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School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
205
Highest
101.17 million number
India
Lowest
391 number
Naoero
Median
316,795 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,264

What the numbers show

School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 101.17 million number in India; the lowest is 391 number in Naoero.

The median across all reporting countries is 316,795 number, and the mean is 1.92 million number.

Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 108.6%), and the largest decrease in Hong Kong (China) (down 55.5%).

School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 101.17 million number 2020 up 5.0% rising
2 China (People’s Republic of) 49.27 million number 2020 down 15.3% rising
3 Pakistan 17.92 million number 2020 up 9.9% rising
4 Indonesia 14.04 million number 2020 up 9.5% rising
5 Nigeria 13.21 million number 2020 up 35.4% rising
6 United States 12.63 million number 2018 down 5.3% rising
7 Bangladesh 12.41 million number 2020 up 0.3% volatile
8 Brazil 10.53 million number 2011 up 0.6% flat
9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 7.74 million number 2020 up 42.2% rising
10 Mexico 6.75 million number 2020 up 0.8% rising
11 Türkiye 5.45 million number 2020 up 8.5% rising
12 Egypt 5.22 million number 2020 up 6.0% rising
13 Ethiopia 5.08 million number 2020 up 38.7% rising
14 Kenya 5.00 million number 2020 up 33.7% rising
15 Iran 4.46 million number 2020 down 19.7% rising
16 Philippines 4.17 million number 2020 up 108.6% rising
17 Viet Nam 3.89 million number 2020 down 27.9% rising
18 South Africa 2.93 million number 2020 down 3.8% rising
19 United Kingdom 2.91 million number 2020 down 7.5% falling
20 Sudan 2.89 million number 2020 up 25.4% rising
21 Italy 2.87 million number 2020 up 0.6% falling
22 Russia 2.79 million number 2020 down 22.2% falling
23 Afghanistan 2.78 million number 2020 up 50.0% rising
24 Thailand 2.62 million number 2020 down 11.6% rising
25 France 2.50 million number 2019 up 4.3% falling
26 Nepal 2.50 million number 2020 down 2.1% rising
27 Iraq 2.50 million number 2020 up 29.9% rising
28 Ghana 2.49 million number 2020 up 19.0% rising
29 Germany 2.49 million number 2020 down 2.6% falling
30 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.42 million number 2020 up 32.8% rising
31 Angola 2.21 million number 2020 up 43.3% rising
32 Argentina 2.13 million number 2020 down 0.3% rising
33 Uganda 2.07 million number 2020 up 45.0% rising
34 Myanmar 2.04 million number 2020 up 5.7% rising
35 Yemen 1.93 million number 2020 up 9.6% volatile
36 Madagascar 1.81 million number 2020 up 32.3% rising
37 Morocco 1.79 million number 2020 down 7.3% rising
38 Algeria 1.71 million number 2020 down 22.2% rising
39 Côte d'Ivoire 1.71 million number 2020 up 31.3% rising
40 Cameroon 1.66 million number 2020 up 26.7% rising
41 Colombia 1.66 million number 2020 down 5.5% rising
42 Malaysia 1.57 million number 2020 down 7.1% rising
43 Uzbekistan 1.51 million number 2020 down 22.9% rising
44 Somalia 1.48 million number 2020 up 40.2% rising
45 Korea 1.46 million number 2020 down 31.4% falling
46 Niger 1.44 million number 2020 up 58.8% volatile
47 Mozambique 1.44 million number 2020 up 43.4% rising
48 Sri Lanka 1.36 million number 2020 up 4.1% rising
49 Saudi Arabia 1.35 million number 2020 down 15.2% rising
50 Burkina Faso 1.34 million number 2020 up 36.1% rising
51 Zimbabwe 1.33 million number 2020 up 10.6% rising
52 Spain 1.33 million number 2020 up 45.2% falling
53 Mali 1.29 million number 2020 up 41.2% rising
54 Zambia 1.28 million number 2020 up 42.6% volatile
55 Canada 1.16 million number 2020 down 33.5% rising
56 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1.15 million number 2019 down 6.1% rising
57 Chad 1.08 million number 2020 up 43.4% volatile
58 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.03 million number 2020 down 4.6% rising
