279 | 273 | 269 | 267 | 264 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | '000 | 5,434 | 5,361 | 4,972 | 5,105 | 5,267 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | '000 | 24,786 | 25,019 | 25,124 | 24,958 | 24,786 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | '000 | 1,537 | 1,599 | 1,644 | 1,677 | 1,725 |
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