Year % of primary school age 1970 28.2477703094482 1971 28.3496894836426 1972 27.4883708953857 1973 25.2963905334473 1974 24.596040725708 1975 23.5003108978271 1976 22.8705596923828 1977 22.8317909240723 1978 23.8531894683838 1979 23.529109954834 1980 22.4136295318604 1981 21.5757102966309 1982 21.1331005096436 1983 20.8815498352051 1984 20.6375904083252 1985 20.0103302001953 1986 19.2416591644287 1987 18.9303092956543 1988 18.2687091827393 1989 17.5901107788086 1990 17.9211196899414 1991 17.5338001251221 1992 17.6675491333008 1993 17.5207290649414 1994 17.4379806518555 1995 17.7068996429443 1996 17.8760509490967 1997 17.6940898895264 1998 16.8238506317139 1999 15.7673196792603 2000 14.976900100708 2001 14.553879737854 2002 14.2075996398926 2003 12.7644500732422 2004 11.6346302032471 2005 10.7354097366333 2006 10.5270595550537 2007 9.20911979675293 2008 8.90449047088623 2009 9.0452995300293 2010 9.14133 2011 9.08227 2012 8.70851 2013 8.44662 2014 8.25877 2015 8.37648 2016 8.19655 2017 8.18698 2018 8.1885