Year % of primary school age 1970 50.2978591918945 1971 50.3321304321289 1972 49.572509765625 1973 47.6509284973145 1974 48.1044807434082 1975 47.3501091003418 1976 45.8299217224121 1977 45.1437797546387 1978 44.8821296691895 1979 43.4443893432617 1980 41.6305313110352 1981 39.956470489502 1982 40.4832801818848 1983 39.2733688354492 1984 38.8223686218262 1985 39.0941505432129 1986 38.5652809143066 1987 39.3847312927246 1988 39.2612686157227 1989 40.2002906799316 1990 42.0989990234375 1991 38.9630584716797 1992 39.4575691223145 1993 39.3514595031738 1994 38.6352882385254 1995 37.8394813537598 1996 39.1285591125488 1997 40.1002883911133 1998 41.0485610961914 1999 42.239860534668 2000 41.1084899902344 2001 39.2823486328125 2002 37.3535995483398 2003 35.5795402526855 2004 34.0033798217773 2005 32.9351997375488 2006 30.9899101257324 2007 29.9740905761719 2008 26.9651794433594 2009 26.4159908294678 2010 25.43838 2011 24.59005 2012 23.27389 2013 23.51152 2014 22.10351 2015 22.24142 2016 21.80215 2017 21.52147 2018 21.56922