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School age population, lower secondary education, female (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
205
Highest
36.22 million number
India
Lowest
232 number
Palau
Median
176,409 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,264

What the numbers show

School age population, lower secondary education, female (number) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 36.22 million number in India; the lowest is 232 number in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 176,409 number, and the mean is 945,191 number.

Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Marshall Islands (up 151.1%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 58.0%).

School age population, lower secondary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 36.22 million number 2020 up 3.5% rising
2 China 23.02 million number 2020 down 10.0% falling
3 Nigeria 7.15 million number 2020 up 35.5% rising
4 Brazil 6.89 million number 2011 up 0.5% flat
5 Pakistan 6.78 million number 2020 up 9.8% rising
6 Indonesia 6.75 million number 2020 up 3.6% rising
7 United States of America 6.09 million number 2018 down 1.4% rising
8 Ethiopia 5.26 million number 2020 up 26.4% volatile
9 Bangladesh 4.43 million number 2020 down 5.8% flat
10 Philippines 4.15 million number 2020 up 38.8% rising
11 Russian Federation 3.76 million number 2020 up 9.7% falling
12 Mexico 3.29 million number 2020 down 0.8% rising
13 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.70 million number 2020 up 37.7% rising
14 Türkiye 2.64 million number 2020 up 37.4% rising
15 Egypt 2.64 million number 2020 up 8.1% rising
16 Viet Nam 2.63 million number 2020 down 9.8% rising
17 Uganda 2.28 million number 2020 up 40.4% rising
18 Germany 2.21 million number 2020 down 6.0% falling
19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.17 million number 2020 up 44.5% rising
20 Myanmar 1.95 million number 2020 down 2.6% rising
21 France 1.63 million number 2019 up 7.3% falling
22 Colombia 1.53 million number 2020 down 9.8% rising
23 Sudan 1.52 million number 2020 up 85.0% rising
24 Afghanistan 1.47 million number 2020 up 37.6% rising
25 Algeria 1.38 million number 2020 up 10.0% rising
26 Uzbekistan 1.33 million number 2020 down 8.8% rising
27 Kenya 1.33 million number 2020 up 27.0% rising
28 Madagascar 1.29 million number 2020 up 23.4% rising
29 Iraq 1.28 million number 2020 up 23.7% rising
30 Angola 1.26 million number 2020 up 47.9% rising
31 Cameroon 1.23 million number 2020 up 31.4% rising
32 Thailand 1.23 million number 2020 down 12.5% falling
33 Côte d'Ivoire 1.22 million number 2020 up 24.2% rising
34 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.17 million number 2020 down 33.4% rising
35 Mozambique 1.16 million number 2020 up 38.9% rising
36 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.14 million number 2020 up 4.8% falling
37 Niger 1.11 million number 2020 up 56.9% volatile
38 Argentina 1.05 million number 2020 up 2.2% rising
39 South Africa 1.03 million number 2020 up 5.5% rising
40 Yemen 1.00 million number 2020 up 14.5% rising
41 Burkina Faso 989,755 number 2020 up 36.7% rising
42 Malawi 983,517 number 2020 up 39.8% volatile
43 Ghana 979,945 number 2020 up 18.0% rising
44 Ukraine 953,859 number 2014 down 35.3% falling
45 Morocco 890,675 number 2020 down 1.6% falling
46 Nepal 873,886 number 2020 down 15.8% rising
47 Italy 837,137 number 2020 up 4.8% falling
48 Peru 821,524 number 2020 down 2.6% rising
49 Chad 808,697 number 2020 up 40.9% volatile
50 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 773,140 number 2020 down 3.9% rising
51 Senegal 762,644 number 2020 up 29.6% rising
52 Saudi Arabia 734,399 number 2020 down 4.7% rising
53 Kazakhstan 730,173 number 2020 up 19.7% falling
54 Mali 727,898 number 2020 up 45.2% rising
55 Malaysia 716,469 number 2020 down 13.0% rising
56 Spain 704,629 number 2020 down 17.5% falling
57 Sri Lanka 685,807 number 2020 up 6.7% falling