59 Poland 1.03 million number 2020 down 34.1% falling
60 Senegal 1.02 million number 2020 up 25.6% rising
61 South Sudan 1.00 million number 2020 up 20.9% rising
62 Peru 989,976 number 2020 down 15.2% falling
63 Chile 982,980 number 2020 down 14.6% rising
64 Ecuador 935,338 number 2020 up 6.5% rising
65 Syrian Arab Republic 934,874 number 2020 down 30.2% rising
66 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 918,992 number 2020 up 9.3% rising
67 Haiti 915,671 number 2020 up 7.0% rising
68 Malawi 883,000 number 2020 up 38.6% rising
69 Cambodia 869,080 number 2020 down 16.5% rising
70 Ukraine 866,060 number 2014 down 38.5% falling
71 Guinea 862,253 number 2020 up 31.4% rising
72 Rwanda 810,708 number 2020 up 24.7% rising
73 Romania 791,944 number 2020 down 19.0% falling
74 Guatemala 785,258 number 2020 down 21.6% rising
75 Dominican Republic 766,794 number 2020 down 0.1% rising
76 Benin 753,852 number 2020 up 31.2% rising
77 Papua New Guinea 745,192 number 2020 up 25.0% rising
78 Sierra Leone 692,517 number 2020 up 64.9% volatile
79 Burundi 678,635 number 2020 up 11.8% rising
80 Tunisia 628,073 number 2020 down 18.2% rising
81 Netherlands 613,005 number 2020 up 0.4% falling
82 Australia 604,520 number 2020 up 2.8% falling
83 Togo 518,363 number 2020 up 33.9% rising
84 Belgium 510,683 number 2020 down 1.7% rising
85 Kazakhstan 448,101 number 2020 down 25.5% falling
86 Lao People's Democratic Republic 424,859 number 2020 up 36.3% rising
87 Honduras 415,945 number 2020 up 8.9% rising
88 Jordan 414,348 number 2020 up 45.4% rising
89 Israel 399,282 number 2020 up 20.1% rising
90 Paraguay 394,515 number 2020 down 3.3% rising
91 Hungary 388,412 number 2020 down 22.7% falling
92 Cuba 386,477 number 2020 down 11.7% falling
93 Azerbaijan 383,243 number 2019 up 7.2% rising
94 Czechia 381,919 number 2020 down 23.1% falling
95 Austria 353,680 number 2020 down 11.3% falling
96 El Salvador 350,368 number 2020 down 13.7% rising
97 Central African Republic 348,982 number 2020 up 23.9% rising
98 Switzerland 345,482 number 2020 down 5.7% falling
99 Libya 335,698 number 2020 down 6.7% rising
100 Liberia 332,491 number 2020 up 44.5% rising
101 Congo 331,143 number 2020 up 33.8% rising
102 Tajikistan 317,973 number 2020 down 8.0% rising
103 Sweden 316,795 number 2020 down 19.8% flat
104 Portugal 315,776 number 2020 down 6.8% falling
105 Greece 314,858 number 2020 down 7.5% falling
106 Eritrea 311,059 number 2020 up 9.2% rising
107 Palestine, State of 307,650 number 2019 up 63.8% volatile
108 Serbia 284,327 number 2019 down 16.9% falling
109 Mauritania 274,924 number 2020 up 26.4% rising
110 Bulgaria 247,813 number 2020 down 24.8% falling
111 Nicaragua 244,797 number 2020 down 3.7% rising
112 United Arab Emirates 221,782 number 2020 up 21.5% volatile
113 Panama 215,306 number 2020 up 10.5% rising
114 Slovakia 209,507 number 2020 down 29.1% falling
115 Denmark 203,612 number 2020 down 3.3% falling
116 Kyrgyzstan 196,399 number 2020 down 18.9% rising
117 Turkmenistan 194,383 number 2020 down 14.3% rising
118 Norway 192,650 number 2020 down 0.2% flat
119 New Zealand 181,593 number 2020 down 5.1% rising
120 Belarus 180,634 number 2020 down 21.6% falling
121 Lebanon 179,662 number 1985 up 2.2% rising
122 Finland 176,566 number 2020 down 12.9% falling
123 Croatia 157,695 number 2020 down 18.4% falling
124 Hong Kong (China) 154,331 number 2020 down 55.5% rising
125 Gambia 149,880 number 2020 up 25.8% volatile
126 Uruguay 145,969 number 2020 down 9.1% rising
127 Costa Rica 142,733 number 2020 down 14.3% rising
128 Kuwait 133,910 number 2020 up 20.4% rising
129 Bosnia and Herzegovina 132,561 number 2020 — falling
130 Georgia 129,111 number 2020 down 29.1% falling
131 Mongolia 129,094 number 2020 up 19.8% rising
132 Ireland 128,810 number 2019 up 9.4% flat
133 Guinea-Bissau 124,415 number 2020 up 84.2% volatile
134 Albania 120,990 number 2020 down 31.1% falling
135 Puerto Rico 115,976 number 2020 down 32.8% falling
