School age population, upper secondary education, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
220
Highest
49.83 million
India
Lowest
48
Niue
Median
166,626
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,367
What the numbers show
School age population, upper secondary education, male (number) is currently reported for 220 countries. The highest value is 49.83 million in India; the lowest is 48 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 166,626, and the mean is 987,720.
Over the past decade 147 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 186.1%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 52.1%).
School age population, upper secondary education, male (number) (age): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 49.83 million | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 2 | China | 27.85 million | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 11.92 million | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 8.33 million | 2025 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Indonesia | 7.24 million | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 7.02 million | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 6.99 million | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.92 million | 2025 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Brazil | 4.58 million | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 10 | Mexico | 3.46 million | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 11 | Egypt | 3.44 million | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 2.98 million | 2025 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 13 | Kenya | 2.73 million | 2025 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 14 | Turkey | 2.63 million | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 15 | Vietnam | 2.34 million | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 16 | Philippines | 2.33 million | 2025 | up 105.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Iran | 2.02 million | 2025 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 18 | Russia | 1.72 million | 2025 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 19 | Sudan | 1.70 million | 2025 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 1.70 million | 2024 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 21 | Japan | 1.67 million | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 22 | South Africa | 1.64 million | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 23 | Iraq | 1.53 million | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 24 | Italy | 1.50 million | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 1.48 million | 2025 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Tanzania | 1.47 million | 2025 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 27 | France | 1.34 million | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 28 | Yemen | 1.33 million | 2025 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Angola | 1.28 million | 2025 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Germany | 1.22 million | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 31 | Algeria | 1.22 million | 2025 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 32 | Thailand | 1.20 million | 2025 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 33 | Nepal | 1.18 million | 2025 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 34 | Uganda | 1.16 million | 2025 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Argentina | 1.12 million | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 36 | Ghana | 1.09 million | 2025 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 37 | Madagascar | 1.07 million | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 1.01 million | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 39 | Cote d'Ivoire | 995,212 | 2025 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Cameroon | 958,525 | 2025 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 41 | Syria | 921,993 | 2025 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 42 | Niger | 916,978 | 2025 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Myanmar | 895,994 | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 44 | Colombia | 885,911 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 45 | Somalia | 862,009 | 2025 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Mali | 858,246 | 2025 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 47 | Malaysia | 856,367 | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 48 | Burkina Faso | 833,817 | 2025 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 49 | Spain | 823,198 | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 50 | Zimbabwe | 782,767 | 2025 | up 186.1% | rising |
| 51 | Mozambique | 779,939 | 2025 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 52 | Poland | 763,175 | 2024 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | 760,448 | 2025 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 730,696 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 55 | Zambia | 730,600 | 2025 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 56 | South Korea | 710,372 | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 57 | Canada | 707,838 | 2025 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 58 | Chad | 681,384 | 2025 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Burundi | 681,123 | 2025 | up 119.2% | volatile |
| 60 | South Sudan | 646,176 | 2025 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 61 | Senegal | 643,267 | 2025 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 637,796 | 2025 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 63 | Peru | 584,977 | 2025 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 64 | Guatemala | 573,899 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 65 | Venezuela | 563,547 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 66 | Chile | 529,909 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 67 | Malawi | 526,535 | 2025 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 68 | Cambodia | 510,378 | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 69 | North Korea | 501,628 | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 70 | Ecuador | 492,595 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 71 | Bolivia | 486,690 | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 72 | Guinea | 478,090 | 2025 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 73 | Benin | 475,400 | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 74 | Haiti | 472,251 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 75 | Ukraine | 466,938 | 2025 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 76 | Rwanda | 457,006 | 2025 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 77 | Romania | 453,087 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 388,016 | 2025 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Tunisia | 377,980 | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 364,935 | 2025 | up 52.9% | flat |
| 81 | Australia | 342,699 | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 82 | Togo | 311,765 | 2025 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 83 | Netherlands | 303,225 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 84 | Belgium | 286,775 | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 282,088 | 2025 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 86 | Czechia | 250,199 | 2024 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 87 | Israel | 242,397 | 2025 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 88 | Laos | 227,153 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 89 | Papua New Guinea | 219,310 | 2025 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 90 | Honduras | 218,381 | 2025 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 91 | Libya | 212,059 | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 92 | Congo | 207,315 | 2025 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 93 | Hungary | 202,410 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 94 | Liberia | 201,981 | 2025 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 197,941 | 2025 | up 101.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Central African Republic | 197,581 | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 194,365 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 98 | Sweden | 189,060 | 2024 | up 13.7% | flat |
| 99 | Jordan | 186,304 | 2025 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 100 | Switzerland | 184,836 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 101 | Paraguay | 182,787 | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 102 | Cuba | 181,584 | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 103 | Austria | 180,798 | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 104 | Palestine | 176,730 | 2025 | up 84.