School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
220
Highest
95.42 million
India
Lowest
99
Niue
Median
323,298
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,373
What the numbers show
School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 220 countries. The highest value is 95.42 million in India; the lowest is 99 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 323,298, and the mean is 1.91 million.
Over the past decade 149 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 176.1%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 51.3%).
School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 95.42 million | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 2 | China | 51.63 million | 2025 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 3 | Pakistan | 23.28 million | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 16.36 million | 2025 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Indonesia | 14.11 million | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 13.65 million | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 13.49 million | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 9.86 million | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Brazil | 9.01 million | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 10 | Mexico | 6.81 million | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 11 | Egypt | 6.71 million | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 5.89 million | 2025 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 13 | Kenya | 5.44 million | 2025 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 14 | Turkey | 5.16 million | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 15 | Vietnam | 4.62 million | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 16 | Philippines | 4.60 million | 2025 | up 109.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Iran | 3.94 million | 2025 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 18 | Sudan | 3.36 million | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 19 | Russia | 3.35 million | 2025 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 3.30 million | 2024 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 21 | South Africa | 3.27 million | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 22 | Japan | 3.25 million | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 23 | Iraq | 2.99 million | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 24 | Tanzania | 2.93 million | 2025 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 25 | Italy | 2.90 million | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 2.88 million | 2025 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 27 | France | 2.61 million | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 28 | Yemen | 2.60 million | 2025 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Angola | 2.56 million | 2025 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Algeria | 2.38 million | 2025 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 31 | Thailand | 2.36 million | 2025 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 32 | Germany | 2.35 million | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 33 | Uganda | 2.31 million | 2025 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Nepal | 2.30 million | 2025 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 35 | Argentina | 2.17 million | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 36 | Ghana | 2.16 million | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 37 | Madagascar | 2.13 million | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 1.97 million | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 39 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.94 million | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 40 | Cameroon | 1.91 million | 2025 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 41 | Syria | 1.80 million | 2025 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 42 | Niger | 1.80 million | 2025 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Myanmar | 1.75 million | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 44 | Colombia | 1.73 million | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 45 | Somalia | 1.70 million | 2025 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Mali | 1.70 million | 2025 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 47 | Malaysia | 1.65 million | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 48 | Burkina Faso | 1.65 million | 2025 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 49 | Spain | 1.59 million | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 50 | Zimbabwe | 1.56 million | 2025 | up 176.1% | rising |
| 51 | Mozambique | 1.56 million | 2025 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 1.49 million | 2025 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Poland | 1.49 million | 2024 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 54 | Zambia | 1.47 million | 2025 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 1.44 million | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 56 | South Korea | 1.38 million | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 57 | Canada | 1.38 million | 2025 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 58 | Burundi | 1.36 million | 2025 | up 118.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Chad | 1.35 million | 2025 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 60 | South Sudan | 1.28 million | 2025 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 61 | Senegal | 1.24 million | 2025 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 1.24 million | 2025 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 63 | Peru | 1.15 million | 2025 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 64 | Guatemala | 1.13 million | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 65 | Venezuela | 1.10 million | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 66 | Malawi | 1.06 million | 2025 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 67 | Chile | 1.04 million | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 68 | Cambodia | 1.00 million | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 69 | North Korea | 979,586 | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 70 | Ecuador | 963,179 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 71 | Bolivia | 958,266 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 72 | Guinea | 944,543 | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 73 | Haiti | 939,634 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 74 | Benin | 937,194 | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 75 | Rwanda | 914,731 | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 76 | Ukraine | 906,628 | 2025 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 77 | Romania | 881,809 | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 771,270 | 2025 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Tunisia | 730,779 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 712,892 | 2025 | up 51.2% | flat |
| 81 | Australia | 665,521 | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 82 | Togo | 616,240 | 2025 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 83 | Netherlands | 589,305 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 84 | Belgium | 557,853 | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 557,537 | 2025 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 86 | Czechia | 482,414 | 2024 | up 30.1% | falling |
| 87 | Israel | 472,943 | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 88 | Laos | 447,677 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 89 | Honduras | 426,637 | 2025 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 90 | Papua New Guinea | 417,570 | 2025 | down 41.7% | rising |
| 91 | Libya | 412,353 | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 92 | Congo | 412,332 | 2025 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 93 | Liberia | 399,551 | 2025 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 94 | Central African Republic | 395,529 | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 95 | Hungary | 394,008 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 96 | United Arab Emirates | 389,078 | 2025 | up 93.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 388,490 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 98 | Jordan | 370,058 | 2025 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 99 | Sweden | 367,238 | 2024 | up 14.2% | flat |
| 100 | Paraguay | 357,919 | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 101 | Switzerland | 355,629 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 102 | Cuba | 354,807 | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 103 | Palestine | 353,843 | 2025 | up 82.