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

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

Countries reporting
205
Highest
40.20 million number
India
Lowest
251 number
Palau
Median
183,950 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,264

What the numbers show

School age population, lower secondary education, male (number) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 40.20 million number in India; the lowest is 251 number in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 183,950 number, and the mean is 1.01 million number.

Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Marshall Islands (up 146.3%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 58.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 40.20 million number 2020 up 2.3% rising
2 China 26.81 million number 2020 down 6.9% flat
3 Nigeria 7.44 million number 2020 up 36.4% rising
4 Pakistan 7.29 million number 2020 up 10.0% rising
5 Indonesia 7.17 million number 2020 up 5.4% rising
6 Brazil 7.14 million number 2011 up 2.0% rising
7 United States of America 6.34 million number 2018 down 2.3% rising
8 Ethiopia 5.35 million number 2020 up 25.9% volatile
9 Bangladesh 4.62 million number 2020 down 5.4% flat
10 Philippines 4.39 million number 2020 up 39.9% rising
11 Russian Federation 3.94 million number 2020 up 9.1% falling
12 Mexico 3.42 million number 2020 up 0.6% rising
13 Viet Nam 2.89 million number 2020 down 6.1% rising
14 Egypt 2.80 million number 2020 up 8.9% rising
15 Türkiye 2.76 million number 2020 up 38.7% rising
16 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.75 million number 2020 up 38.5% rising
17 Germany 2.39 million number 2020 down 3.2% falling
18 Uganda 2.31 million number 2020 up 46.4% rising
19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.20 million number 2020 up 45.3% rising
20 Myanmar 1.96 million number 2020 down 1.9% rising
21 France 1.71 million number 2019 up 6.8% falling
22 Colombia 1.59 million number 2020 down 9.5% rising
23 Sudan 1.56 million number 2020 up 85.2% rising
24 Afghanistan 1.54 million number 2020 up 36.9% rising
25 Algeria 1.43 million number 2020 up 9.9% rising
26 Uzbekistan 1.40 million number 2020 down 8.7% rising
27 Kenya 1.36 million number 2020 up 28.5% rising
28 Iraq 1.35 million number 2020 up 23.6% rising
29 Madagascar 1.30 million number 2020 up 25.0% rising
30 Thailand 1.30 million number 2020 down 11.4% falling
31 Angola 1.25 million number 2020 up 48.4% rising
32 Cameroon 1.25 million number 2020 up 31.6% rising
33 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.23 million number 2020 down 32.4% rising
34 Côte d'Ivoire 1.22 million number 2020 up 25.5% rising
35 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.19 million number 2020 up 4.4% falling
36 Mozambique 1.15 million number 2020 up 40.5% rising
37 Niger 1.15 million number 2020 up 55.9% volatile
38 Argentina 1.09 million number 2020 up 2.5% rising
39 South Africa 1.04 million number 2020 up 5.7% rising
40 Yemen 1.04 million number 2020 up 14.7% rising
41 Burkina Faso 1.03 million number 2020 up 37.2% rising
42 Ghana 1.02 million number 2020 up 17.9% rising
43 Ukraine 1.01 million number 2014 down 35.1% falling
44 Malawi 989,585 number 2020 up 42.1% volatile
45 Morocco 938,285 number 2020 down 0.8% flat
46 Italy 887,611 number 2020 up 5.0% falling
47 Nepal 876,773 number 2020 down 19.3% rising
48 Chad 811,408 number 2020 up 39.8% volatile
49 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 808,321 number 2020 down 3.6% rising
50 Peru 790,221 number 2020 down 11.0% rising
51 Senegal 779,365 number 2020 up 30.4% rising
52 Kazakhstan 772,772 number 2020 up 21.8% falling
53 Malaysia 759,054 number 2020 down 12.7% rising
54 Saudi Arabia 758,908 number 2020 down 3.7% rising
55 Spain 751,244 number 2020 down 17.1% falling
56 Mali 750,437 number 2020 up 46.2% rising
57 Republic of Korea 715,245 number 2020 down 31.0% falling