58 Republic of Korea 666,148 number 2020 down 29.2% falling
59 Guinea 622,012 number 2020 up 25.7% volatile
60 Australia 617,711 number 2020 up 12.9% rising
61 Canada 571,872 number 2020 up 46.5% falling
62 Guatemala 568,542 number 2020 up 8.3% rising
63 Benin 548,651 number 2020 up 29.6% rising
64 Poland 530,727 number 2020 down 21.9% falling
65 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 530,499 number 2019 down 9.6% falling
66 Burundi 517,694 number 2020 up 22.7% rising
67 Syrian Arab Republic 498,523 number 2020 down 58.0% volatile
68 Cambodia 460,696 number 2020 down 5.1% rising
69 Ecuador 455,784 number 2020 up 1.8% rising
70 Zambia 454,312 number 2020 up 38.3% rising
71 Rwanda 445,520 number 2020 up 27.0% rising
72 Jordan 437,282 number 2020 up 48.1% rising
73 Tajikistan 433,986 number 2020 up 1.7% rising
74 Romania 417,539 number 2020 down 3.4% falling
75 Somalia 405,853 number 2020 up 32.0% rising
76 Togo 384,107 number 2020 up 35.6% rising
77 Zimbabwe 364,781 number 2020 up 16.1% rising
78 Haiti 351,556 number 2020 up 5.7% rising
79 Honduras 303,208 number 2020 up 0.6% rising
80 Turkmenistan 299,748 number 2020 up 24.7% rising
81 Azerbaijan 296,964 number 2019 down 18.5% falling
82 Lao People's Democratic Republic 293,767 number 2020 down 3.5% rising
83 Sierra Leone 285,402 number 2020 up 25.7% rising
84 Netherlands 283,056 number 2020 down 2.9% falling
85 Palestine, State of 274,583 number 2019 down 10.7% rising
86 South Sudan 270,018 number 2020 up 19.6% rising
87 Kyrgyzstan 268,285 number 2020 down 0.7% rising
88 Central African Republic 255,222 number 2020 up 21.9% rising
89 Congo 250,539 number 2020 up 38.1% rising
90 Chile 244,886 number 2020 down 7.0% rising
91 Tunisia 233,838 number 2020 down 6.8% rising
92 Belarus 231,870 number 2020 up 0.6% flat
93 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 226,803 number 2020 up 5.3% rising
94 Czechia 216,344 number 2020 up 14.8% falling
95 Israel 205,924 number 2020 up 19.7% rising
96 Mauritania 198,066 number 2020 up 28.3% rising
97 Paraguay 197,959 number 2020 down 3.7% rising
98 Hungary 189,701 number 2020 down 9.3% falling
99 Papua New Guinea 189,013 number 2020 up 18.8% rising
100 Dominican Republic 188,280 number 2020 down 2.1% rising
101 Nicaragua 183,097 number 2020 down 0.8% rising
102 Cuba 178,435 number 2020 down 16.1% falling
103 Liberia 176,409 number 2020 up 37.4% rising
104 Libya 174,857 number 2020 up 3.2% rising
105 El Salvador 170,914 number 2020 down 19.2% rising
106 United Arab Emirates 168,024 number 2020 up 38.7% volatile
107 Oman 167,544 number 2020 up 122.9% rising
108 Austria 163,126 number 2020 down 5.5% falling
109 Sweden 162,837 number 2020 down 4.4% flat
110 Greece 158,673 number 2020 down 2.3% falling
111 Portugal 148,727 number 2020 down 9.5% falling
112 Eritrea 141,267 number 2020 up 48.5% rising
113 Bulgaria 140,594 number 2020 up 11.2% falling
114 Slovakia 136,120 number 2020 down 7.0% falling
115 Serbia 133,935 number 2019 down 13.3% falling
116 Belgium 128,545 number 2020 up 6.1% falling
117 Lebanon 127,038 number 1985 up 2.0% rising
118 New Zealand 125,073 number 2020 up 7.4% flat
119 Switzerland 120,027 number 2020 down 6.1% falling
120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 111,507 number 1998 down 25.9% falling
121 Panama 107,624 number 2020 up 7.8% rising
122 Costa Rica 104,102 number 2020 down 12.3% rising
123 Mongolia 102,015 number 2020 up 6.2% rising
124 Kuwait 100,956 number 2020 up 30.0% rising
125 Denmark 98,467 number 2020 down 4.4% falling
126 Ireland 94,251 number 2019 up 16.1% flat
127 Norway 93,048 number 2020 down 0.8% flat
128 Republic of Moldova 90,277 number 2019 down 26.4% falling
129 Armenia 89,875 number 2020 down 2.8% falling
130 Finland 87,781 number 2020 down 7.7% falling
131 Gabon 86,049 number 2020 up 25.7% rising
132 Gambia 81,277 number 2020 up 26.6% rising
133 Croatia 80,711 number 2020 down 15.4% falling
134 Namibia 76,907 number 2020 up 0.8% rising
