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Enrolment in lower secondary education, both sexes (number) by country

Total number of students enrolled in public and private lower secondary education institutions regardless of age.

Countries reporting
194
Highest
64.18 million number
India
Lowest
336 number
Tuvalu
Median
334,876 number
Years covered
41
1980–2020
Data points
4,801

What the numbers show

Enrolment in lower secondary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 64.18 million number in India; the lowest is 336 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 334,876 number, and the mean is 1.71 million number.

Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 273.6%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 60.4%).

Enrolment in lower secondary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 64.18 million number 2019 up 15.7% rising
2 China 46.74 million number 2019 down 16.5% falling
3 Indonesia 13.72 million number 2018 up 25.2% rising
4 Brazil 13.34 million number 2018 down 7.8% falling
5 United States of America 12.68 million number 2018 — flat
6 Mexico 8.52 million number 2018 up 11.9% rising
7 Bangladesh 8.35 million number 2019 up 34.2% rising
8 Philippines 7.83 million number 2018 up 48.9% rising
9 Pakistan 7.69 million number 2019 up 42.1% rising
10 Russian Federation 7.35 million number 2018 up 12.6% falling
11 Nigeria 5.84 million number 2016 up 56.4% rising
12 Türkiye 5.59 million number 2018 up 47.2% rising
13 Viet Nam 5.46 million number 2019 down 1.1% falling
14 Egypt 5.41 million number 2019 up 23.8% rising
15 Germany 4.52 million number 2018 down 9.2% falling
16 Ethiopia 4.42 million number 2017 up 44.4% volatile
17 Colombia 3.46 million number 2018 down 1.5% rising
18 Japan 3.39 million number 2018 down 7.1% falling
19 France 3.38 million number 2018 up 4.5% flat
20 Algeria 3.24 million number 2011 up 47.6% rising
21 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.15 million number 2017 down 21.0% falling
22 Myanmar 3.06 million number 2018 up 43.2% rising
23 Thailand 3.06 million number 2019 up 9.4% rising
24 Argentina 2.79 million number 2017 up 13.9% rising
25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.62 million number 2018 up 12.9% rising
26 Uzbekistan 2.61 million number 2019 down 11.4% falling
27 Kenya 2.26 million number 2016 up 47.7% rising
28 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.19 million number 2019 up 48.2% volatile
29 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.15 million number 2015 up 57.3% rising
30 South Africa 1.99 million number 2018 up 8.6% flat
31 Afghanistan 1.98 million number 2018 up 86.4% rising
32 Nepal 1.87 million number 2019 up 27.3% rising
33 Ukraine 1.85 million number 2019 down 17.2% falling
34 Morocco 1.81 million number 2019 up 22.1% rising
35 Italy 1.78 million number 2018 up 2.8% falling
36 Peru 1.77 million number 2019 up 0.5% rising
37 Ghana 1.68 million number 2019 up 32.0% rising
38 Spain 1.66 million number 2018 down 15.3% rising
39 Côte d'Ivoire 1.66 million number 2019 up 77.7% rising
40 Saudi Arabia 1.56 million number 2019 down 3.3% rising
41 Cameroon 1.54 million number 2016 up 197.9% rising
42 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.53 million number 2017 up 4.8% rising
43 Angola 1.53 million number 2016 up 273.6% volatile
44 Syrian Arab Republic 1.45 million number 2013 down 16.5% rising
45 Kazakhstan 1.44 million number 2019 up 9.1% falling
46 Sri Lanka 1.39 million number 2018 up 10.2% falling
47 Republic of Korea 1.35 million number 2018 down 34.2% falling
48 Malaysia 1.35 million number 2019 down 10.8% flat
49 Australia 1.33 million number 2018 — rising
50 Iraq 1.31 million number 2007 up 76.8% rising
51 Canada 1.25 million number 2018 up 47.7% falling
52 Yemen 1.16 million number 2016 up 35.5% rising
