What is the difference in school age population, upper secondary education, male between Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka?

8,454 number, with Saudi Arabia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka?

51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, upper secondary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Saudi Arabia vs Sri Lanka: School age population, upper secondary education, male

Saudi Arabia

687,065 number

in 2020

Sri Lanka

678,611 number

in 2020

Saudi Arabia rank

48th

Sri Lanka rank

51st

School age population, upper secondary education, male over time

Saudi Arabia
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 687,065 number against 678,611 number in Sri Lanka, a difference of 8,454 number.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Saudi Arabia ranks 48th and Sri Lanka ranks 51st of 205 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Saudi Arabia averaged higher in 5 and Sri Lanka in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Saudi Arabia	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1970s	214,383 number	305,435 number	91,052 number	Sri Lanka
1980s	357,780 number	340,602 number	17,178 number	Saudi Arabia
1990s	528,392 number	446,195 number	82,197 number	Saudi Arabia
2000s	703,526 number	688,907 number	14,619 number	Saudi Arabia
2010s	738,778 number	653,860 number	84,918 number	Saudi Arabia
2020s	687,065 number	678,611 number	8,454 number	Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, upper secondary education, male, Saudi Arabia or Sri Lanka?: Saudi Arabia, at 687,065 number against 678,611 number in Sri Lanka as of 2020.
What is the difference in school age population, upper secondary education, male between Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka?: 8,454 number, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.
How do Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka rank globally for school age population, upper secondary education, male?: Saudi Arabia ranks 48th and Sri Lanka ranks 51st of 205 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, upper secondary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Saudi Arabia vs Sri Lanka: School age population, upper secondary education, male. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-upper-secondary-education-male-number/saudi-arabia/sri-lanka/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-upper-secondary-education-male-number/saudi-arabia/sri-lanka/">Saudi Arabia vs Sri Lanka: School age population, upper secondary education, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: School age population, upper secondary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 250 places, 12,264 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to upper secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.