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

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

Countries reporting
205
Highest
93.69 million number
India
Lowest
639 number
Naoero
Median
353,157 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,261

What the numbers show

School age population, secondary education, male (number) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 93.69 million number in India; the lowest is 639 number in Naoero.

The median across all reporting countries is 353,157 number, and the mean is 2.00 million number.

Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 94.7%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 48.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 93.69 million number 2020 up 3.9% rising
2 China 53.20 million number 2020 down 10.5% rising
3 Pakistan 16.62 million number 2020 up 10.7% rising
4 Indonesia 14.40 million number 2020 up 8.2% rising
5 Nigeria 14.16 million number 2020 up 36.1% rising
6 United States of America 12.79 million number 2018 down 4.2% rising
7 Brazil 12.53 million number 2011 up 2.3% flat
8 Bangladesh 10.97 million number 2020 down 2.0% rising
9 Ethiopia 7.92 million number 2020 up 29.8% rising
10 Mexico 6.86 million number 2020 up 1.0% rising
11 Philippines 6.55 million number 2020 up 57.6% rising
12 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.09 million number 2020 up 43.4% rising
13 Türkiye 5.55 million number 2020 up 22.3% rising
14 Egypt 5.48 million number 2020 up 7.7% rising
15 Russian Federation 5.37 million number 2020 down 1.5% falling
16 Viet Nam 4.90 million number 2020 down 16.1% rising
17 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.97 million number 2020 up 36.8% rising
18 Kenya 3.87 million number 2020 up 32.4% rising
19 Germany 3.68 million number 2020 down 2.4% falling
20 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.51 million number 2020 down 23.9% rising
21 Uganda 3.34 million number 2020 up 47.1% rising
22 Sudan 3.02 million number 2020 up 50.5% rising
23 France 2.99 million number 2019 up 5.8% falling
24 Myanmar 2.98 million number 2020 up 0.8% rising
25 Afghanistan 2.97 million number 2020 up 42.7% rising
26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.68 million number 2020 down 2.7% falling
27 Thailand 2.64 million number 2020 down 11.0% rising
28 Iraq 2.63 million number 2020 up 26.4% rising
29 South Africa 2.52 million number 2020 down 0.2% rising
30 Colombia 2.44 million number 2020 down 8.1% rising
31 Italy 2.37 million number 2020 up 2.4% falling
32 Angola 2.35 million number 2020 up 46.0% rising
33 Algeria 2.31 million number 2020 down 4.9% rising
34 Ghana 2.29 million number 2020 up 18.5% rising
35 Madagascar 2.21 million number 2020 up 28.1% rising
36 Argentina 2.18 million number 2020 up 1.2% rising
37 Uzbekistan 2.17 million number 2020 down 14.4% rising
38 Nepal 2.14 million number 2020 down 9.7% rising
39 Cameroon 2.08 million number 2020 up 29.6% rising
40 Côte d'Ivoire 2.08 million number 2020 up 27.9% rising
41 Yemen 2.02 million number 2020 up 12.2% volatile
42 Niger 1.88 million number 2020 up 57.5% volatile
43 Mozambique 1.87 million number 2020 up 41.9% rising
44 Morocco 1.85 million number 2020 down 3.8% rising
45 Burkina Faso 1.71 million number 2020 up 37.0% rising
46 Malaysia 1.57 million number 2020 down 9.6% rising
47 Republic of Korea 1.48 million number 2020 down 31.8% falling
48 Ukraine 1.45 million number 2014 down 36.2% falling
49 Saudi Arabia 1.45 million number 2020 down 9.1% rising
50 Spain 1.43 million number 2020 up 4.0% falling
51 Malawi 1.43 million number 2020 up 41.5% rising
52 Mali 1.41 million number 2020 up 43.9% rising
53 Sri Lanka 1.37 million number 2020 up 4.3% rising
54 Chad 1.35 million number 2020 up 41.1% volatile
55 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.34 million number 2020 down 3.9% rising
56 Senegal 1.30 million number 2020 up 28.7% rising
57 Peru 1.27 million number 2020 down 15.0% rising
