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

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

Countries reporting
206
Highest
83.89 million number
India
Lowest
637 number
Naoero
Median
339,236 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,261

What the numbers show

School age population, secondary education, female (number) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 83.89 million number in India; the lowest is 637 number in Naoero.

The median across all reporting countries is 339,236 number, and the mean is 2.20 million number.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 86.7%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 48.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 83.89 million number 2020 up 4.3% rising
2 China 45.90 million number 2020 down 13.5% flat
3 Pakistan 15.37 million number 2020 up 9.2% rising
4 Nigeria 13.63 million number 2020 up 35.3% rising
5 Indonesia 13.56 million number 2020 up 5.7% rising
6 United States of America 12.27 million number 2018 down 3.1% rising
7 Brazil 12.04 million number 2011 down 0.3% flat
8 Bangladesh 10.48 million number 2020 down 2.5% rising
9 Ethiopia 7.78 million number 2020 up 30.2% rising
10 Mexico 6.61 million number 2020 down 0.3% rising
11 Philippines 6.16 million number 2020 up 55.2% rising
12 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.02 million number 2020 up 42.9% rising
13 Türkiye 5.31 million number 2020 up 20.7% rising
14 Egypt 5.17 million number 2020 up 6.8% rising
15 Russian Federation 5.12 million number 2020 down 1.0% falling
16 Viet Nam 4.51 million number 2020 down 18.7% rising
17 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.90 million number 2020 up 36.1% rising
18 Kenya 3.82 million number 2020 up 30.7% rising
19 Least developed countries 69.83 million number 2019 up 23.0% rising
19 Germany 3.40 million number 2020 down 5.5% falling
20 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.34 million number 2020 down 25.8% rising
21 Uganda 3.31 million number 2020 up 40.8% rising
22 Myanmar 2.96 million number 2020 down 0.1% rising
23 Sudan 2.95 million number 2020 up 50.5% rising
24 France 2.85 million number 2019 up 5.8% falling
25 Afghanistan 2.82 million number 2020 up 43.5% rising
26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.57 million number 2020 down 2.3% falling
27 Thailand 2.50 million number 2020 down 12.6% rising
28 Iraq 2.49 million number 2020 up 26.8% rising
29 South Africa 2.48 million number 2020 down 0.1% rising
30 Angola 2.38 million number 2020 up 45.7% rising
31 Colombia 2.34 million number 2020 down 8.3% rising
32 Italy 2.23 million number 2020 up 2.0% falling
33 Algeria 2.22 million number 2020 down 5.0% rising
34 Ghana 2.20 million number 2020 up 18.6% rising
35 Madagascar 2.19 million number 2020 up 26.7% rising
36 Nepal 2.11 million number 2020 down 8.6% rising
37 Argentina 2.10 million number 2020 up 0.9% rising
38 Côte d'Ivoire 2.08 million number 2020 up 26.9% rising
39 Uzbekistan 2.07 million number 2020 down 14.3% rising
40 Cameroon 2.06 million number 2020 up 29.4% rising
41 Yemen 1.95 million number 2020 up 12.1% rising
42 Mozambique 1.89 million number 2020 up 40.4% rising
43 Niger 1.82 million number 2020 up 57.1% volatile
44 Morocco 1.76 million number 2020 down 4.8% rising
45 Burkina Faso 1.65 million number 2020 up 36.2% rising
46 Malaysia 1.48 million number 2020 down 10.3% rising
47 Malawi 1.42 million number 2020 up 38.9% rising
48 Saudi Arabia 1.40 million number 2020 down 10.4% rising
49 Ukraine 1.38 million number 2014 down 36.2% falling
50 Korea 1.37 million number 2020 down 29.6% falling
51 Mali 1.37 million number 2020 up 43.2% rising
52 Sri Lanka 1.37 million number 2020 up 5.7% rising
53 Spain 1.35 million number 2020 up 4.1% falling
54 Chad 1.35 million number 2020 up 42.1% volatile
55 Peru 1.33 million number 2020 down 5.1% rising
56 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.28 million number 2020 down 4.2% rising
