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

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

Countries reporting
205
Highest
47.67 million number
India
Lowest
195 number
Nauru
Median
154,572 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,264

What the numbers show

School age population, upper secondary education, female (number) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 47.67 million number in India; the lowest is 195 number in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 154,572 number, and the mean is 924,846 number.

Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 105.3%), and the largest decrease in Hong Kong (China) (down 55.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 47.67 million number 2020 up 5.0% rising
2 China (People’s Republic of) 22.88 million number 2020 down 16.9% rising
3 Pakistan 8.59 million number 2020 up 8.6% rising
4 Indonesia 6.81 million number 2020 up 7.8% rising
5 Nigeria 6.48 million number 2020 up 35.0% rising
6 United States 6.18 million number 2018 down 4.7% rising
7 Bangladesh 6.06 million number 2020 up 0.0% volatile
8 Brazil 5.15 million number 2011 down 1.4% flat
9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.85 million number 2020 up 42.0% rising
10 Mexico 3.32 million number 2020 up 0.2% rising
11 Türkiye 2.66 million number 2020 up 7.6% rising
12 Egypt 2.53 million number 2020 up 5.6% rising
13 Ethiopia 2.52 million number 2020 up 38.8% rising
14 Kenya 2.48 million number 2020 up 32.8% rising
15 Iran 2.17 million number 2020 down 21.0% rising
16 Philippines 2.01 million number 2020 up 105.3% rising
17 Viet Nam 1.88 million number 2020 down 28.6% rising
18 South Africa 1.45 million number 2020 down 3.7% rising
19 Sudan 1.43 million number 2020 up 25.5% rising
20 United Kingdom 1.43 million number 2020 down 7.3% falling
21 Italy 1.39 million number 2020 up 0.3% falling
22 Russia 1.37 million number 2020 down 22.0% falling
23 Afghanistan 1.35 million number 2020 up 50.5% rising
24 Thailand 1.28 million number 2020 down 12.6% rising
25 Nepal 1.24 million number 2020 down 2.8% rising
26 France 1.22 million number 2019 up 3.9% falling
27 Ghana 1.22 million number 2020 up 19.1% rising
28 Iraq 1.22 million number 2020 up 30.3% rising
29 Tanzania 1.20 million number 2020 up 32.6% rising
30 Germany 1.19 million number 2020 down 4.6% falling
31 Angola 1.11 million number 2020 up 43.3% rising
32 Argentina 1.05 million number 2020 down 0.5% rising
33 Uganda 1.03 million number 2020 up 41.6% rising
34 Myanmar 1.01 million number 2020 up 5.0% rising
35 Yemen 946,399 number 2020 up 9.6% volatile
36 Madagascar 902,684 number 2020 up 31.7% rising
37 Morocco 874,107 number 2020 down 7.9% rising
38 Côte d’Ivoire 855,946 number 2020 up 30.9% rising
39 Algeria 839,686 number 2020 down 22.4% rising
40 Cameroon 826,270 number 2020 up 26.6% rising
41 Colombia 812,008 number 2020 down 5.6% rising
42 Malaysia 761,796 number 2020 down 7.7% rising
43 Somalia 737,779 number 2020 up 39.9% rising
44 Uzbekistan 736,548 number 2020 down 22.8% rising
45 Mozambique 725,858 number 2020 up 42.8% rising
46 Niger 709,436 number 2020 up 57.5% rising
47 Korea 700,755 number 2020 down 29.9% falling
48 Sri Lanka 679,759 number 2020 up 4.8% rising
49 Zimbabwe 667,629 number 2020 up 8.5% rising
50 Saudi Arabia 662,225 number 2020 down 15.9% rising
51 Burkina Faso 655,960 number 2020 up 35.6% rising
52 Spain 644,352 number 2020 up 45.9% falling
53 Mali 637,748 number 2020 up 41.0% rising
54 Zambia 637,057 number 2020 up 40.9% volatile
55 Canada 567,712 number 2020 down 33.6% rising
56 North Korea 561,892 number 2019 down 6.1% flat
57 Chad 537,733 number 2020 up 43.9% volatile
58 Senegal 508,307 number 2020 up 25.1% rising
59 Poland 507,471 number 2020 down 33.5% falling
60 Venezuela 506,025 number 2020 down 4.8% rising