136 Gabon 115,869 number 2020 up 17.4% rising
137 Armenia 101,798 number 2020 up 4.5% falling
138 North Macedonia 97,914 number 2020 down 22.9% falling
139 Namibia 96,055 number 2020 down 1.5% rising
140 Jamaica 95,190 number 2020 down 15.4% falling
141 Timor-Leste 93,338 number 2020 up 17.6% rising
142 Botswana 91,294 number 2020 up 8.3% rising
143 Lesotho 87,568 number 2020 down 3.6% rising
144 Oman 84,393 number 2020 down 46.8% rising
145 Mauritius 73,589 number 2020 down 12.2% falling
146 Republic of Moldova 73,516 number 2019 down 39.1% falling
147 Slovenia 72,576 number 2020 down 12.7% falling
148 Qatar 59,426 number 2020 up 86.1% volatile
149 Solomon Islands 56,723 number 2020 up 27.8% volatile
150 Lithuania 55,650 number 2019 down 43.2% falling
151 Djibouti 54,701 number 2020 up 3.2% rising
152 Bahrain 54,038 number 2020 up 29.2% rising
153 Latvia 53,212 number 2019 down 42.3% falling
154 Comoros 52,604 number 2020 up 18.9% rising
155 Eswatini 52,268 number 2020 down 2.4% rising
156 Equatorial Guinea 47,696 number 2020 up 49.8% rising
157 Fiji 44,941 number 2020 down 8.7% rising
158 Trinidad and Tobago 36,149 number 2020 down 8.0% falling
159 Estonia 36,039 number 2020 down 27.5% falling
160 Brunei Darussalam 33,187 number 2020 down 4.7% volatile
161 Montenegro 31,349 number 2020 down 12.6% falling
162 Suriname 30,320 number 2020 up 2.6% rising
163 Guyana 30,005 number 2020 down 15.0% falling
164 Cape Verde 29,831 number 2020 down 18.2% rising
165 Cyprus 28,034 number 2019 down 18.0% falling
166 Bhutan 28,010 number 2020 down 12.0% rising
167 Luxembourg 27,427 number 2020 up 15.3% rising
168 Samoa 20,747 number 2020 down 0.1% falling
169 Bahamas 19,335 number 2020 up 0.6% rising
170 Vanuatu 17,742 number 2020 up 35.9% rising
171 Iceland 17,014 number 2020 down 11.3% rising
172 Malta 16,135 number 2020 up 47.6% rising
173 Belize 15,937 number 2020 up 14.4% rising
174 Sao Tome and Principe 15,204 number 2020 up 105.2% rising
175 Macau (China) 12,677 number 2020 down 47.6% flat
176 French Polynesia 12,465 number 1997 down 2.5% flat
177 Maldives 9,384 number 2020 down 42.5% rising
178 Micronesia (Federated States of) 9,216 number 2020 down 7.8% rising
179 Curaçao 8,943 number 2020 down 3.2% flat
180 Kiribati 8,161 number 2020 down 7.0% rising
181 Barbados 7,514 number 2020 down 2.7% falling
182 Seychelles 5,178 number 2020 down 13.9% rising
183 Saint Lucia 5,151 number 2020 down 26.3% rising
184 United States Virgin Islands 4,961 number 1997 down 20.0% falling
185 Tonga 4,544 number 2020 down 2.4% falling
186 Aruba 4,274 number 2020 down 7.5% rising
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,621 number 2020 down 14.2% falling
188 Marshall Islands 2,963 number 2020 down 30.8% rising
189 Grenada 2,940 number 2020 down 27.7% falling
190 Bermuda 2,822 number 2020 down 14.7% rising
191 Antigua and Barbuda 2,793 number 2020 down 5.2% flat
192 Cayman Islands 2,309 number 2020 up 9.6% rising
193 American Samoa 2,026 number 1997 up 9.3% rising
194 Dominica 1,922 number 2020 down 40.3% falling
195 San Marino 1,547 number 2020 down 7.4% falling
196 Sint Maarten 1,485 number 2020 down 9.7% falling
197 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,470 number 2020 down 7.6% falling
198 Andorra 1,378 number 1998 down 37.4% flat
199 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,245 number 2020 up 35.0% rising
200 Liechtenstein 1,207 number 2020 down 6.3% flat
201 Palau 934 number 2020 down 35.4% falling
202 Gibraltar 926 number 2020 down 5.3% rising
203 British Virgin Islands 895 number 2020 up 25.0% rising
204 Tuvalu 699 number 2020 up 15.7% rising
205 Naoero 391 number 2020 down 3.2% 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, upper secondary education, both sexes (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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Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to upper secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.