Which has higher secondary education, pupils, Türkiye or Upper middle income?

Upper middle income, at 233.28 million against 12.31 million in Türkiye as of 2024.

What is the difference in secondary education, pupils between Türkiye and Upper middle income?

220.97 million, with Upper middle income ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Türkiye and Upper middle income?

49 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Secondary education, pupils. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Türkiye vs Upper middle income: Secondary education, pupils

Türkiye

12.31 million

in 2023

Upper middle income

233.28 million

in 2024

Türkiye rank

10th

Upper middle income rank

8th

Secondary education, pupils over time

Türkiye
Upper middle income

How they compare

Upper middle income currently reports 233.28 million against 12.31 million in Türkiye, a difference of 220.97 million.

That makes Upper middle income's figure about 18.9 times Türkiye's.

Across all 49 years both countries report, Upper middle income has been ahead every year.

Türkiye ranks 10th and Upper middle income ranks 8th of 206 countries.

Upper middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Türkiye	Upper middle income	Difference	Ahead
1970s	1.69 million	89.50 million	87.82 million	Upper middle income
1980s	2.72 million	127.02 million	124.30 million	Upper middle income
1990s	4.40 million	149.45 million	145.05 million	Upper middle income
2000s	6.59 million	208.99 million	202.40 million	Upper middle income
2010s	10.07 million	214.98 million	204.92 million	Upper middle income
2020s	11.75 million	223.63 million	211.88 million	Upper middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, pupils, Türkiye or Upper middle income?: Upper middle income, at 233.28 million against 12.31 million in Türkiye as of 2024.
What is the difference in secondary education, pupils between Türkiye and Upper middle income?: 220.97 million, with Upper middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Türkiye and Upper middle income?: 49 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
How do Türkiye and Upper middle income rank globally for secondary education, pupils?: Türkiye ranks 10th and Upper middle income ranks 8th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Secondary education, pupils. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Secondary education, pupils
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 251 places, 10,025 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.