Secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Secondary education, general pupils. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
202
Highest
42.33 % change on previous year
Oman
Lowest
-35.62 % change on previous year
Syria
Median
1.03 % change on previous year
Years covered
49
1971–2019
Data points
8,557
What the numbers show
Secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 42.33 % change on previous year in Oman; the lowest is -35.62 % change on previous year in Syria.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.03 % change on previous year, and the mean is 1.59 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 7,343.4%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 7,225.8%).
Secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 42.33 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 7,343.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.33 % change on previous year | 2001 | up 75.3% | volatile |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 20.12 % change on previous year | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Mauritania | 17.03 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 620.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 16.37 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 222.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Iraq | 15.47 % change on previous year | 2004 | up 4,204.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Philippines | 14.16 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 1,285.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Equatorial Guinea | 12.95 % change on previous year | 2012 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 11.92 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.15 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 10.61 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 50.4% | rising |
| 12 | Nigeria | 10.4 % change on previous year | 1994 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Comoros | 9.97 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 14 | British Virgin Islands | 9.57 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 575.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Sweden | 8.78 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 1,909.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | 8.57 % change on previous year | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Sudan | 8.4 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 352.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Mozambique | 8.39 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.83 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 235.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.41 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 39.2% | falling |
| 21 | Rwanda | 7.21 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Congo | 6.84 % change on previous year | 2012 | up 198.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Haiti | 6.69 % change on previous year | 1997 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Ghana | 6.49 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Tonga | 6.33 % change on previous year | 2015 | up 154.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Niger | 6.27 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 6.19 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Pakistan | 6.06 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 191.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Eswatini | 5.97 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 5.78 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Yemen | 5.64 % change on previous year | 2013 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Cambodia | 5.55 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Kenya | 5.46 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Gambia | 5.43 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Myanmar | 5.41 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Guinea | 5.34 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Gibraltar | 5.33 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 625.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Eritrea | 5.25 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 5.24 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 179.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Türkiye | 5.23 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 119.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 5.08 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Cameroon | 4.95 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 153.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 4.93 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 312.2% | volatile |
| 44 | French Polynesia | 4.65 % change on previous year | 1997 | up 648.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Chad | 4.39 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Qatar | 4.35 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Malawi | 4.21 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 4.14 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 800.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Jordan | 4.01 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Zambia | 3.94 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Suriname | 3.87 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Mali | 3.8 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Togo | 3.77 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Lesotho | 3.77 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Gabon | 3.71 % change on previous year | 2002 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Ireland | 3.59 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 536.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Seychelles | 3.47 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 190.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Grenada | 3.41 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Mexico | 3.41 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 91.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Timor-Leste | 3.04 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 2.87 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 205.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 2.79 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 157.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Paraguay | 2.61 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Cayman Islands | 2.57 % change on previous year | 2013 | up 1,404.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Benin | 2.49 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Georgia | 2.33 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 173.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Namibia | 2.32 % change on previous year | 2013 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Saudi Arabia | 2.26 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Vanuatu | 2.25 % change on previous year | 2010 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 2.24 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 172.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.23 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 275.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Zimbabwe | 2.21 % change on previous year | 2013 | up 126.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Viet Nam | 2.2 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 151.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Aruba | 2.17 % change on previous year | 2014 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Czechia | 2.12 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 249.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Kuwait | 2.05 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Ukraine | 2.03 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 135.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Uzbekistan | 1.89 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 192.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.86 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Egypt | 1.82 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 262.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Indonesia | 1.8 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 139.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Nepal | 1.79 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 89.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Algeria | 1.68 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Belgium | 1.67 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 276.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Portugal | 1.64 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 100.1% | volatile |
| 86 | China | 1.45 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 159.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Palestine, State of | 1.45 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Belize | 1.45 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Israel | 1.39 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Burundi | 1.34 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Belarus | 1.33 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 124.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Bahrain | 1.29 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 79.4% | volatile |
| 93 | New Zealand | 1.26 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Guam | 1.25 % change on previous year | 1997 | up 178.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Senegal | 1.25 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Norway | 1.17 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Djibouti | 1.16 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Uruguay | 1.14 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 99 | New Caledonia | 1.14 % change on previous year | 1997 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Lebanon | 1.13 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 183.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Honduras | 1.04 % change on previous year | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Dominica | 1.02 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Tunisia | 0.998 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 154.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Bhutan | 0.9877 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Greece | 0.9572 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 184.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Marshall Islands | 0.9216 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 107 | France | 0.8871 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 162.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Estonia | 0.8059 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 112.8% | volatile |
