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

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

Countries reporting
206
Highest
53.49 million number
India
Lowest
196 number
Nauru
Median
162,612 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,264

What the numbers show

School age population, upper secondary education, male (number) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 53.49 million number in India; the lowest is 196 number in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 162,612 number, and the mean is 1.15 million number.

Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 111.8%), and the largest decrease in Hong Kong (China) (down 55.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 53.49 million number 2020 up 5.0% rising
2 China 26.39 million number 2020 down 13.9% rising
3 Pakistan 9.32 million number 2020 up 11.1% rising
4 Indonesia 7.23 million number 2020 up 11.2% rising
5 Nigeria 6.72 million number 2020 up 35.8% rising
6 United States of America 6.45 million number 2018 down 5.9% rising
7 Bangladesh 6.35 million number 2020 up 0.7% volatile
8 Brazil 5.38 million number 2011 up 2.7% flat
9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.89 million number 2020 up 42.4% rising
10 Mexico 3.43 million number 2020 up 1.3% rising
11 Türkiye 2.79 million number 2020 up 9.4% rising
12 Egypt 2.68 million number 2020 up 6.5% rising
13 Ethiopia 2.56 million number 2020 up 38.7% rising
14 Kenya 2.52 million number 2020 up 34.6% rising
15 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.28 million number 2020 down 18.5% rising
16 Philippines 2.16 million number 2020 up 111.8% rising
17 Viet Nam 2.01 million number 2020 down 27.3% rising
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.49 million number 2020 down 7.7% falling
19 Least developed countries 33.02 million number 2019 up 24.2% rising
19 Italy 1.48 million number 2020 up 0.9% falling
20 South Africa 1.47 million number 2020 down 3.9% rising
21 Sudan 1.46 million number 2020 up 25.4% rising
22 Russian Federation 1.43 million number 2020 down 22.4% falling
23 Afghanistan 1.43 million number 2020 up 49.6% rising
24 Thailand 1.34 million number 2020 down 10.6% rising
25 Germany 1.30 million number 2020 down 0.8% falling
26 France 1.28 million number 2019 up 4.6% flat
27 Iraq 1.28 million number 2020 up 29.4% rising
28 Ghana 1.27 million number 2020 up 19.0% rising
29 Nepal 1.26 million number 2020 down 1.5% rising
30 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.22 million number 2020 up 33.0% rising
31 Angola 1.10 million number 2020 up 43.4% rising
32 Argentina 1.08 million number 2020 down 0.0% rising
33 Uganda 1.04 million number 2020 up 48.6% rising
34 Myanmar 1.02 million number 2020 up 6.3% rising
35 Yemen 979,552 number 2020 up 9.6% volatile
36 Morocco 915,047 number 2020 down 6.7% rising
37 Madagascar 906,683 number 2020 up 32.8% rising
38 Algeria 874,025 number 2020 down 22.1% rising
39 Côte d'Ivoire 855,142 number 2020 up 31.6% rising
40 Colombia 847,323 number 2020 down 5.4% rising
41 Cameroon 834,999 number 2020 up 26.7% rising
42 Malaysia 810,911 number 2020 down 6.5% rising
43 Uzbekistan 769,554 number 2020 down 23.0% rising
44 Korea 761,816 number 2020 down 32.6% falling
45 Somalia 743,821 number 2020 up 40.6% rising
46 Niger 734,778 number 2020 up 60.0% volatile
47 Mozambique 718,113 number 2020 up 44.1% rising
48 Saudi Arabia 687,065 number 2020 down 14.5% rising
49 Burkina Faso 682,024 number 2020 up 36.6% rising
50 Spain 681,557 number 2020 up 44.6% falling
51 Sri Lanka 678,611 number 2020 up 3.4% rising
52 Zimbabwe 664,650 number 2020 up 12.8% rising
53 Mali 654,922 number 2020 up 41.4% rising
54 Zambia 638,969 number 2020 up 44.4% volatile
55 Canada 595,871 number 2020 down 33.5% rising
56 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 585,887 number 2019 down 6.0% rising
57 Chad 539,602 number 2020 up 43.0% volatile