58 Sri Lanka 692,800 number 2020 up 5.2% falling
59 Australia 649,587 number 2020 up 10.4% rising
60 Guinea 633,019 number 2020 up 25.8% volatile
61 Canada 599,337 number 2020 up 46.3% falling
62 Guatemala 592,912 number 2020 up 9.4% rising
63 Benin 563,625 number 2020 up 30.1% rising
64 Poland 554,210 number 2020 down 22.6% flat
65 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 552,654 number 2019 down 10.1% flat
66 Burundi 519,685 number 2020 up 23.7% rising
67 Syrian Arab Republic 518,429 number 2020 down 58.7% volatile
68 Cambodia 476,842 number 2020 down 7.1% rising
69 Ecuador 475,238 number 2020 up 1.8% rising
70 Tajikistan 458,902 number 2020 up 3.1% rising
71 Zambia 458,623 number 2020 up 41.4% rising
72 Jordan 446,310 number 2020 up 45.8% rising
73 Rwanda 442,418 number 2020 up 28.3% rising
74 Romania 440,993 number 2020 down 3.1% falling
75 Somalia 410,160 number 2020 up 32.5% rising
76 Togo 386,950 number 2020 up 36.2% rising
77 Zimbabwe 365,884 number 2020 up 17.9% rising
78 Haiti 360,921 number 2020 up 6.3% rising
79 Azerbaijan 340,578 number 2019 down 14.8% flat
80 Honduras 315,533 number 2020 up 1.1% rising
81 Turkmenistan 307,020 number 2020 up 24.8% rising
82 Lao People's Democratic Republic 303,556 number 2020 down 2.0% rising
83 Netherlands 299,041 number 2020 down 2.4% falling
84 Sierra Leone 286,351 number 2020 up 26.4% rising
85 Palestine, State of 285,935 number 2019 down 10.8% rising
86 Kyrgyzstan 278,869 number 2020 down 0.2% rising
87 South Sudan 276,377 number 2020 up 20.3% rising
88 Central African Republic 256,535 number 2020 up 22.6% rising
89 Congo 253,755 number 2020 up 38.8% rising
90 Chile 253,469 number 2020 down 7.1% rising
91 Tunisia 252,095 number 2020 down 7.2% rising
92 Belarus 244,268 number 2020 up 0.2% flat
93 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 236,562 number 2020 up 5.6% rising
94 Czechia 227,893 number 2020 up 14.6% falling
95 Israel 217,419 number 2020 up 19.7% rising
96 Paraguay 206,800 number 2020 down 3.8% rising
97 Mauritania 203,514 number 2020 up 27.8% rising
98 Papua New Guinea 201,622 number 2020 up 19.4% rising
99 Hungary 199,774 number 2020 down 9.4% falling
100 Nicaragua 195,366 number 2020 up 0.3% rising
101 Dominican Republic 194,004 number 2020 down 1.9% rising
102 Cuba 188,911 number 2020 down 16.5% falling
103 Libya 183,950 number 2020 up 3.3% rising
104 Liberia 182,765 number 2020 up 39.3% rising
105 El Salvador 176,774 number 2020 down 18.6% rising
106 Austria 173,692 number 2020 down 4.3% falling
107 Oman 172,202 number 2020 up 127.9% rising
108 Sweden 171,083 number 2020 down 4.9% flat
109 United Arab Emirates 168,559 number 2020 up 32.8% volatile
110 Greece 167,699 number 2020 down 2.1% falling
111 Portugal 155,388 number 2020 down 9.6% falling
112 Bulgaria 148,757 number 2020 up 11.3% falling
113 Eritrea 147,204 number 2020 up 51.7% rising
114 Slovakia 142,840 number 2020 down 7.2% falling
115 Serbia 141,435 number 2019 down 13.4% falling
116 Belgium 135,788 number 2020 up 7.5% falling
117 New Zealand 132,235 number 2020 up 8.0% flat
118 Lebanon 131,132 number 1985 up 1.0% rising
119 Kuwait 126,822 number 2020 up 57.8% rising
120 Switzerland 125,579 number 2020 down 7.3% falling
121 Bosnia and Herzegovina 117,575 number 1998 down 26.7% falling
122 Panama 112,178 number 2020 up 8.5% rising
123 Costa Rica 108,986 number 2020 down 12.1% rising
124 Mongolia 104,153 number 2020 up 6.6% rising
125 Armenia 103,057 number 2020 up 0.9% falling
126 Denmark 102,936 number 2020 down 5.1% falling
127 Ireland 99,541 number 2019 up 15.1% flat
128 Norway 97,159 number 2020 down 2.4% flat
129 Republic of Moldova 95,746 number 2019 down 24.8% falling
130 Finland 91,969 number 2020 down 6.9% falling
131 Gabon 87,372 number 2020 up 26.0% rising
132 Croatia 84,967 number 2020 down 15.3% falling
133 Hong Kong, China 84,915 number 2020 down 28.9% falling
134 Gambia 82,189 number 2020 up 26.8% rising
