Secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled was 120.00 million in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
120.00 million
Change on year
up 2.6%
Rank
13th
of 41 groups
All-time high
128.00 million
in 2007
All-time low
29.70 million
in 1970
Years of data
49
1970–2018

Secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1970–2018

20.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M100.0M120.0M197019942018

Source: Statizoid (derived).

Analysis

In 2018, secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) stood at 120.00 million.

That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 128.00 million in 2007 and was at its lowest, 29.70 million, in 1970.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 41 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.

Secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for Secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1970 to 2018.
Year Value Change
1970 29.70 million
1971 36.50 million +22.9%
1972 41.90 million +14.8%
1973 47.00 million +12.2%
1974 46.20 million -1.7%
1975 48.90 million +5.8%
1976 58.00 million +18.6%
1977 72.50 million +25.0%
1978 82.90 million +14.3%
1979 82.00 million -1.1%
1980 76.60 million -6.6%
1981 73.60 million -3.9%
1982 67.90 million -7.7%
1983 65.90 million -2.9%
1984 65.00 million -1.4%
1985 67.70 million +4.2%
1986 70.10 million +3.5%
1987 73.30 million +4.6%
1988 74.30 million +1.4%
1989 72.80 million -2.0%
1990 69.90 million -4.0%
1991 70.60 million +1.0%
1992 72.30 million +2.4%
1993 74.10 million +2.5%
1994 75.10 million +1.3%
1995 79.40 million +5.7%
1996 85.20 million +7.3%
1997 90.70 million +6.5%
1998 95.30 million +5.1%
1999 99.70 million +4.6%
2000 105.00 million +5.3%
2001 110.00 million +4.8%
2002 116.00 million +5.5%
2003 123.00 million +6.0%
2004 127.00 million +3.3%
2005 127.00 million +0.0%
2006 127.00 million +0.0%
2007 128.00 million +0.8%
2008 125.00 million -2.3%
2009 124.00 million -0.8%
2010 122.00 million -1.6%
2011 121.00 million -0.8%
2012 120.00 million -0.8%
2013 118.00 million -1.7%
2014 117.00 million -0.8%
2015 117.00 million +0.0%
2016 116.00 million -0.9%
2017 117.00 million +0.9%
2018 120.00 million +2.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 54.56 million 29.70 million 82.90 million 10
1980s 70.72 million 65.00 million 76.60 million 10
1990s 81.23 million 69.90 million 99.70 million 10
2000s 121.20 million 105.00 million 128.00 million 10
2010s 118.67 million 116.00 million 122.00 million 9

Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

  1. 10 Russian Federation 8.47 million compare
  2. 11 Philippines 8.44 million compare
  3. 12 Viet Nam 7.88 million compare
  4. 13 Egypt 7.12 million compare
  5. 14 Japan 6.28 million compare
  6. 15 Germany 5.68 million compare
  7. 16 Thailand 5.61 million compare

See the full ranking of 247 places →

More education data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

All data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) →

Frequently asked questions

What is secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
Secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 120.00 million in 2018, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
The highest recorded value was 128.00 million in 2007.
What is the lowest secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
The lowest recorded value was 29.70 million in 1970.
How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 13th out of 41 groups with data for 2018.
Is secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 49 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income). Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/secondary-education-general-pupils-gaps-filled/east-asia-and-pacific-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/secondary-education-general-pupils-gaps-filled/east-asia-and-pacific-excluding-high-income/">Secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Secondary education, general pupils with 570 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.

Computed from

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

Indicator
Secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
247 places, 9,915 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Secondary education, general pupils with 570 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.