58 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 527,777 number 2020 down 4.4% rising
59 Poland 524,939 number 2020 down 34.6% falling
60 Senegal 516,446 number 2020 up 26.2% rising
61 South Sudan 505,867 number 2020 up 21.3% rising
62 Chile 499,830 number 2020 down 14.6% rising
63 Peru 484,772 number 2020 down 20.9% falling
64 Syrian Arab Republic 477,379 number 2020 down 30.6% rising
65 Ecuador 476,779 number 2020 up 6.6% rising
66 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 468,911 number 2020 up 9.3% rising
67 Haiti 460,824 number 2020 up 7.2% rising
68 Ukraine 443,238 number 2014 down 38.6% falling
69 Malawi 441,653 number 2020 up 40.2% rising
70 Guinea 435,788 number 2020 up 32.7% rising
71 Cambodia 435,457 number 2020 down 18.9% rising
72 Romania 407,116 number 2020 down 19.0% falling
73 Rwanda 403,106 number 2020 up 26.3% rising
74 Guatemala 400,455 number 2020 down 20.9% rising
75 Dominican Republic 387,785 number 2020 up 0.0% rising
76 Papua New Guinea 384,387 number 2020 up 25.4% rising
77 Benin 381,594 number 2020 up 31.6% rising
78 Sierra Leone 347,265 number 2020 up 64.8% volatile
79 Burundi 339,094 number 2020 up 12.0% rising
80 Tunisia 326,066 number 2020 down 18.1% rising
81 Netherlands 314,751 number 2020 up 0.8% falling
82 Australia 309,521 number 2020 up 1.2% falling
83 Belgium 262,185 number 2020 down 1.2% rising
84 Togo 260,181 number 2020 up 34.3% rising
85 Kazakhstan 229,298 number 2020 down 24.7% falling
86 Lao People's Democratic Republic 215,325 number 2020 up 37.2% rising
87 Honduras 212,206 number 2020 up 9.4% rising
88 Jordan 209,074 number 2020 up 44.0% rising
89 Israel 205,018 number 2020 up 20.2% rising
90 Azerbaijan 204,330 number 2019 up 11.0% rising
91 Paraguay 201,646 number 2020 down 3.3% rising
92 Hungary 199,714 number 2020 down 22.4% falling
93 Cuba 198,790 number 2020 down 12.4% falling
94 Czechia 195,750 number 2020 down 23.2% falling
95 Austria 182,225 number 2020 down 10.7% falling
96 El Salvador 176,383 number 2020 down 13.0% rising
97 Switzerland 176,212 number 2020 down 6.1% falling
98 Central African Republic 174,686 number 2020 up 24.3% rising
99 Libya 172,054 number 2020 down 6.6% rising
100 Liberia 168,930 number 2020 up 45.5% rising
101 Congo 166,373 number 2020 up 34.0% rising
102 Tajikistan 163,002 number 2020 down 7.2% rising
103 Sweden 162,223 number 2020 down 20.0% flat
104 Portugal 161,669 number 2020 down 6.8% falling
105 Greece 161,014 number 2020 down 9.2% falling
106 Eritrea 158,566 number 2020 up 10.8% rising
107 Palestine, State of 156,522 number 2019 up 63.4% volatile
108 Serbia 146,046 number 2019 down 16.6% falling
109 Mauritania 139,351 number 2020 up 26.2% rising
110 Bulgaria 127,936 number 2020 down 24.5% falling
111 Nicaragua 126,606 number 2020 down 2.7% rising
112 United Arab Emirates 111,185 number 2020 up 20.3% volatile
113 Panama 109,671 number 2020 up 10.7% rising
114 Slovak Republic 107,398 number 2020 down 29.0% falling
115 Denmark 103,779 number 2020 down 3.9% falling
116 Kyrgyzstan 100,070 number 2020 down 18.3% rising
117 Norway 98,434 number 2020 down 0.9% flat
118 Turkmenistan 98,272 number 2020 down 14.3% rising
119 Belarus 92,809 number 2020 down 21.7% falling
120 New Zealand 92,513 number 2020 down 5.8% rising
121 Lebanon 91,157 number 1985 up 1.5% rising
122 Finland 90,481 number 2020 down 12.4% falling
123 Croatia 81,042 number 2020 down 18.0% falling
124 Hong Kong (China) 79,436 number 2020 down 55.4% rising
125 Gambia 75,025 number 2020 up 25.7% volatile
126 Uruguay 74,564 number 2020 down 9.0% rising
127 Kuwait 73,575 number 2020 up 27.4% rising
128 Costa Rica 72,986 number 2020 down 14.1% rising
129 Georgia 68,453 number 2020 down 27.4% falling
130 Bosnia and Herzegovina 67,570 number 2020 — falling
131 Ireland 65,564 number 2019 up 7.9% flat
132 Mongolia 65,137 number 2020 up 19.6% rising
133 Albania 64,562 number 2020 down 30.0% falling
