School age population, secondary education, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
220
Highest
79.93 million
India
Lowest
124
Niue
Median
324,046
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,379
What the numbers show
School age population, secondary education, female (number) is currently reported for 220 countries. The highest value is 79.93 million in India; the lowest is 124 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 324,046, and the mean is 1.89 million.
Over the past decade 155 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Gibraltar (up 120.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 39.4%).
School age population, secondary education, female (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 79.93 million | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 2 | China | 48.70 million | 2025 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 20.18 million | 2025 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 16.72 million | 2025 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 13.95 million | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 12.82 million | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 11.10 million | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 10.15 million | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 8.82 million | 2025 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.72 million | 2025 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Philippines | 6.91 million | 2025 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 12 | Egypt | 6.86 million | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 6.67 million | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 14 | Russia | 6.10 million | 2025 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 15 | Vietnam | 5.64 million | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 16 | Turkey | 5.19 million | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 17 | Tanzania | 4.56 million | 2025 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 18 | Kenya | 4.07 million | 2025 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 19 | Iran | 3.94 million | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 20 | Uganda | 3.65 million | 2025 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Sudan | 3.44 million | 2025 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 22 | Germany | 3.36 million | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 23 | Japan | 3.14 million | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 24 | Iraq | 3.11 million | 2025 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 25 | Algeria | 2.94 million | 2025 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 26 | France | 2.94 million | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 2.93 million | 2025 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 28 | United Kingdom | 2.84 million | 2024 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 29 | Angola | 2.71 million | 2025 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 30 | South Africa | 2.71 million | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 31 | Yemen | 2.61 million | 2025 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Myanmar | 2.56 million | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 33 | Madagascar | 2.54 million | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 34 | Colombia | 2.48 million | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 35 | Cameroon | 2.35 million | 2025 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 36 | Thailand | 2.26 million | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 37 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.26 million | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 38 | Ghana | 2.23 million | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 39 | Niger | 2.23 million | 2025 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Italy | 2.20 million | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 2.15 million | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 42 | Argentina | 2.13 million | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 43 | Mozambique | 2.08 million | 2025 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 2.01 million | 2025 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 45 | Nepal | 1.95 million | 2025 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 46 | Morocco | 1.95 million | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 47 | Somalia | 1.84 million | 2025 | up 88.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Mali | 1.77 million | 2025 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 49 | Syria | 1.71 million | 2025 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 50 | Chad | 1.66 million | 2025 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Malawi | 1.65 million | 2025 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 52 | Malaysia | 1.59 million | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 53 | Ukraine | 1.52 million | 2025 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 54 | Spain | 1.52 million | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 1.51 million | 2025 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Poland | 1.50 million | 2024 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 57 | Senegal | 1.45 million | 2025 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 1.41 million | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 59 | Peru | 1.40 million | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 60 | South Korea | 1.34 million | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 61 | Venezuela | 1.34 million | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 62 | Canada | 1.32 million | 2025 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 1.29 million | 2025 | up 54.0% | flat |
| 64 | Burundi | 1.27 million | 2025 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 65 | Zambia | 1.26 million | 2025 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 1.22 million | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 67 | Guinea | 1.15 million | 2025 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 68 | Benin | 1.14 million | 2025 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 69 | Guatemala | 1.13 million | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 70 | Cambodia | 978,577 | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 71 | Australia | 974,224 | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 72 | South Sudan | 973,504 | 2025 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 73 | North Korea | 950,052 | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 74 | Ecuador | 948,187 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 75 | Rwanda | 935,963 | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 76 | Romania | 848,673 | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 77 | Haiti | 829,574 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 78 | Tajikistan | 779,282 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 79 | Chile | 762,915 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 80 | Togo | 754,430 | 2025 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 81 | Bolivia | 710,514 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 690,583 | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 83 | Tunisia | 648,809 | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 615,193 | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 85 | Netherlands | 570,164 | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 86 | Jordan | 561,812 | 2025 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 559,154 | 2025 | up 31.6% | falling |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 556,290 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 89 | Turkmenistan | 548,479 | 2025 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 90 | Congo | 524,238 | 2025 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 91 | Honduras | 521,301 | 2025 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 92 | Laos | 517,757 | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 93 | Central African Republic | 506,405 | 2025 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 94 | Palestine | 505,666 | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 481,729 | 2025 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 96 | Israel | 477,395 | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 97 | Czechia | 467,677 | 2024 | up 30.6% | falling |
| 98 | United Arab Emirates | 431,602 | 2025 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Mauritania | 424,600 | 2025 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Belgium | 407,930 | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 101 | Libya | 407,288 | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 102 | Liberia | 405,444 | 2025 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 103 | Belarus | 381,594 | 2025 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 104 | Hungary | 369,123 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 105 | Sweden | 363,061 | 2024 | up 21.3% | flat |
| 106 | Paraguay | 357,241 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 107 | Cuba | 356,998 | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 108 | Austria | 340,301 | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 328,297 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 110 | El Salvador | 324,217 | 2025 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 111 | Lebanon | 323,876 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 112 | Greece | 315,062 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 113 | Eritrea | 304,011 | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 114 | Portugal | 303,490 | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 115 | Switzerland | 303,314 | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 116 | Oman | 296,871 | 2025 | up 116.0% | rising |
