Enrolment data adjusted to the financial year — Students enrolled by country
This dataset contains data on enrolment data adjusted to the financial year. This information is only used to calculate the expenditure per student and is provided as a reference statistics. It should NOT be used as the official enrolment figures. </p><p>Data for the latest available year are preliminary. Final...
What the numbers show
Enrolment data adjusted to the financial year — Students enrolled is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 57.60 million Persons in Brazil; the lowest is 96,637 Persons in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.09 million Persons, and the mean is 7.62 million Persons.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 596.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Australia (up 32.9%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 20.2%).
Enrolment data adjusted to the financial year — Students enrolled: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 57.60 million Persons | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 2 | Mexico | 36.26 million Persons | 2022 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 3 | Germany | 17.34 million Persons | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 4 | France | 15.22 million Persons | 2022 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 12.90 million Persons | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 6 | Italy | 10.55 million Persons | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 7 | Spain | 9.28 million Persons | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 6.39 million Persons | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 9 | Chile | 5.21 million Persons | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 10 | Romania | 3.40 million Persons | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 11 | Israel | 3.37 million Persons | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 12 | Sweden | 2.43 million Persons | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 13 | Czechia | 2.20 million Persons | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 14 | Portugal | 1.98 million Persons | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 15 | Austria | 1.86 million Persons | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 16 | Hungary | 1.68 million Persons | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 17 | Switzerland | 1.62 million Persons | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 18 | Denmark | 1.49 million Persons | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 19 | Ireland | 1.39 million Persons | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 20 | Norway | 1.36 million Persons | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 21 | Finland | 1.34 million Persons | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 22 | New Zealand | 1.07 million Persons | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 1.06 million Persons | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 1.02 million Persons | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 121,178 Persons | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 26 | Iceland | 96,637 Persons | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 8.88 million Persons
- Poland 7.35 million Persons
- Netherlands 3.79 million Persons
- Slovak Republic 1.01 million Persons
- Croatia 697,773 Persons
- Lithuania 592,175 Persons
- Slovenia 422,777 Persons
- Latvia 391,480 Persons
- Estonia 297,373 Persons
About this data
This dataset contains data on enrolment data adjusted to the financial year. This information is only used to calculate the expenditure per student and is provided as a reference statistics. It should NOT be used as the official enrolment figures. </p><p>Data for the latest available year are preliminary. Final data will be released on 29 September 2026.</p><p>For more information, please consult the <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/education-at-a-glance_19991487.html"><i>Education at a Glance</i></a> web page.