Pupils and students enrolled by education level, sex and age by country
Countries reporting
32
Highest
17.81 million
Germany
Lowest
6,900
Liechtenstein
Median
1.51 million
Years covered
12
2013–2024
Data points
332
What the numbers show
Pupils and students enrolled by education level, sex and age is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 17.81 million in Germany; the lowest is 6,900 in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.51 million, and the mean is 3.05 million.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,581.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 32.1%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 11.8%).
Pupils and students enrolled by education level, sex and age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 17.81 million | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 2 | France | 15.63 million | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 3 | Italy | 10.74 million | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 4 | Spain | 10.61 million | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 5 | Poland | 8.08 million | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 6 | Netherlands | 4.21 million | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 7 | Romania | 3.47 million | 2024 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 8 | Sweden | 2.99 million | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 9 | Belgium | 2.98 million | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 10 | Czechia | 2.25 million | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 11 | Hungary | 1.96 million | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 12 | Austria | 1.87 million | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 13 | Switzerland | 1.73 million | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 14 | Denmark | 1.53 million | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 15 | Ireland | 1.52 million | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 16 | Finland | 1.51 million | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 17 | Norway | 1.50 million | 2024 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 18 | Serbia | 1.22 million | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 1.13 million | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 20 | Slovakia | 1.05 million | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 21 | Croatia | 778,330 | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 22 | Lithuania | 607,313 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 23 | Slovenia | 462,564 | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 24 | Latvia | 419,051 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 25 | North Macedonia | 345,506 | 2024 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 26 | Estonia | 308,776 | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 27 | Cyprus | 218,704 | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 28 | Montenegro | 141,839 | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 141,815 | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 30 | Iceland | 113,528 | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 31 | Malta | 92,872 | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 32 | Liechtenstein | 6,900 | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) 92.38 million
- Türkiye 25.79 million