| 117 | Serbia | 263,349 | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 248,130 | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 119 | Slovakia | 247,679 | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 120 | New Zealand | 239,680 | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 121 | Mongolia | 235,775 | 2025 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 122 | Panama | 220,720 | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 123 | Kuwait | 213,192 | 2025 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 124 | Denmark | 202,559 | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 125 | Norway | 195,959 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 126 | Gambia | 192,943 | 2025 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Gabon | 186,618 | 2025 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 128 | Finland | 186,334 | 2024 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 129 | Costa Rica | 185,452 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 130 | Ireland | 182,905 | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 131 | Hong Kong | 164,100 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 132 | Armenia | 153,589 | 2025 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau | 153,500 | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 134 | Georgia | 152,645 | 2025 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 135 | Croatia | 151,471 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 136 | Namibia | 149,359 | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 137 | Uruguay | 137,599 | 2025 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 138 | Lesotho | 127,108 | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 139 | Botswana | 120,992 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 140 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 118,924 | 2025 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 141 | Equatorial Guinea | 115,786 | 2025 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Lithuania | 114,010 | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 143 | Moldova | 112,718 | 2020 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 144 | Jamaica | 99,733 | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 145 | Puerto Rico | 99,087 | 2025 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 146 | Albania | 90,364 | 2025 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 147 | East Timor | 90,133 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 148 | Singapore | 87,075 | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 84,127 | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 150 | Qatar | 75,395 | 2025 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Slovenia | 74,709 | 2024 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 152 | Eswatini | 65,943 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 153 | Comoros | 65,756 | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 60,468 | 2025 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Latvia | 59,771 | 2024 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 156 | Fiji | 58,405 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 157 | Bahrain | 55,478 | 2025 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 158 | Mauritius | 52,604 | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 46,756 | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 160 | Estonia | 46,220 | 2024 | up 31.9% | falling |
| 161 | Reunion | 45,930 | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 162 | Guyana | 37,850 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 163 | Suriname | 37,839 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 164 | Bhutan | 37,140 | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 165 | Montenegro | 31,248 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 28,455 | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 167 | Cyprus | 27,854 | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 168 | Western Sahara | 25,991 | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 23,968 | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 23,885 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 171 | French Guiana | 21,692 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 172 | Belize | 21,560 | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 173 | Brunei | 21,221 | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 174 | Maldives | 20,917 | 2025 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 175 | Samoa | 17,606 | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 176 | Iceland | 17,104 | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16,871 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 178 | Macao | 16,700 | 2025 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 179 | Bahamas | 16,327 | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 180 | Guadeloupe | 15,863 | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 181 | Malta | 15,483 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 182 | New Caledonia | 14,551 | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 183 | French Polynesia | 14,538 | 2025 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 184 | Martinique | 13,286 | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 185 | Kiribati | 9,816 | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 186 | Barbados | 8,386 | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 187 | Tonga | 8,222 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 188 | Micronesia (country) | 7,008 | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 189 | Curacao | 6,331 | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 190 | Seychelles | 5,738 | 2025 | up 44.9% | flat |
| 191 | Saint Lucia | 5,609 | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 192 | Grenada | 4,279 | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3,847 | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 194 | Aruba | 3,382 | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,173 | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 196 | United States Virgin Islands | 2,883 | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 197 | American Samoa | 2,777 | 2025 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 198 | Marshall Islands | 2,715 | 2025 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 199 | Andorra | 2,531 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 2,337 | 2025 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 201 | Bermuda | 2,225 | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 202 | Dominica | 2,206 | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 203 | Gibraltar | 1,630 | 2025 | up 120.0% | falling |
| 204 | British Virgin Islands | 1,454 | 2025 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 205 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,415 | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 206 | San Marino | 1,358 | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 207 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,332 | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 208 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,295 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 1,291 | 2025 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 210 | Monaco | 1,087 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 211 | Cook Islands | 876 | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 212 | Nauru | 835 | 2025 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 213 | Palau | 708 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 214 | Tuvalu | 597 | 2025 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 215 | Anguilla | 549 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 216 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 255 | 2025 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 217 | Tokelau | 150 | 2025 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 218 | Saint Helena | 149 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 219 | Montserrat | 144 | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 220 | Niue | 124 | 2025 | up 12.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 408.16 million
- UIS: World 408.16 million
- MDG: World 408.16 million
- WB: World 408.16 million
- UNICEF: World 407.86 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 370.06 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 365.88 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 362.65 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 360.83 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 311.06 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 232.07 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 227.96 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 216.47 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 202.04 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 195.52 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 189.72 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 172.51 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 136.43 million
- WB: Ida Total 133.82 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 126.94 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 126.82 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 121.86 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 121.86 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 121.86 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 121.86 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 117.99 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 117.99 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 115.23 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 107.81 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 100.35 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 100.35 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 100.35 million
- UNICEF: Africa 100.35 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 97.79 million
- WB: South Asia 95.22 million
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 95.22 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 89.53 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 89.36 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 89.31 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 89.31 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release