57 Senegal 1.27 million number 2020 up 27.8% rising
58 Somalia 1.14 million number 2020 up 37.0% rising
59 Canada 1.14 million number 2020 down 8.5% falling
60 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.09 million number 2019 down 7.8% flat
61 Zambia 1.09 million number 2020 up 39.8% rising
62 Guinea 1.05 million number 2020 up 27.5% rising
63 Poland 1.04 million number 2020 down 28.1% falling
64 Zimbabwe 1.03 million number 2020 up 11.1% rising
65 Syrian Arab Republic 956,018 number 2020 down 48.0% rising
66 Guatemala 953,345 number 2020 down 6.5% rising
67 Kazakhstan 948,976 number 2020 up 4.6% falling
68 Benin 920,909 number 2020 up 30.1% rising
69 Ecuador 914,343 number 2020 up 4.0% rising
70 Australia 912,710 number 2020 up 10.0% rising
71 Cambodia 894,319 number 2020 down 9.6% rising
72 Burundi 857,235 number 2020 up 18.0% rising
73 Rwanda 853,122 number 2020 up 25.1% rising
74 Haiti 806,403 number 2020 up 6.3% rising
75 Romania 802,367 number 2020 down 11.6% falling
76 South Sudan 765,287 number 2020 up 20.2% rising
77 Chile 728,036 number 2020 down 12.1% rising
78 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 676,884 number 2020 up 7.9% rising
79 Jordan 642,556 number 2020 up 47.7% volatile
80 Togo 642,289 number 2020 up 34.7% rising
81 Sierra Leone 630,654 number 2020 up 44.5% rising
82 Tajikistan 588,957 number 2020 down 1.3% rising
83 Netherlands 581,310 number 2020 down 1.4% falling
84 Dominican Republic 567,289 number 2020 down 0.8% rising
85 Papua New Guinea 549,818 number 2020 up 22.5% rising
86 Tunisia 535,845 number 2020 down 13.6% rising
87 Honduras 506,947 number 2020 up 3.6% rising
88 Lao People's Democratic Republic 503,301 number 2020 up 9.6% rising
89 Azerbaijan 475,877 number 2019 down 11.6% rising
90 Central African Republic 429,518 number 2020 up 22.5% rising
91 Palestine, State of 425,711 number 2019 up 6.6% rising
92 Congo 415,309 number 2020 up 36.3% rising
93 Czechia 402,513 number 2020 down 6.5% falling
94 Israel 400,188 number 2020 up 19.8% rising
95 Turkmenistan 395,859 number 2020 up 12.2% rising
96 Paraguay 390,828 number 2020 down 3.5% rising
97 Hungary 378,399 number 2020 down 16.7% falling
98 Belgium 377,043 number 2020 up 0.5% falling
99 Cuba 366,122 number 2020 down 13.6% falling
100 Kyrgyzstan 364,614 number 2020 down 6.5% rising
101 El Salvador 344,899 number 2020 down 16.8% rising
102 Liberia 339,970 number 2020 up 40.3% rising
103 Libya 338,501 number 2020 down 1.8% rising
104 Austria 334,581 number 2020 down 8.9% falling
105 Mauritania 333,639 number 2020 up 27.6% rising
106 Belarus 319,695 number 2020 down 6.6% falling
107 Sweden 317,409 number 2020 down 12.5% flat
108 Greece 312,517 number 2020 down 4.0% falling
109 Portugal 302,834 number 2020 down 8.1% falling
110 Nicaragua 301,288 number 2020 down 2.4% rising
111 Eritrea 293,760 number 2020 up 23.9% rising
112 Switzerland 289,297 number 2020 down 5.6% falling
113 United Arab Emirates 278,621 number 2020 up 31.9% volatile
114 Serbia 272,216 number 2019 down 15.4% falling
115 Bulgaria 260,471 number 2020 down 9.1% falling
116 Slovakia 238,229 number 2020 down 18.0% falling
117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 220,562 number 1998 down 27.9% falling
118 Lebanon 215,543 number 1985 up 2.4% rising
119 Oman 214,846 number 2020 up 39.4% rising
120 New Zealand 214,153 number 2020 up 2.2% flat
121 Panama 213,259 number 2020 up 9.0% rising
122 Denmark 198,300 number 2020 down 3.5% falling
123 Norway 187,264 number 2020 down 0.2% flat
124 Finland 173,866 number 2020 down 10.6% falling
125 Costa Rica 173,849 number 2020 down 13.2% rising
126 Mongolia 165,972 number 2020 up 11.1% rising
127 Kuwait 161,291 number 2020 up 22.9% rising
128 Ireland 157,497 number 2019 up 14.0% flat
129 Croatia 157,364 number 2020 down 17.1% falling
130 Gambia 156,132 number 2020 up 26.2% volatile
131 Hong Kong, China 151,759 number 2020 down 45.7% falling
132 Gabon 143,623 number 2020 up 22.2% rising
133 Uruguay 139,955 number 2020 down 10.1% flat
134 Armenia 137,192 number 2020 down 2.8% falling