58 Canada 1.20 million number 2020 down 8.4% falling
59 Somalia 1.15 million number 2020 up 37.6% rising
60 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1.14 million number 2019 down 8.0% flat
61 Zambia 1.10 million number 2020 up 43.1% rising
62 Poland 1.08 million number 2020 down 28.9% falling
63 Guinea 1.07 million number 2020 up 28.5% rising
64 Zimbabwe 1.03 million number 2020 up 14.5% rising
65 Kazakhstan 1.00 million number 2020 up 6.7% falling
66 Syrian Arab Republic 995,808 number 2020 down 48.8% rising
67 Guatemala 993,367 number 2020 down 5.2% rising
68 Australia 959,108 number 2020 up 7.3% rising
69 Ecuador 952,017 number 2020 up 4.1% rising
70 Benin 945,219 number 2020 up 30.7% rising
71 Cambodia 912,299 number 2020 down 13.1% rising
72 Burundi 858,779 number 2020 up 18.8% rising
73 Romania 848,109 number 2020 down 11.4% falling
74 Rwanda 845,524 number 2020 up 27.3% rising
75 Haiti 821,745 number 2020 up 6.8% rising
76 South Sudan 782,244 number 2020 up 20.9% rising
77 Chile 753,299 number 2020 down 12.2% rising
78 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 705,473 number 2020 up 8.0% rising
79 Jordan 655,384 number 2020 up 45.2% rising
80 Togo 647,131 number 2020 up 35.4% rising
81 Sierra Leone 633,616 number 2020 up 44.9% rising
82 Tajikistan 621,904 number 2020 up 0.2% rising
83 Netherlands 613,792 number 2020 down 0.8% falling
84 Papua New Guinea 586,009 number 2020 up 23.3% rising
85 Dominican Republic 581,789 number 2020 down 0.6% rising
86 Tunisia 578,161 number 2020 down 13.7% rising
87 Azerbaijan 544,908 number 2019 down 6.6% rising
88 Honduras 527,739 number 2020 up 4.3% rising
89 Lao People's Democratic Republic 518,881 number 2020 up 11.2% rising
90 Palestine, State of 442,457 number 2019 up 6.3% rising
91 Central African Republic 431,221 number 2020 up 23.2% rising
92 Czechia 423,643 number 2020 down 6.6% falling
93 Israel 422,437 number 2020 up 19.9% rising
94 Congo 420,128 number 2020 up 36.9% rising
95 Paraguay 408,446 number 2020 down 3.6% rising
96 Turkmenistan 405,292 number 2020 up 12.4% rising
97 Hungary 399,488 number 2020 down 16.4% falling
98 Belgium 397,973 number 2020 up 1.6% falling
99 Cuba 387,701 number 2020 down 14.5% falling
100 Kyrgyzstan 378,939 number 2020 down 5.7% rising
101 Libya 356,004 number 2020 down 1.7% rising
102 Austria 355,917 number 2020 down 7.7% falling
103 El Salvador 353,157 number 2020 down 15.9% rising
104 Liberia 351,695 number 2020 up 42.2% rising
105 Mauritania 342,865 number 2020 up 27.1% rising
106 Belarus 337,077 number 2020 down 7.0% falling
107 Sweden 333,306 number 2020 down 12.9% flat
108 Greece 328,713 number 2020 down 5.7% falling
109 Nicaragua 321,972 number 2020 down 0.9% rising
110 Portugal 317,057 number 2020 down 8.2% falling
111 Eritrea 305,770 number 2020 up 27.3% rising
112 Switzerland 301,791 number 2020 down 6.6% falling
113 Serbia 287,481 number 2019 down 15.1% falling
114 United Arab Emirates 279,744 number 2020 up 27.5% volatile
115 Bulgaria 276,693 number 2020 down 8.7% falling
116 Slovakia 250,238 number 2020 down 18.0% falling
117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 232,348 number 1998 down 28.8% falling
118 New Zealand 224,748 number 2020 up 1.9% flat
119 Lebanon 222,289 number 1985 up 1.2% rising
120 Panama 221,849 number 2020 up 9.6% rising
121 Oman 209,293 number 2020 up 34.8% rising
122 Denmark 206,715 number 2020 down 4.5% falling
123 Kuwait 200,397 number 2020 up 45.1% rising
124 Norway 195,593 number 2020 down 1.6% flat
125 Finland 182,450 number 2020 down 9.7% falling
126 Costa Rica 181,972 number 2020 down 13.0% rising
127 Mongolia 169,290 number 2020 up 11.2% rising
128 Croatia 166,009 number 2020 down 16.7% falling
129 Ireland 165,105 number 2019 up 12.1% flat
130 Hong Kong, China 164,351 number 2020 down 44.8% falling
131 Armenia 157,538 number 2020 up 4.4% falling
132 Gambia 157,214 number 2020 up 26.3% volatile
133 Uruguay 146,383 number 2020 down 9.5% flat