53 Sudan 1.14 million number 2017 up 60.2% rising
54 Poland 1.10 million number 2018 down 24.5% falling
55 Madagascar 1.10 million number 2019 up 32.7% rising
56 Burkina Faso 1.05 million number 2019 up 178.7% volatile
57 Ecuador 979,570 number 2018 up 49.7% rising
58 Malawi 820,836 number 2019 up 45.4% rising
59 Mozambique 811,012 number 2017 up 112.2% volatile
60 Tajikistan 809,645 number 2017 down 1.5% rising
61 Netherlands 802,327 number 2018 up 4.7% rising
62 Senegal 790,303 number 2019 up 75.0% volatile
63 Guatemala 778,888 number 2019 up 15.9% rising
64 Benin 738,954 number 2016 up 127.5% volatile
65 Romania 730,037 number 2018 down 20.9% falling
66 Mali 702,660 number 2018 up 66.5% rising
67 Azerbaijan 654,631 number 2019 down 7.6% falling
68 Niger 642,494 number 2017 up 245.6% volatile
69 Cambodia 638,712 number 2019 up 4.1% rising
70 Jordan 612,388 number 2019 up 20.0% rising
71 Togo 549,330 number 2017 up 82.9% rising
72 Palestine, State of 547,031 number 2019 down 3.8% rising
73 Kyrgyzstan 536,768 number 2019 up 2.4% falling
74 Dominican Republic 535,465 number 2019 up 49.0% rising
75 Zambia 510,801 number 2017 up 50.1% rising
76 Tunisia 509,713 number 2018 down 22.0% flat
77 Chile 501,357 number 2018 down 12.0% falling
78 Guinea 487,331 number 2014 up 84.4% rising
79 Rwanda 481,138 number 2019 up 104.3% volatile
80 Zimbabwe 466,939 number 2013 up 20.8% rising
81 Sierra Leone 451,685 number 2019 up 84.7% rising
82 Belarus 451,073 number 2018 down 27.6% falling
83 Honduras 449,824 number 2019 up 24.5% rising
84 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 445,168 number 2018 up 5.4% rising
85 Lao People's Democratic Republic 444,447 number 2019 up 67.9% rising
86 Israel 432,648 number 2018 up 33.3% rising
87 Belgium 428,690 number 2018 up 28.5% rising
88 Czechia 398,436 number 2018 down 7.8% falling
89 Hungary 391,755 number 2018 down 12.6% falling
90 Sweden 382,256 number 2018 up 2.6% flat
91 Libya 377,605 number 2006 down 14.2% falling
92 Burundi 371,417 number 2019 up 64.3% volatile
93 Portugal 366,044 number 2018 down 6.0% falling
94 Chad 361,516 number 2019 up 19.5% rising
95 Cuba 351,128 number 2019 down 14.9% falling
96 Oman 343,833 number 2019 up 107.6% volatile
97 Austria 341,251 number 2018 down 10.6% falling
98 Paraguay 328,500 number 2016 up 3.1% rising
99 Greece 323,303 number 2018 down 5.4% falling
100 Nicaragua 319,539 number 2010 up 39.2% rising
101 United Arab Emirates 310,937 number 2017 up 59.9% rising
102 El Salvador 308,565 number 2018 down 12.7% rising
103 Costa Rica 298,368 number 2019 up 5.6% rising
104 Serbia 274,657 number 2019 down 13.0% falling
105 Switzerland 256,131 number 2018 down 13.2% falling
106 Slovakia 254,233 number 2018 down 17.9% falling
107 New Zealand 253,919 number 2018 up 0.6% rising
108 Congo 243,984 number 2012 up 62.0% rising
109 Denmark 240,450 number 2018 down 2.3% rising
110 Ireland 236,579 number 2018 up 36.5% flat
111 Lebanon 223,205 number 2019 up 3.7% falling
112 Panama 200,934 number 2017 up 25.9% rising
113 Bulgaria 200,538 number 2018 down 21.7% falling
114 Norway 195,481 number 2018 up 5.7% rising
115 Uruguay 181,824 number 2018 up 5.1% rising
116 Mauritania 181,580 number 2019 up 158.1% volatile
117 Finland 181,468 number 2018 down 9.4% falling
118 Mongolia 179,852 number 2018 down 15.3% flat
119 Croatia 174,506 number 2018 down 15.9% falling
120 Eritrea 174,356 number 2018 up 21.1% rising
121 Hong Kong, China 169,689 number 2019 down 32.2% falling
122 Armenia 167,913 number 2019 down 21.1% falling
123 Liberia 167,825 number 2017 up 70.5% rising
124 Kuwait 165,521 number 2012 up 23.0% rising
125 Lithuania 164,367 number 2018 down 39.7% falling
126 Republic of Moldova 159,427 number 2019 down 28.5% falling
127 Namibia 155,353 number 2017 up 24.8% rising
128 Georgia 147,728 number 2019 down 11.7% falling