61 Peru 505,204 number 2020 down 8.9% falling
62 South Sudan 495,269 number 2020 up 20.5% rising
63 Chile 483,150 number 2020 down 14.5% rising
64 Ecuador 458,559 number 2020 up 6.4% rising
65 Syria 457,495 number 2020 down 29.8% rising
66 Haiti 454,847 number 2020 up 6.8% rising
67 Bolivia 450,081 number 2020 up 9.3% rising
68 Malawi 441,347 number 2020 up 37.0% rising
69 Cambodia 433,623 number 2020 down 14.0% rising
70 Guinea 426,465 number 2020 up 30.1% rising
71 Ukraine 422,822 number 2014 down 38.3% falling
72 Rwanda 407,602 number 2020 up 23.1% rising
73 Romania 384,828 number 2020 down 19.1% falling
74 Guatemala 384,803 number 2020 down 22.3% rising
75 Dominican Republic 379,009 number 2020 down 0.2% rising
76 Benin 372,258 number 2020 up 30.8% rising
77 Papua New Guinea 360,805 number 2020 up 24.6% rising
78 Sierra Leone 345,252 number 2020 up 64.9% volatile
79 Burundi 339,541 number 2020 up 11.5% rising
80 Tunisia 302,007 number 2020 down 18.3% rising
81 Netherlands 298,254 number 2020 up 0.0% falling
82 Australia 294,999 number 2020 up 4.5% falling
83 Togo 258,182 number 2020 up 33.5% rising
84 Belgium 248,498 number 2020 down 2.1% rising
85 Kazakhstan 218,803 number 2020 down 26.3% falling
86 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 209,534 number 2020 up 35.4% rising
87 Jordan 205,274 number 2020 up 46.9% volatile
88 Honduras 203,739 number 2020 up 8.5% rising
89 Israel 194,264 number 2020 up 20.0% rising
90 Paraguay 192,869 number 2020 down 3.4% rising
91 Hungary 188,698 number 2020 down 23.1% falling
92 Cuba 187,687 number 2020 down 11.0% falling
93 Czechia 186,169 number 2020 down 23.1% falling
94 Azerbaijan 178,913 number 2019 up 3.1% rising
95 Central African Republic 174,296 number 2020 up 23.4% rising
96 El Salvador 173,985 number 2020 down 14.3% rising
97 Austria 171,455 number 2020 down 11.8% falling
98 Switzerland 169,270 number 2020 down 5.3% falling
99 Congo 164,770 number 2020 up 33.6% rising
100 Libya 163,644 number 2020 down 6.8% rising
101 Liberia 163,561 number 2020 up 43.5% rising
102 Tajikistan 154,971 number 2020 down 8.9% rising
103 Sweden 154,572 number 2020 down 19.6% flat
104 Portugal 154,107 number 2020 down 6.8% falling
105 Greece 153,844 number 2020 down 5.7% falling
106 Eritrea 152,493 number 2020 up 7.5% rising
107 Palestine 151,128 number 2019 up 64.2% volatile
108 Serbia 138,281 number 2019 down 17.2% falling
109 Mauritania 135,573 number 2020 up 26.7% rising
110 Bulgaria 119,877 number 2020 down 25.1% falling
111 Nicaragua 118,191 number 2020 down 4.7% rising
112 United Arab Emirates 110,597 number 2020 up 22.7% volatile
113 Panama 105,635 number 2020 up 10.3% rising
114 Slovak Republic 102,109 number 2020 down 29.2% falling
115 Denmark 99,833 number 2020 down 2.7% falling
116 Kyrgyzstan 96,329 number 2020 down 19.5% rising
117 Turkmenistan 96,111 number 2020 down 14.4% rising
118 Norway 94,216 number 2020 up 0.5% flat
119 New Zealand 89,080 number 2020 down 4.4% flat
120 Lebanon 88,505 number 1985 up 2.9% rising
121 Belarus 87,825 number 2020 down 21.4% falling
122 Finland 86,085 number 2020 down 13.5% falling
123 Croatia 76,653 number 2020 down 18.8% falling
124 Hong Kong (China) 74,895 number 2020 down 55.6% rising
125 Gambia 74,855 number 2020 up 25.9% volatile
126 Uruguay 71,405 number 2020 down 9.3% rising
127 Costa Rica 69,747 number 2020 down 14.4% rising
128 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64,991 number 2020 — falling
129 Mongolia 63,957 number 2020 up 20.0% rising
130 Ireland 63,246 number 2019 up 11.0% flat
131 Guinea-Bissau 62,174 number 2020 up 80.7% volatile
132 Georgia 60,658 number 2020 down 30.8% falling
133 Kuwait 60,335 number 2020 up 12.7% rising
134 Gabon 57,574 number 2020 up 17.4% rising
135 Albania 56,428 number 2020 down 32.3% falling
136 Puerto Rico 54,296 number 2020 down 36.5% falling