134 Guinea-Bissau 62,241 number 2020 up 87.9% volatile
135 Puerto Rico 61,680 number 2020 down 29.1% falling
136 Gabon 58,295 number 2020 up 17.3% rising
137 Armenia 54,481 number 2020 up 11.9% falling
138 North Macedonia 50,373 number 2020 down 22.4% falling
139 Jamaica 48,615 number 2020 down 15.5% falling
140 Namibia 47,761 number 2020 down 0.6% rising
141 Timor-Leste 47,279 number 2020 up 17.5% rising
142 Botswana 46,178 number 2020 up 9.0% rising
143 Lesotho 43,752 number 2020 down 3.9% rising
144 Republic of Moldova 37,888 number 2019 down 38.3% falling
145 Mauritius 37,526 number 2020 down 11.3% falling
146 Slovenia 37,405 number 2020 down 12.5% falling
147 Oman 37,091 number 2020 down 53.4% rising
148 Qatar 30,841 number 2020 up 89.9% volatile
149 Djibouti 29,976 number 2020 up 5.4% rising
150 Bahrain 29,679 number 2020 up 40.8% rising
151 Solomon Islands 29,292 number 2020 up 27.7% volatile
152 Lithuania 28,497 number 2019 down 43.1% falling
153 Latvia 27,089 number 2019 down 42.1% falling
154 Comoros 26,726 number 2020 up 18.9% rising
155 Eswatini 26,334 number 2020 up 1.3% rising
156 Equatorial Guinea 24,762 number 2020 up 48.1% rising
157 Fiji 23,138 number 2020 down 8.5% rising
158 Estonia 18,466 number 2020 down 27.7% falling
159 Trinidad and Tobago 18,305 number 2020 down 7.8% falling
160 Brunei Darussalam 17,040 number 2020 down 4.7% volatile
161 Montenegro 16,416 number 2020 down 12.0% falling
162 Suriname 15,724 number 2020 up 4.2% rising
163 Guyana 14,995 number 2020 down 14.9% falling
164 Cape Verde 14,941 number 2020 down 18.1% rising
165 Bhutan 14,298 number 2020 down 12.4% rising
166 Luxembourg 14,116 number 2020 up 15.9% rising
167 Cyprus 14,101 number 2019 down 19.0% falling
168 Samoa 10,746 number 2020 down 1.3% falling
169 Bahamas 9,625 number 2020 down 0.4% rising
170 Vanuatu 9,249 number 2020 up 44.3% rising
171 Iceland 8,604 number 2020 down 12.2% rising
172 Malta 8,247 number 2020 up 46.3% rising
173 Belize 8,026 number 2020 up 14.7% rising
174 Sao Tome and Principe 7,679 number 2020 up 105.3% rising
175 Macau (China) 6,535 number 2020 down 46.1% flat
176 French Polynesia 6,366 number 1997 down 2.3% flat
177 Micronesia 4,745 number 2020 down 8.4% rising
178 Curaçao 4,572 number 2020 down 1.8% flat
179 Maldives 4,378 number 2020 down 50.3% rising
180 Kiribati 4,161 number 2020 down 7.1% rising
181 Barbados 3,859 number 2020 down 0.6% falling
182 Seychelles 2,640 number 2020 down 16.3% rising
183 Saint Lucia 2,591 number 2020 down 26.5% rising
184 United States Virgin Islands 2,429 number 1997 down 21.6% falling
185 Tonga 2,349 number 2020 down 2.0% falling
186 Aruba 2,169 number 2020 down 8.4% rising
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,877 number 2020 down 12.5% falling
188 Marshall Islands 1,513 number 2020 down 30.8% rising
189 Grenada 1,503 number 2020 down 26.7% falling
190 Bermuda 1,438 number 2020 down 13.9% rising
191 Antigua and Barbuda 1,411 number 2020 down 4.2% flat
192 Cayman Islands 1,171 number 2020 up 10.1% rising
193 American Samoa 1,066 number 1997 up 15.7% rising
194 Dominica 979 number 2020 down 41.6% falling
195 San Marino 818 number 2020 down 6.9% falling
196 Sint Maarten 760 number 2020 down 4.8% falling
197 Saint Kitts and Nevis 739 number 2020 down 9.3% falling
198 Andorra 713 number 1998 down 37.7% falling
199 Turks and Caicos Islands 635 number 2020 up 35.7% rising
200 Liechtenstein 620 number 2020 down 2.8% rising
201 Palau 478 number 2020 down 35.1% falling
202 Gibraltar 469 number 2020 down 8.2% rising
203 British Virgin Islands 456 number 2020 up 28.1% rising
204 Tuvalu 358 number 2020 up 17.4% rising
205 Nauru 196 number 2020 down 3.0% 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, male (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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Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to upper secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.