135 Hong Kong, China 76,864 number 2020 down 30.8% falling
136 Lithuania 74,707 number 2019 down 37.4% falling
137 Botswana 70,589 number 2020 up 13.3% rising
138 Uruguay 68,550 number 2020 down 11.0% flat
139 Guinea-Bissau 68,399 number 2020 up 26.8% rising
140 Jamaica 67,839 number 2020 down 18.8% falling
141 Georgia 66,803 number 2020 down 13.1% falling
142 Lesotho 64,243 number 2020 down 3.4% rising
143 Albania 62,883 number 2020 down 42.4% falling
144 Puerto Rico 60,934 number 2020 down 24.6% falling
145 Equatorial Guinea 49,655 number 2020 up 53.9% rising
146 Timor-Leste 46,054 number 2020 up 12.3% rising
147 North Macedonia 44,052 number 2020 down 19.9% falling
148 Eswatini 42,666 number 2020 up 3.0% rising
149 Comoros 37,660 number 2020 up 20.9% rising
150 Qatar 32,891 number 2020 up 90.8% volatile
151 Fiji 31,551 number 2020 up 2.8% flat
152 Djibouti 31,420 number 2020 down 6.6% rising
153 Slovenia 28,813 number 2020 up 4.7% falling
154 Trinidad and Tobago 27,872 number 2020 up 3.5% falling
155 Latvia 27,147 number 2019 down 17.2% falling
156 Bhutan 26,832 number 2020 down 12.8% rising
157 Bahrain 26,560 number 2020 up 22.5% rising
158 Mauritius 23,630 number 2020 down 18.0% falling
159 Solomon Islands 22,150 number 2020 up 23.5% rising
160 Guyana 21,366 number 2020 down 20.2% falling
161 Estonia 19,879 number 2020 up 0.0% falling
162 Suriname 19,756 number 2020 down 0.1% flat
163 Belize 15,100 number 2020 up 2.4% rising
164 Cape Verde 15,059 number 2020 down 12.4% rising
165 Montenegro 15,036 number 2020 down 6.3% falling
166 Vanuatu 13,611 number 2020 up 36.4% rising
167 Cyprus 13,278 number 2019 down 12.9% falling
168 Bahamas 9,621 number 2020 up 0.0% rising
169 French Polynesia 9,372 number 1997 up 14.8% rising
170 Luxembourg 9,364 number 2020 up 5.4% rising
171 Maldives 8,783 number 2020 down 11.3% rising
172 Sao Tome and Principe 8,299 number 2020 up 38.5% rising
173 Iceland 6,486 number 2020 down 5.1% flat
174 Macau (China) 6,304 number 2020 down 33.3% falling
175 Brunei Darussalam 5,936 number 2020 down 13.4% falling
176 Malta 5,851 number 2020 down 51.5% falling
177 Tonga 5,653 number 2020 up 22.9% rising
178 Barbados 5,290 number 2020 down 5.9% falling
179 Samoa 4,443 number 2020 up 4.5% falling
180 Kiribati 3,859 number 2020 up 6.4% rising
181 Saint Lucia 3,487 number 2020 down 30.6% flat
182 Marshall Islands 3,016 number 2020 up 151.1% volatile
183 United States Virgin Islands 2,923 number 1997 down 9.1% falling
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,528 number 2020 down 18.4% falling
185 Grenada 2,366 number 2020 down 17.3% falling
186 Micronesia, Federated States of 2,314 number 2020 down 7.7% rising
187 Seychelles 2,130 number 2020 up 7.1% falling
188 Curaçao 2,094 number 2020 up 2.4% flat
189 Antigua and Barbuda 2,027 number 2020 down 10.3% falling
190 Aruba 1,385 number 2020 down 7.5% rising
191 Dominica 1,352 number 2020 down 36.8% falling
192 Andorra 1,287 number 1998 down 8.9% rising
193 Cayman Islands 1,194 number 2020 up 24.0% rising
194 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,079 number 2020 down 13.1% falling
195 American Samoa 1,045 number 1997 up 13.0% rising
196 Bermuda 989 number 2020 down 16.3% falling
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 836 number 2020 up 18.9% rising
198 Liechtenstein 728 number 2020 down 13.6% flat
199 British Virgin Islands 591 number 2020 up 2.1% rising
200 Tuvalu 478 number 2020 up 14.4% rising
201 Sint Maarten 475 number 2020 down 20.3% falling
202 Gibraltar 452 number 2020 down 3.0% falling
203 Naoero 442 number 2020 up 4.5% rising
204 San Marino 434 number 2020 up 6.6% falling
205 Palau 232 number 2020 down 33.5% 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
School age population, lower secondary education, female (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
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Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to lower secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.