134 Gabon 145,667 number 2020 up 22.3% rising
135 Georgia 143,400 number 2020 down 20.3% falling
136 Albania 137,627 number 2020 down 34.9% falling
137 Republic of Moldova 133,634 number 2019 down 29.2% falling
138 Guinea-Bissau 131,031 number 2020 up 52.9% rising
139 Puerto Rico 127,460 number 2020 down 26.1% falling
140 Namibia 124,165 number 2020 up 1.3% rising
141 Jamaica 118,787 number 2020 down 18.1% falling
142 Botswana 118,403 number 2020 up 12.3% rising
143 Lesotho 107,458 number 2020 down 3.9% rising
144 Lithuania 106,748 number 2019 down 39.0% falling
145 North Macedonia 97,301 number 2020 down 20.7% falling
146 Timor-Leste 94,701 number 2020 up 14.7% rising
147 Equatorial Guinea 74,323 number 2020 up 49.0% rising
148 Eswatini 69,321 number 2020 up 4.5% rising
149 Djibouti 69,094 number 2020 up 2.2% rising
150 Slovenia 68,034 number 2020 down 5.5% falling
151 Comoros 65,672 number 2020 up 20.1% rising
152 Qatar 63,137 number 2020 up 94.7% volatile
153 Mauritius 62,070 number 2020 down 13.8% falling
154 Bahrain 57,308 number 2020 up 31.2% rising
155 Fiji 56,147 number 2020 down 3.1% rising
156 Latvia 55,971 number 2019 down 30.9% falling
157 Solomon Islands 52,925 number 2020 up 24.8% volatile
158 Trinidad and Tobago 46,942 number 2020 down 1.0% falling
159 Bhutan 41,895 number 2020 down 13.0% rising
160 Estonia 39,565 number 2020 down 15.0% falling
161 Suriname 36,982 number 2020 up 2.8% rising
162 Guyana 36,758 number 2020 down 18.4% falling
163 Montenegro 33,000 number 2020 down 8.7% falling
164 Cape Verde 30,171 number 2020 down 15.0% rising
165 Cyprus 27,820 number 2019 down 17.2% falling
166 Vanuatu 23,962 number 2020 up 37.7% rising
167 Luxembourg 23,843 number 2020 up 10.9% rising
168 Belize 23,635 number 2020 up 8.2% rising
169 Brunei Darussalam 23,350 number 2020 down 7.8% rising
170 Bahamas 19,200 number 2020 down 0.6% rising
171 Sao Tome and Principe 16,144 number 2020 up 64.0% rising
172 French Polynesia 15,815 number 1997 up 5.0% rising
173 Samoa 15,545 number 2020 up 0.1% falling
174 Iceland 15,358 number 2020 down 9.6% flat
175 Malta 14,500 number 2020 down 20.7% falling
176 Macau, China 13,285 number 2020 down 39.6% falling
177 Maldives 12,867 number 2020 down 34.8% rising
178 Barbados 9,352 number 2020 down 3.3% falling
179 Tonga 8,604 number 2020 up 16.3% rising
180 Kiribati 8,111 number 2020 down 1.8% rising
181 Micronesia, Federated States of 7,147 number 2020 down 8.8% rising
182 Curaçao 6,747 number 2020 down 1.1% flat
183 Saint Lucia 6,150 number 2020 down 28.4% rising
184 United States Virgin Islands 5,179 number 1997 down 18.9% falling
185 Seychelles 4,871 number 2020 down 7.5% flat
186 Marshall Islands 4,658 number 2020 up 34.5% rising
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4,520 number 2020 down 16.4% falling
188 Grenada 4,002 number 2020 down 19.6% falling
189 Aruba 3,593 number 2020 down 8.1% rising
190 Antigua and Barbuda 3,481 number 2020 down 7.1% falling
191 Bermuda 2,464 number 2020 down 14.8% flat
192 Cayman Islands 2,404 number 2020 up 17.7% rising
193 Dominica 2,381 number 2020 down 39.4% falling
194 American Samoa 2,224 number 1997 up 20.1% rising
195 Andorra 2,051 number 1998 down 22.9% falling
196 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,816 number 2020 down 10.8% falling
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,506 number 2020 up 25.9% rising
198 Liechtenstein 1,467 number 2020 down 3.1% flat
199 San Marino 1,317 number 2020 down 0.6% falling
200 Sint Maarten 1,253 number 2020 down 7.7% falling
201 British Virgin Islands 1,091 number 2020 up 16.3% rising
202 Gibraltar 935 number 2020 down 8.6% falling
203 Tuvalu 865 number 2020 up 17.1% rising
204 Palau 729 number 2020 down 35.9% falling
205 Naoero 639 number 2020 up 2.7% 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, male (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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Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.