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Austria | 350,927 | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 105 | Eritrea | 347,224 | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 106 | Mauritania | 342,553 | 2025 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 107 | El Salvador | 335,375 | 2025 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 108 | Greece | 332,483 | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 325,685 | 2025 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 110 | Lebanon | 323,306 | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 323,289 | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 112 | Portugal | 311,842 | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 113 | Serbia | 266,405 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 264,719 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 254,925 | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 230,550 | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 222,196 | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 118 | Slovakia | 217,064 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 119 | Belarus | 214,881 | 2025 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 120 | New Zealand | 211,180 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 121 | Denmark | 210,016 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 122 | Norway | 199,285 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 123 | Finland | 188,582 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 124 | Gambia | 185,700 | 2025 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Mongolia | 184,541 | 2025 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 126 | Kuwait | 179,748 | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 127 | Hong Kong | 155,900 | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 128 | Croatia | 155,341 | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 129 | Georgia | 151,199 | 2025 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 130 | Costa Rica | 149,763 | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 149,543 | 2025 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Gabon | 149,312 | 2025 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 133 | Ireland | 145,030 | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 134 | Uruguay | 141,477 | 2025 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 129,103 | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 136 | Oman | 124,565 | 2025 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 137 | Armenia | 116,866 | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 138 | Namibia | 112,477 | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 139 | Puerto Rico | 107,607 | 2025 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 140 | Lesotho | 99,372 | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 141 | Botswana | 96,623 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 142 | East Timor | 92,651 | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 143 | Singapore | 92,535 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 144 | Jamaica | 85,015 | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 145 | Slovenia | 84,492 | 2024 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 83,574 | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 147 | Moldova | 81,221 | 2020 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 148 | Albania | 80,347 | 2025 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 149 | Qatar | 73,577 | 2025 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Equatorial Guinea | 72,336 | 2025 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 68,231 | 2025 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Mauritius | 63,938 | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 153 | Latvia | 60,872 | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 154 | Lithuania | 54,848 | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 155 | Comoros | 54,620 | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 156 | Bahrain | 53,556 | 2025 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 157 | Eswatini | 52,575 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 158 | Fiji | 49,654 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 159 | Estonia | 45,765 | 2024 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 160 | Reunion | 40,782 | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 161 | Trinidad and Tobago | 38,159 | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 162 | Suriname | 32,796 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 163 | Montenegro | 32,313 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 164 | Brunei | 31,158 | 2025 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Guyana | 30,284 | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 29,170 | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 167 | Luxembourg | 28,040 | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 168 | Cyprus | 27,976 | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 169 | Bhutan | 26,213 | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 170 | Western Sahara | 25,812 | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 171 | Samoa | 24,898 | 2025 | up 18.9% | flat |
| 172 | Iceland | 20,066 | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 19,398 | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 174 | French Guiana | 18,405 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 175 | Malta | 18,015 | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 176 | Bahamas | 17,016 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16,859 | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 178 | Macao | 16,100 | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 179 | Belize | 15,138 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 180 | Guadeloupe | 14,352 | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 181 | Maldives | 13,883 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 182 | French Polynesia | 13,180 | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 183 | New Caledonia | 12,702 | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 184 | Martinique | 12,175 | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 185 | Kiribati | 10,416 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 186 | Micronesia (country) | 9,521 | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 187 | Tonga | 7,291 | 2025 | up 81.1% | flat |
| 188 | Barbados | 7,090 | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 189 | Seychelles | 6,541 | 2025 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 4,981 | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 191 | Curacao | 4,126 | 2025 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 192 | Aruba | 4,123 | 2025 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 193 | Marshall Islands | 3,855 | 2025 | up 89.9% | rising |
| 194 | Grenada | 3,499 | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 195 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3,137 | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 196 | United States Virgin Islands | 3,042 | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 197 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,798 | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 198 | Bermuda | 2,740 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 199 | Cayman Islands | 2,440 | 2025 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 200 | Gibraltar | 1,934 | 2025 | up 140.2% | rising |
| 201 | American Samoa | 1,887 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 202 | San Marino | 1,798 | 2025 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 203 | Andorra | 1,768 | 2025 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 204 | Dominica | 1,764 | 2025 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 205 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,709 | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 206 | British Virgin Islands | 1,663 | 2025 | up 105.1% | rising |
| 207 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,182 | 2025 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 1,167 | 2025 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 209 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,075 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 210 | Palau | 969 | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 211 | Monaco | 937 | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 212 | Cook Islands | 774 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 213 | Nauru | 532 | 2025 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 214 | Tuvalu | 514 | 2025 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 215 | Anguilla | 473 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 216 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 233 | 2025 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 217 | Saint Helena | 167 | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 218 | Montserrat | 127 | 2025 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 219 | Tokelau | 107 | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 220 | Niue | 99 | 2025 | up 25.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 412.76 million
- UIS: World 412.76 million
- WB: World 412.76 million
- MDG: World 412.76 million
- UNICEF: World 412.45 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 374.51 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 370.62 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 368.76 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 367.29 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 320.63 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 242.68 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 240.97 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 234.01 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 215.18 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 207.36 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 202.64 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 163.97 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 148.22 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 145.80 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 143.15 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 143.15 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 143.15 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 143.15 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 139.28 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 139.28 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 131.08 million
- WB: Ida Total 129.64 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 114.52 million
- WB: South Asia 113.70 million
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 113.70 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 104.14 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 93.26 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 92.95 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 92.95 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 92.95 million
- UNICEF: Africa 92.95 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 88.22 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 88.05 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 88.05 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 88.04 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release