School age population, upper secondary education, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
220
Highest
45.59 million
India
Lowest
45
Tokelau
Median
155,452
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,367
What the numbers show
School age population, upper secondary education, female (number) is currently reported for 220 countries. The highest value is 45.59 million in India; the lowest is 45 in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 155,452, and the mean is 925,113.
Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 166.6%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 50.4%).
School age population, upper secondary education, female (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 45.59 million | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 2 | China | 23.77 million | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 11.36 million | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 8.02 million | 2025 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Indonesia | 6.87 million | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 6.62 million | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 6.50 million | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.94 million | 2025 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Brazil | 4.43 million | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 10 | Mexico | 3.35 million | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 11 | Egypt | 3.28 million | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 2.91 million | 2025 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 13 | Kenya | 2.71 million | 2025 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 14 | Turkey | 2.53 million | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 15 | Vietnam | 2.28 million | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 16 | Philippines | 2.27 million | 2025 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Iran | 1.92 million | 2025 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 18 | Sudan | 1.67 million | 2025 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 19 | Russia | 1.63 million | 2025 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 20 | South Africa | 1.63 million | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 1.61 million | 2024 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 22 | Japan | 1.58 million | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 23 | Tanzania | 1.46 million | 2025 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 24 | Iraq | 1.46 million | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 1.41 million | 2025 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Italy | 1.40 million | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 27 | Angola | 1.28 million | 2025 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Yemen | 1.27 million | 2025 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 29 | France | 1.26 million | 2024 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 30 | Algeria | 1.16 million | 2025 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 31 | Uganda | 1.16 million | 2025 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Thailand | 1.15 million | 2025 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 33 | Nepal | 1.13 million | 2025 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 34 | Germany | 1.12 million | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 35 | Ghana | 1.07 million | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 36 | Argentina | 1.05 million | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 37 | Madagascar | 1.05 million | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 961,707 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 39 | Cameroon | 954,927 | 2025 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 40 | Cote d'Ivoire | 941,160 | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 41 | Niger | 884,412 | 2025 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Syria | 882,158 | 2025 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 43 | Myanmar | 855,141 | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 44 | Colombia | 845,040 | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 45 | Somalia | 838,208 | 2025 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Mali | 837,067 | 2025 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 811,645 | 2025 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 48 | Malaysia | 793,272 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 49 | Mozambique | 780,347 | 2025 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 50 | Zimbabwe | 778,933 | 2025 | up 166.6% | rising |
| 51 | Spain | 771,611 | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 52 | Zambia | 735,829 | 2025 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | 731,262 | 2025 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Poland | 726,423 | 2024 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 713,846 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 56 | Burundi | 679,715 | 2025 | up 118.5% | volatile |
| 57 | South Korea | 669,000 | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 58 | Canada | 668,178 | 2025 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 59 | Chad | 664,315 | 2025 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 60 | South Sudan | 635,472 | 2025 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 604,365 | 2025 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 62 | Senegal | 599,118 | 2025 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 63 | Peru | 566,043 | 2025 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 64 | Guatemala | 560,896 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 65 | Venezuela | 538,001 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 66 | Malawi | 535,102 | 2025 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 67 | Chile | 511,582 | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 68 | Cambodia | 489,925 | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 69 | North Korea | 477,958 | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 70 | Bolivia | 471,576 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 71 | Ecuador | 470,584 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 72 | Haiti | 467,383 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 73 | Guinea | 466,453 | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 74 | Benin | 461,794 | 2025 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 75 | Rwanda | 457,725 | 2025 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 76 | Ukraine | 439,690 | 2025 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 77 | Romania | 428,722 | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 383,254 | 2025 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Tunisia | 352,799 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 347,957 | 2025 | up 49.4% | flat |
| 81 | Australia | 322,822 | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 82 | Togo | 304,475 | 2025 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 83 | Netherlands | 286,080 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 275,449 | 2025 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 85 | Belgium | 271,078 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 86 | Czechia | 232,215 | 2024 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 87 | Israel | 230,546 | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 88 | Laos | 220,524 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 89 | Honduras | 208,256 | 2025 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 90 | Congo | 205,017 | 2025 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 91 | Libya | 200,294 | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 198,260 | 2025 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 93 | Central African Republic | 197,948 | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 94 | Liberia | 197,570 | 2025 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 194,125 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 96 | Hungary | 191,598 | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 97 | United Arab Emirates | 191,137 | 2025 | up 85.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Jordan | 183,754 | 2025 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 99 | Sweden | 178,178 | 2024 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 100 | Palestine | 177,113 | 2025 | up 80.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Paraguay | 175,132 | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 102 | Cuba | 173,223 | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 103 | Eritrea | 172,422 | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 104 | Mauritania | 170,839 | 2025 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 105 | Switzerland | 170,793 | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 106 | Austria | 170,129 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 107 | El Salvador | 162,111 | 2025 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 108 | Greece | 159,255 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 109 | Lebanon | 156,751 | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 156,593 | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 154,311 | 2025 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 112 | Portugal | 153,174 | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 113 | Serbia | 132,900 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 130,506 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 123,861 | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 111,736 | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 108,728 | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 118 | Slovakia | 105,742 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 119 | Belarus | 104,160 | 2025 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 120 | Denmark | 102,612 | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 121 | New Zealand | 102,510 | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 122 | Norway | 96,636 | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 123 | Gambia | 92,103 | 2025 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Finland | 92,023 | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 125 | Mongolia | 89,267 | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 126 | Kuwait | 87,174 | 2025 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 127 | Croatia | 75,419 | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 128 | Hong Kong | 75,300 | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 129 | Gabon | 74,479 | 2025 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 74,119 | 2025 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Georgia | 73,835 | 2025 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 132 | Costa Rica | 73,157 | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 133 | Ireland | 70,005 | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 134 | Uruguay | 69,291 | 2025 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62,093 | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 136 | Oman | 60,767 | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 137 | Armenia | 56,569 | 2025 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 138 | Namibia | 56,139 | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 139 | Puerto Rico | 52,059 | 2025 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 140 | Lesotho | 49,590 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 141 | Botswana | 48,107 | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 142 | East Timor | 45,811 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 143 | Singapore | 44,428 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 144 | Jamaica | 41,765 | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 41,138 | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 146 | Slovenia | 41,106 | 2024 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 147 | Moldova | 39,283 | 2020 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 148 | Albania | 38,707 | 2025 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 35,874 | 2025 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 150 | Qatar | 35,255 | 2025 | up 77.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 32,852 | 2025 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Mauritius | 31,638 | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 153 | Latvia | 29,749 | 2024 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 154 | Lithuania | 26,916 | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 155 | Comoros | 26,716 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 156 | Bahrain | 26,535 | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 157 | Eswatini | 26,443 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 158 | Fiji | 25,027 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 159 | Estonia | 22,077 | 2024 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 160 | Reunion | 20,194 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 161 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18,720 | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 162 | Suriname | 16,162 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 163 | Montenegro | 15,704 | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 164 | Brunei | 14,961 | 2025 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Guyana | 14,901 | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 14,042 | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 167 | Luxembourg | 13,523 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 168 | Cyprus | 13,417 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 169 | Western Sahara | 12,646 | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 170 | Bhutan | 12,523 | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 171 | Samoa | 12,100 | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 172 | Iceland | 9,765 | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 9,433 | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 174 | French Guiana | 9,135 | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 175 | Malta | 8,606 | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8,451 | 2025 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 177 | Bahamas | 8,440 | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 178 | Macao | 7,900 | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 179 | Belize | 7,406 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 180 | Guadeloupe | 7,023 | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 181 | French Polynesia | 6,462 | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 182 | Maldives | 6,460 | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 183 | New Caledonia | 6,251 | 2025 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 184 | Martinique | 5,913 | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 185 | Kiribati | 5,308 | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 186 | Micronesia (country) | 4,678 | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 187 | Barbados | 3,479 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 188 | Tonga | 3,462 | 2025 | up 86.1% | flat |
| 189 | Seychelles | 3,231 | 2025 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 2,411 | 2025 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 191 | Curacao | 2,033 | 2025 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 192 | Aruba | 2,021 | 2025 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 193 | Marshall Islands | 1,808 | 2025 | up 85.6% | rising |
| 194 | Grenada | 1,712 | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 195 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,531 | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 196 | United States Virgin Islands | 1,511 | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 197 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,380 | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 198 | Bermuda | 1,295 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 199 | Cayman Islands | 1,184 | 2025 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 200 | Gibraltar | 958 | 2025 | up 152.1% | rising |
| 201 | American Samoa | 929 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 202 | Dominica | 920 | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 203 | San Marino | 871 | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 204 | Andorra | 858 | 2025 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 205 | British Virgin Islands | 815 | 2025 | up 97.3% | rising |
| 206 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 793 | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 207 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 607 | 2025 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 208 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 577 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 548 | 2025 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 210 | Palau | 481 | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 211 | Monaco | 457 | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 212 | Cook Islands | 378 | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 213 | Nauru | 248 | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 214 | Tuvalu | 239 | 2025 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 215 | Anguilla | 237 | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 216 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 112 | 2025 | up 25.8% | falling |
| 217 | Saint Helena | 72 | 2025 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 218 | Montserrat | 66 | 2025 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 219 | Niue | 51 | 2025 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 220 | Tokelau | 45 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 199.67 million
- UIS: World 199.67 million
- WB: World 199.67 million
- MDG: World 199.67 million
- UNICEF: World 199.52 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 181.07 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 179.17 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 178.28 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 177.55 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 154.42 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 116.03 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 115.32 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 111.83 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 104.19 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 100.49 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 98.22 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 80.67 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 71.33 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 70.16 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 68.86 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 68.86 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 68.86 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 68.86 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 66.98 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 66.98 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 64.56 million
- WB: Ida Total 63.85 million
- WB: South Asia 54.52 million
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 54.52 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 54.51 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 51.12 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 45.99 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 45.99 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 45.99 million
- UNICEF: Africa 45.99 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 45.87 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 41.67 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 41.59 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 41.59 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 41.58 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release