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Eritrea | 174,802 | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 106 | El Salvador | 173,264 | 2025 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 107 | Greece | 173,228 | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 108 | Mauritania | 171,714 | 2025 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 171,374 | 2025 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 166,696 | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 111 | Lebanon | 166,555 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 112 | Portugal | 158,668 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 134,213 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 114 | Serbia | 133,505 | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 131,064 | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 118,814 | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 113,468 | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 118 | Slovakia | 111,322 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 119 | Belarus | 110,721 | 2025 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 120 | New Zealand | 108,670 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 121 | Denmark | 107,404 | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 122 | Norway | 102,649 | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 123 | Finland | 96,559 | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 124 | Mongolia | 95,274 | 2025 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 125 | Gambia | 93,597 | 2025 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Kuwait | 92,574 | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 127 | Hong Kong | 80,600 | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 128 | Croatia | 79,922 | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 129 | Georgia | 77,364 | 2025 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 130 | Costa Rica | 76,606 | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 75,424 | 2025 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Ireland | 75,025 | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 133 | Gabon | 74,833 | 2025 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 134 | Uruguay | 72,186 | 2025 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 67,010 | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 136 | Oman | 63,798 | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 137 | Armenia | 60,297 | 2025 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 138 | Namibia | 56,338 | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 139 | Puerto Rico | 55,548 | 2025 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 140 | Lesotho | 49,782 | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 141 | Botswana | 48,516 | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 142 | Singapore | 48,107 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 143 | East Timor | 46,840 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 144 | Slovenia | 43,386 | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 145 | Jamaica | 43,250 | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 42,436 | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 147 | Moldova | 41,938 | 2020 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 148 | Albania | 41,640 | 2025 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 149 | Qatar | 38,322 | 2025 | up 73.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Equatorial Guinea | 36,462 | 2025 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 35,379 | 2025 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Mauritius | 32,300 | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 153 | Latvia | 31,123 | 2024 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 154 | Lithuania | 27,932 | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 155 | Comoros | 27,904 | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 156 | Bahrain | 27,021 | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 157 | Eswatini | 26,132 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 158 | Fiji | 24,627 | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 159 | Estonia | 23,688 | 2024 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 160 | Reunion | 20,588 | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 161 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19,439 | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 162 | Suriname | 16,634 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 163 | Montenegro | 16,609 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 164 | Brunei | 16,197 | 2025 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Guyana | 15,383 | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 15,128 | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 167 | Cyprus | 14,559 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 14,517 | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 169 | Bhutan | 13,690 | 2025 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 170 | Western Sahara | 13,166 | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 171 | Samoa | 12,798 | 2025 | up 18.5% | flat |
| 172 | Iceland | 10,301 | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 9,965 | 2025 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 174 | Malta | 9,409 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 175 | French Guiana | 9,270 | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 176 | Bahamas | 8,576 | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8,408 | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 178 | Macao | 8,200 | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 179 | Belize | 7,732 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 180 | Maldives | 7,423 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 181 | Guadeloupe | 7,329 | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 182 | French Polynesia | 6,718 | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 183 | New Caledonia | 6,451 | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 184 | Martinique | 6,262 | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 185 | Kiribati | 5,108 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 186 | Micronesia (country) | 4,843 | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 187 | Tonga | 3,829 | 2025 | up 76.7% | flat |
| 188 | Barbados | 3,611 | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 189 | Seychelles | 3,310 | 2025 | up 47.0% | flat |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 2,570 | 2025 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 191 | Aruba | 2,102 | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 192 | Curacao | 2,093 | 2025 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 193 | Marshall Islands | 2,047 | 2025 | up 93.8% | rising |
| 194 | Grenada | 1,787 | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 195 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,606 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 196 | United States Virgin Islands | 1,531 | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 197 | Bermuda | 1,445 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,418 | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 199 | Cayman Islands | 1,256 | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 200 | Gibraltar | 976 | 2025 | up 129.6% | rising |
| 201 | American Samoa | 958 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 202 | San Marino | 927 | 2025 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 203 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 916 | 2025 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 204 | Andorra | 910 | 2025 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 205 | British Virgin Islands | 848 | 2025 | up 113.1% | rising |
| 206 | Dominica | 844 | 2025 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 207 | Liechtenstein | 619 | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 575 | 2025 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 209 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 498 | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 210 | Palau | 488 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 211 | Monaco | 480 | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 212 | Cook Islands | 396 | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 213 | Nauru | 284 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 214 | Tuvalu | 275 | 2025 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 215 | Anguilla | 236 | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 216 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 121 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 217 | Saint Helena | 95 | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 218 | Tokelau | 62 | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 219 | Montserrat | 61 | 2025 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 220 | Niue | 48 | 2025 | up 29.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 213.09 million
- UIS: World 213.09 million
- WB: World 213.09 million
- MDG: World 213.09 million
- UNICEF: World 212.93 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 193.44 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 191.45 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 190.49 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 189.74 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 166.21 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 126.65 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 125.65 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 122.19 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 110.99 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 106.87 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 104.42 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 83.30 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 76.89 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 75.64 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 74.28 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 74.28 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 74.28 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 74.28 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 72.30 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 72.30 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 66.52 million
- WB: Ida Total 65.80 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 60.01 million
- WB: South Asia 59.18 million
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 59.18 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 53.02 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 47.39 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 46.96 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 46.96 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 46.96 million
- UNICEF: Africa 46.96 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 46.55 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 46.46 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 46.46 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 46.45 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release