137 Namibia 48,294 number 2020 down 2.4% rising
138 North Macedonia 47,541 number 2020 down 23.3% falling
139 Armenia 47,317 number 2020 down 2.8% falling
140 Oman 47,302 number 2020 down 40.1% rising
141 Jamaica 46,575 number 2020 down 15.4% falling
142 Timor-Leste 46,059 number 2020 up 17.8% rising
143 Botswana 45,116 number 2020 up 7.6% rising
144 Lesotho 43,816 number 2020 down 3.4% rising
145 Mauritius 36,063 number 2020 down 13.1% falling
146 Moldova 35,628 number 2019 down 40.0% falling
147 Slovenia 35,171 number 2020 down 12.8% falling
148 Qatar 28,585 number 2020 up 82.2% volatile
149 Solomon Islands 27,431 number 2020 up 27.9% volatile
150 Lithuania 27,153 number 2019 down 43.2% falling
151 Latvia 26,123 number 2019 down 42.5% falling
152 Eswatini 25,934 number 2020 down 6.0% rising
153 Comoros 25,878 number 2020 up 18.9% rising
154 Djibouti 24,725 number 2020 up 0.7% rising
155 Bahrain 24,359 number 2020 up 17.5% rising
156 Equatorial Guinea 22,934 number 2020 up 51.7% rising
157 Fiji 21,803 number 2020 down 8.9% rising
158 Trinidad and Tobago 17,844 number 2020 down 8.2% falling
159 Estonia 17,573 number 2020 down 27.2% falling
160 Brunei 16,147 number 2020 down 4.7% volatile
161 Guyana 15,010 number 2020 down 15.1% falling
162 Montenegro 14,933 number 2020 down 13.1% falling
163 Cabo Verde 14,890 number 2020 down 18.4% rising
164 Suriname 14,596 number 2020 up 0.9% rising
165 Cyprus 13,933 number 2019 down 16.9% falling
166 Bhutan 13,712 number 2020 down 11.7% rising
167 Luxembourg 13,311 number 2020 up 14.7% rising
168 Samoa 10,001 number 2020 up 1.3% falling
169 Bahamas 9,710 number 2020 up 1.5% rising
170 Vanuatu 8,493 number 2020 up 27.8% rising
171 Iceland 8,410 number 2020 down 10.3% rising
172 Belize 7,911 number 2020 up 14.1% rising
173 Malta 7,888 number 2020 up 48.9% rising
174 Sao Tome and Principe 7,525 number 2020 up 105.2% rising
175 Macau (China) 6,142 number 2020 down 49.2% rising
176 French Polynesia 6,099 number 1997 down 2.6% flat
177 Maldives 5,006 number 2020 down 33.4% rising
178 Micronesia (country) 4,471 number 2020 down 7.1% rising
179 Curaçao 4,371 number 2020 down 4.7% flat
180 Kiribati 4,000 number 2020 down 6.9% rising
181 Barbados 3,655 number 2020 down 4.8% falling
182 Saint Lucia 2,560 number 2020 down 26.1% rising
183 Seychelles 2,538 number 2020 down 11.2% rising
184 United States Virgin Islands 2,532 number 1997 down 18.4% falling
185 Tonga 2,195 number 2020 down 2.8% falling
186 Aruba 2,105 number 2020 down 6.7% rising
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,744 number 2020 down 15.9% falling
188 Marshall Islands 1,450 number 2020 down 30.8% rising
189 Grenada 1,437 number 2020 down 28.6% falling
190 Bermuda 1,384 number 2020 down 15.5% rising
191 Antigua and Barbuda 1,382 number 2020 down 6.1% flat
192 Cayman Islands 1,138 number 2020 up 9.1% rising
193 American Samoa 960 number 1997 up 3.0% flat
194 Dominica 943 number 2020 down 39.0% falling
195 Saint Kitts and Nevis 731 number 2020 down 5.8% falling
196 San Marino 729 number 2020 down 8.0% falling
197 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 725 number 2020 down 14.4% falling
198 Andorra 665 number 1998 down 37.0% rising
199 Turks and Caicos Islands 610 number 2020 up 34.4% rising
200 Liechtenstein 587 number 2020 down 9.7% flat
201 Gibraltar 457 number 2020 down 2.1% rising
202 Palau 456 number 2020 down 35.6% falling
203 British Virgin Islands 439 number 2020 up 21.9% rising
204 Tuvalu 341 number 2020 up 14.0% rising
205 Nauru 195 number 2020 down 3.5% 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, female (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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Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to upper secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.