129 Albania 139,426 number 2019 down 37.1% falling
130 Botswana 124,305 number 2015 up 5.1% rising
131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 122,714 number 2019 down 34.1% falling
132 Jamaica 121,435 number 2019 down 25.9% falling
133 Puerto Rico 109,611 number 2018 down 29.9% falling
134 Central African Republic 107,572 number 2017 up 73.9% rising
135 Gambia 104,526 number 2019 up 41.5% rising
136 Lesotho 98,861 number 2017 up 26.3% rising
137 Timor-Leste 90,112 number 2019 up 49.2% rising
138 North Macedonia 83,871 number 2018 down 22.9% falling
139 Singapore 78,744 number 2018 down 28.8% falling
140 Eswatini 71,144 number 2016 up 29.8% rising
141 Fiji 69,792 number 2019 up 8.8% flat
142 Qatar 62,172 number 2019 up 72.7% rising
143 Mauritius 58,325 number 2019 down 3.9% rising
144 Latvia 56,501 number 2018 down 31.6% falling
145 Guyana 55,606 number 2012 up 8.2% rising
146 Trinidad and Tobago 55,060 number 2009 down 22.4% falling
147 Slovenia 54,537 number 2018 down 5.1% falling
148 Bahrain 53,063 number 2019 up 27.5% rising
149 Bhutan 52,112 number 2020 up 11.5% rising
150 Comoros 50,755 number 2018 up 48.7% rising
151 Djibouti 44,811 number 2020 up 40.8% rising
152 Estonia 39,280 number 2018 down 18.9% falling
153 Suriname 37,353 number 2019 up 15.3% rising
154 Solomon Islands 33,226 number 2018 up 61.6% rising
155 Cape Verde 32,123 number 2018 down 15.6% rising
156 Belize 30,786 number 2019 up 25.2% rising
157 Montenegro 28,725 number 2019 down 22.1% falling
158 Equatorial Guinea 27,027 number 2015 up 24.9% rising
159 Cyprus 26,826 number 2018 down 17.9% falling
160 Luxembourg 22,455 number 2018 up 15.7% rising
161 Maldives 17,361 number 2019 down 33.5% falling
162 Sao Tome and Principe 16,434 number 2017 up 118.7% rising
163 Vanuatu 15,232 number 2015 up 70.1% rising
164 Brunei Darussalam 13,664 number 2019 down 43.9% falling
165 Bahamas 13,603 number 2018 down 26.0% falling
166 Macau, China 13,214 number 2019 down 37.3% falling
167 Tonga 12,868 number 2015 up 27.1% rising
168 Malta 12,777 number 2018 down 51.3% falling
169 Iceland 12,774 number 2018 down 8.1% flat
170 Barbados 11,023 number 2019 down 3.8% falling
171 Samoa 9,705 number 2019 down 0.1% rising
172 Saint Lucia 6,690 number 2019 down 36.4% falling
173 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6,300 number 2018 down 19.0% falling
174 Kiribati 5,782 number 2017 down 18.5% rising
175 Grenada 5,605 number 2018 down 23.8% falling
176 Antigua and Barbuda 4,855 number 2018 down 19.8% rising
177 Seychelles 4,402 number 2019 down 4.2% falling
178 Micronesia, Federated States of 3,906 number 2019 down 28.1% falling
179 Aruba 3,536 number 2012 up 9.4% rising
180 Dominica 3,124 number 2019 down 34.5% falling
181 Andorra 3,016 number 2019 up 8.6% rising
182 Marshall Islands 2,705 number 2019 up 23.8% rising
183 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,536 number 2016 up 3.7% flat
184 Cayman Islands 1,898 number 2018 up 13.8% rising
185 Bermuda 1,873 number 2015 down 17.0% falling
186 Monaco 1,853 number 2020 up 12.2% rising
187 Liechtenstein 1,527 number 2018 down 13.4% falling
188 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,506 number 2018 down 6.3% rising
189 Gibraltar 1,338 number 2019 up 57.2% rising
190 British Virgin Islands 1,002 number 2018 down 23.0% rising
191 San Marino 972 number 2019 up 8.6% rising
192 Naoero 801 number 2019 up 65.5% rising
193 Palau 487 number 2014 down 57.1% falling
194 Tuvalu 336 number 2019 down 60.4% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Enrolment in lower secondary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
239 places, 4,801 data points, 1980–2020
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Total number of students enrolled in public and private lower secondary education institutions regardless of age.