135 Lithuania 78,251 number 2019 down 37.4% falling
136 Namibia 76,404 number 2020 up 2.5% rising
137 Georgia 74,947 number 2020 down 12.3% falling
138 Albania 73,065 number 2020 down 38.7% falling
139 Botswana 72,225 number 2020 up 14.5% rising
140 Uruguay 71,819 number 2020 down 10.1% flat
141 Jamaica 70,172 number 2020 down 19.9% flat
142 Guinea-Bissau 68,790 number 2020 up 30.8% rising
143 Puerto Rico 65,780 number 2020 down 23.1% falling
144 Lesotho 63,706 number 2020 down 3.9% rising
145 Equatorial Guinea 49,561 number 2020 up 49.5% rising
146 Timor-Leste 47,422 number 2020 up 12.1% rising
147 North Macedonia 46,928 number 2020 down 18.7% falling
148 Eswatini 42,987 number 2020 up 6.5% rising
149 Djibouti 39,118 number 2020 down 0.1% rising
150 Comoros 38,946 number 2020 up 20.9% rising
151 Fiji 33,009 number 2020 up 1.1% rising
152 Qatar 32,296 number 2020 up 99.4% volatile
153 Slovenia 30,629 number 2020 up 4.8% falling
154 Latvia 28,882 number 2019 down 15.7% falling
155 Trinidad and Tobago 28,637 number 2020 up 3.8% falling
156 Bahrain 27,629 number 2020 up 22.3% rising
157 Bhutan 27,597 number 2020 down 13.3% rising
158 Mauritius 24,544 number 2020 down 17.3% falling
159 Solomon Islands 23,633 number 2020 up 21.4% rising
160 Guyana 21,763 number 2020 down 20.6% falling
161 Suriname 21,258 number 2020 up 1.8% rising
162 Estonia 21,099 number 2020 up 0.6% falling
163 Montenegro 16,584 number 2020 down 5.1% falling
164 Belize 15,609 number 2020 up 5.1% rising
165 Cape Verde 15,230 number 2020 down 11.7% rising
166 Vanuatu 14,713 number 2020 up 33.9% rising
167 Cyprus 13,719 number 2019 down 15.3% falling
168 Luxembourg 9,727 number 2020 up 4.3% rising
169 Bahamas 9,575 number 2020 down 0.9% rising
170 French Polynesia 9,449 number 1997 up 10.7% rising
171 Maldives 8,489 number 2020 down 22.3% rising
172 Sao Tome and Principe 8,465 number 2020 up 38.7% rising
173 Iceland 6,754 number 2020 down 5.9% flat
174 Macau, China 6,750 number 2020 down 31.7% falling
175 Brunei Darussalam 6,310 number 2020 down 15.4% falling
176 Tonga 6,255 number 2020 up 25.1% rising
177 Malta 6,253 number 2020 down 50.6% falling
178 Barbados 5,493 number 2020 down 5.1% falling
179 Samoa 4,799 number 2020 up 3.4% falling
180 Kiribati 3,950 number 2020 up 4.4% rising
181 Saint Lucia 3,559 number 2020 down 29.6% flat
182 Marshall Islands 3,145 number 2020 up 146.3% volatile
183 United States Virgin Islands 2,750 number 1997 down 16.4% falling
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,643 number 2020 down 18.9% falling
185 Grenada 2,499 number 2020 down 14.6% falling
186 Micronesia, Federated States of 2,402 number 2020 down 9.5% rising
187 Seychelles 2,231 number 2020 up 5.5% falling
188 Curaçao 2,175 number 2020 up 0.2% flat
189 Antigua and Barbuda 2,070 number 2020 down 8.9% falling
190 Aruba 1,424 number 2020 down 7.7% rising
191 Dominica 1,402 number 2020 down 37.7% falling
192 Andorra 1,338 number 1998 down 11.8% flat
193 Cayman Islands 1,233 number 2020 up 25.9% rising
194 American Samoa 1,158 number 1997 up 24.4% rising
195 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,077 number 2020 down 11.9% falling
196 Bermuda 1,026 number 2020 down 15.9% falling
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 871 number 2020 up 19.6% rising
198 Liechtenstein 847 number 2020 down 3.3% flat
199 British Virgin Islands 635 number 2020 up 9.1% rising
200 Tuvalu 507 number 2020 up 16.8% rising
201 San Marino 499 number 2020 up 11.9% falling
202 Sint Maarten 493 number 2020 down 11.8% falling
203 Gibraltar 466 number 2020 down 9.0% falling
204 Naoero 443 number 2020 up 5.5% rising
205 Palau 251 number 2020 down 37.2% 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, male (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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Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to lower secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.