135 Guinea-Bissau 130,573 number 2020 up 47.8% rising
136 Georgia 127,461 number 2020 down 22.5% falling
137 Republic of Moldova 125,905 number 2019 down 30.8% falling
138 Namibia 125,201 number 2020 down 0.5% rising
139 Albania 119,311 number 2020 down 38.0% falling
140 Botswana 115,705 number 2020 up 11.0% rising
141 Puerto Rico 115,230 number 2020 down 30.7% falling
142 Jamaica 114,414 number 2020 down 17.4% falling
143 Lesotho 108,059 number 2020 down 3.4% rising
144 Lithuania 101,860 number 2019 down 39.0% falling
145 Timor-Leste 92,113 number 2020 up 15.0% rising
146 North Macedonia 91,593 number 2020 down 21.7% falling
147 Equatorial Guinea 72,589 number 2020 up 53.2% rising
148 Eswatini 68,600 number 2020 down 0.6% rising
149 Slovenia 63,984 number 2020 down 5.7% falling
150 Comoros 63,538 number 2020 up 20.1% rising
151 Qatar 61,476 number 2020 up 86.7% volatile
152 Mauritius 59,693 number 2020 down 15.1% falling
153 Djibouti 56,145 number 2020 down 3.6% rising
154 Fiji 53,354 number 2020 down 2.3% rising
155 Latvia 53,270 number 2019 down 31.9% falling
156 Bahrain 50,919 number 2020 up 20.1% rising
157 Solomon Islands 49,581 number 2020 up 25.9% volatile
158 Trinidad and Tobago 45,716 number 2020 down 1.4% falling
159 Bhutan 40,544 number 2020 down 12.4% rising
160 Estonia 37,452 number 2020 down 14.9% falling
161 Guyana 36,376 number 2020 down 18.2% falling
162 Suriname 34,352 number 2020 up 0.3% rising
163 Montenegro 29,969 number 2020 down 9.8% falling
164 Cape Verde 29,949 number 2020 down 15.5% rising
165 Cyprus 27,211 number 2019 down 15.0% falling
166 Belize 23,011 number 2020 up 6.1% rising
167 Luxembourg 22,675 number 2020 up 10.7% rising
168 Vanuatu 22,104 number 2020 up 33.0% rising
169 Brunei Darussalam 22,083 number 2020 down 7.2% rising
170 Bahamas 19,331 number 2020 up 0.8% rising
171 Sao Tome and Principe 15,824 number 2020 up 63.8% rising
172 French Polynesia 15,471 number 1997 up 7.2% rising
173 Iceland 14,896 number 2020 down 8.1% flat
174 Samoa 14,444 number 2020 up 2.3% falling
175 Maldives 13,789 number 2020 down 20.8% rising
176 Malta 13,739 number 2020 down 20.9% falling
177 Macau, China 12,446 number 2020 down 42.2% flat
178 Barbados 8,945 number 2020 down 5.5% falling
179 Kiribati 7,859 number 2020 down 0.8% rising
180 Tonga 7,848 number 2020 up 14.4% rising
181 Micronesia, Federated States of 6,785 number 2020 down 7.3% rising
182 Curaçao 6,465 number 2020 down 2.5% flat
183 Saint Lucia 6,047 number 2020 down 28.8% rising
184 United States Virgin Islands 5,455 number 1997 down 13.7% falling
185 Seychelles 4,668 number 2020 down 3.7% flat
186 Marshall Islands 4,466 number 2020 up 35.5% rising
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4,272 number 2020 down 17.4% falling
188 Grenada 3,803 number 2020 down 22.0% falling
189 Aruba 3,490 number 2020 down 7.0% rising
190 Antigua and Barbuda 3,409 number 2020 down 8.7% falling
191 Bermuda 2,373 number 2020 down 15.8% flat
192 Cayman Islands 2,332 number 2020 up 16.3% rising
193 Dominica 2,295 number 2020 down 37.7% falling
194 American Samoa 2,005 number 1997 up 8.0% rising
195 Andorra 1,952 number 1998 down 20.9% rising
196 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,810 number 2020 down 10.3% falling
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,446 number 2020 up 25.0% rising
198 Liechtenstein 1,315 number 2020 down 11.9% flat
199 Sint Maarten 1,200 number 2020 down 16.8% falling
200 San Marino 1,163 number 2020 down 3.0% falling
201 British Virgin Islands 1,030 number 2020 up 9.7% rising
202 Gibraltar 909 number 2020 down 2.6% falling
203 Tuvalu 819 number 2020 up 14.2% rising
204 Palau 688 number 2020 down 34.9% falling
205 Naoero 637 number 2020 up 1.9% rising

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, secondary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
250 places, 12,261 data points, 1970–2020
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Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.