| 109 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.7937 % change on previous year | 1995 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Luxembourg | 0.7838 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Austria | 0.7765 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 201.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Madagascar | 0.7476 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Iceland | 0.7416 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Colombia | 0.7314 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Australia | 0.6887 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Italy | 0.6489 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Argentina | 0.6472 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 118 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.5704 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 138.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Republic of Moldova | 0.5587 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 108.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Netherlands | 0.487 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 121 | San Marino | 0.4299 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Armenia | 0.4218 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 118.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.3794 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 106.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Canada | 0.3462 % change on previous year | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Latvia | 0.336 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 101.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Switzerland | 0.2945 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 462.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Morocco | 0.2253 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Bulgaria | 0.2139 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 104.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Finland | 0.1571 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 135.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Tajikistan | 0.145 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Denmark | 0.1434 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Mauritius | 0.1203 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 169.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0741 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 134 | American Samoa | 0 % change on previous year | 1997 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.0396 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 97.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Liechtenstein | -0.0471 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 137 | North Macedonia | -0.0529 % change on previous year | 2015 | up 94.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Peru | -0.0704 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 114.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Guatemala | -0.082 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 101.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Spain | -0.1377 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Chile | -0.1553 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 87.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Ecuador | -0.157 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 104.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | -0.3545 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 109.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Slovakia | -0.4995 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 88.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Slovenia | -0.5084 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 96.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Angola | -0.5768 % change on previous year | 2011 | down 103.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Serbia | -0.6803 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Andorra | -0.6908 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 264.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Germany | -0.7048 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Guyana | -0.7476 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 111.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Hungary | -0.7698 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Romania | -0.7924 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Fiji | -0.8159 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Cyprus | -0.8402 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 312.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Nicaragua | -0.9344 % change on previous year | 2008 | down 106.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Liberia | -1.02 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 106.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Bermuda | -1.29 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Thailand | -1.32 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Monaco | -1.38 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 82.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Croatia | -1.43 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 169.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Malta | -1.58 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 293.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Samoa | -1.66 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 353.1% | volatile |
| 163 | South Africa | -1.71 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 1,613.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Jamaica | -1.72 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Brazil | -1.77 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 542.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Maldives | -1.9 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 198.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Montenegro | -2.12 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Hong Kong | -2.17 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 329.5% | volatile |
| 169 | India | -2.2 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 144.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Papua New Guinea | -2.24 % change on previous year | 1995 | down 129.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -2.36 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 145.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Poland | -2.4 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | -2.49 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 173.8% | volatile |
| 174 | El Salvador | -2.57 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 452.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Malaysia | -2.85 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 326.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Brunei Darussalam | -2.93 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 412.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -3.02 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 184.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Macao | -3.06 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Dominican Republic | -3.06 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Micronesia, Federated States of | -3.19 % change on previous year | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Libya | -3.31 % change on previous year | 2003 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -3.31 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 459.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Barbados | -3.35 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 120.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | -3.41 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 155.6% | volatile |
| 185 | Lithuania | -3.49 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Cuba | -4 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 205.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Palau | -4.07 % change on previous year | 2014 | down 4,718.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Albania | -4.29 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 381.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Singapore | -4.41 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 7,225.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Republic of Korea | -4.93 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 372.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Cape Verde | -5.18 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 369.6% | volatile |
| 192 | Uganda | -5.95 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 134.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Somalia | -6.25 % change on previous year | 1986 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 194 | Panama | -7.83 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 302.6% | volatile |
| 195 | Trinidad and Tobago | -8.41 % change on previous year | 2010 | down 149.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Botswana | -9.38 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 1,383.1% | volatile |
| 197 | Mongolia | -11.22 % change on previous year | 2010 | down 204.8% | volatile |
| 198 | Puerto Rico | -11.42 % change on previous year | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 199 | Bahamas | -12.54 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 2,458.3% | volatile |
| 200 | Naoero | -15.46 % change on previous year | 2007 | down 293.6% | volatile |
| 201 | Kiribati | -22.78 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 2,361.7% | volatile |
| 202 | Syria | -35.62 % change on previous year | 2013 | down 140.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- IDA blend 3.85 % change on previous year
- Euro area 0.4717 % change on previous year
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 3.81 % change on previous year
- European Union 0.3215 % change on previous year
- Pre-demographic dividend 3.69 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.46 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.46 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 3.29 % change on previous year
- IDA total 2.93 % change on previous year
- Least developed countries 2.69 % change on previous year
- Low income 2.68 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.61 % change on previous year
- IDA only 2.6 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 2.56 % change on previous year
- Arab World 2.05 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.86 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.67 % change on previous year
- Lower middle income 1.66 % change on previous year
- Pacific island small states 1.61 % change on previous year
- Low & middle income 1.56 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific 1.55 % change on previous year
- Early-demographic dividend 1.48 % change on previous year
- Middle income 1.46 % change on previous year
- Other small states 1.35 % change on previous year
- IDA & IBRD total 1.33 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.25 % change on previous year
- South Asia 1.23 % change on previous year
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 1.23 % change on previous year
- World 1.14 % change on previous year
- Small states 0.9118 % change on previous year
- IBRD only 0.8547 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia 0.8278 % change on previous year
- Late-demographic dividend 0.7353 % change on previous year
- North America 0.7326 % change on previous year
- Upper middle income 0.5848 % change on previous year
- Central Europe and the Baltics -0.7386 % change on previous year
- High income -0.7823 % change on previous year
- OECD members -0.783 % change on previous year
- Latin America & Caribbean -0.8897 % change on previous year
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) -0.9042 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Secondary education, general pupils. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Secondary education, general pupils Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Secondary education, general pupils. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.