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Secondary education, general pupils, per capita by country

Secondary education, general pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
204
Highest
0.1662 units per person
Palestine, State of
Lowest
0.0077 units per person
Somalia
Median
0.0692 units per person
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
9,345

What the numbers show

Secondary education, general pupils, per capita is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 0.1662 units per person in Palestine, State of; the lowest is 0.0077 units per person in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0692 units per person, and the mean is 0.071 units per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22.

Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 253.2%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 53.5%).

Secondary education, general pupils, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Palestine, State of 0.1662 units per person 2018 down 14.9% rising
2 Tonga 0.1452 units per person 2015 up 18.1% rising
3 Samoa 0.1232 units per person 2018 down 5.2% flat
4 Sri Lanka 0.121 units per person 2018 up 8.6% rising
5 Nepal 0.1204 units per person 2019 up 38.3% volatile
6 United States Virgin Islands 0.1191 units per person 1997 down 10.4% rising
7 Sao Tome and Principe 0.118 units per person 2017 up 125.1% rising
8 Tajikistan 0.1171 units per person 2017 down 14.8% flat
9 Marshall Islands 0.1125 units per person 2016 up 8.9% flat
10 Timor-Leste 0.1111 units per person 2018 up 45.8% rising
11 Libya 0.1103 units per person 2003 — rising
12 Guyana 0.1091 units per person 2012 up 26.7% flat
13 Brazil 0.1083 units per person 2017 down 9.0% rising
14 Türkiye 0.1082 units per person 2017 up 34.3% rising
15 Guam 0.105 units per person 1997 up 2.4% falling
16 Argentina 0.1041 units per person 2017 up 6.9% volatile
17 Kenya 0.1036 units per person 2016 up 49.2% rising
18 Saudi Arabia 0.1022 units per person 2018 down 14.6% rising
19 Micronesia (country) 0.1018 units per person 2015 down 19.5% falling
20 Cape Verde 0.1016 units per person 2018 down 15.6% volatile
21 Fiji 0.1004 units per person 2016 down 8.8% rising
22 Tuvalu 0.0995 units per person 2018 — rising
23 Bhutan 0.0982 units per person 2018 up 39.7% volatile
24 French Polynesia 0.0982 units per person 1997 up 35.9% rising
25 Belize 0.0974 units per person 2018 down 0.5% rising
26 Kyrgyzstan 0.0963 units per person 2018 down 24.2% falling
27 Algeria 0.0959 units per person 2018 down 5.8% rising
28 Comoros 0.0955 units per person 2018 up 21.3% volatile
29 Togo 0.0954 units per person 2018 up 38.4% rising
30 Eswatini 0.0952 units per person 2017 up 25.4% rising
31 Albania 0.0952 units per person 2018 down 25.6% flat
32 Ecuador 0.0951 units per person 2018 up 54.8% rising
33 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0941 units per person 2018 up 41.2% volatile
34 India 0.0938 units per person 2017 up 17.2% rising
35 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0935 units per person 2018 down 10.8% rising
36 Bangladesh 0.0924 units per person 2018 up 42.5% rising
37 Oman 0.0915 units per person 2018 down 24.4% volatile
38 Colombia 0.0909 units per person 2018 down 10.8% rising
39 Mongolia 0.0906 units per person 2010 down 0.1% flat
40 Palau 0.0905 units per person 2014 down 21.0% falling
41 Kazakhstan 0.0898 units per person 2019 down 8.6% falling
42 Naoero 0.089 units per person 2016 up 9.5% rising
43 Ghana 0.0888 units per person 2019 up 25.2% rising
44 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0887 units per person 2016 up 4.6% falling
45 Brunei Darussalam 0.0887 units per person 2018 down 22.7% rising
46 Mauritius 0.0875 units per person 2018 down 6.6% rising
47 New Zealand 0.0864 units per person 2017 down 13.0% falling
48 Peru 0.0854 units per person 2018 down 4.4% rising
49 New Caledonia 0.0845 units per person 1997 up 3.3% rising
50 Mexico 0.0833 units per person 2017 down 4.1% rising
51 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0833 units per person 2018 down 14.9% falling
52 Afghanistan 0.0828 units per person 2018 up 54.9% volatile
53 Iceland 0.0827 units per person 2017 down 6.1% flat
54 Benin 0.0825 units per person 2016 up 65.3% volatile
55 Paraguay 0.0823 units per person 2016 down 5.7% rising
56 Gabon 0.082 units per person 2011 up 14.1% rising
57 Viet Nam 0.0819 units per person 2018 down 21.9% rising
58 Tunisia 0.0818 units per person 2018 down 23.5% rising
59 Syria 0.0816 units per person 2013 down 26.9% rising
60 South Africa 0.0815 units per person 2017 down 9.5% rising
61 Uruguay 0.0807 units per person 2017 up 5.9% rising
62 Dominica 0.0807 units per person 2016 down 23.6% rising
63 Monaco 0.0807 units per person 2019 up 7.0% flat
64 Eritrea 0.0807 units per person 2018 down 0.1% rising
65 Namibia 0.0807 units per person 2017 up 3.0% rising
66 Myanmar 0.08 units per person 2018 up 36.8% rising
67 Nicaragua 0.0799 units per person 2010 up 27.2% rising
68 Uzbekistan 0.0798 units per person 2018 down 41.7% falling
69 Azerbaijan 0.0797 units per person 2018 down 29.8% falling
70 Kiribati 0.0794 units per person 2017 down 29.8% volatile
71 Grenada 0.079 units per person 2018 down 29.8% rising
72 Dominican Republic 0.0788 units per person 2018 down 13.1% rising
73 Thailand 0.0786 units per person 2018 up 34.5% rising
74 Philippines 0.0781 units per person 2017 up 11.7% rising
75 Ireland 0.0773 units per person 2017 up 28.4% falling
76 Botswana 0.0769 units per person 2015 down 11.5% volatile
77 Lithuania 0.0769 units per person 2017 down 30.3% falling
78 Seychelles 0.0762 units per person 2018 down 16.3% rising
79 Israel 0.0755 units per person 2017 down 3.5% rising
80 Vanuatu 0.0754 units per person 2015 up 93.6% volatile
81 Kuwait 0.075 units per person 2018 down 19.2% falling
82 France 0.0744 units per person 2017 up 0.1% flat
83 Costa Rica 0.0742 units per person 2018 up 2.4% rising
84 Solomon Islands 0.0741 units per person 2018 up 35.7% volatile
85 Indonesia 0.074 units per person 2018 up 14.2% rising
86 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.074 units per person 2017 down 0.5% rising
87 Cameroon 0.0737 units per person 2016 up 123.0% volatile
88 Jordan 0.0733 units per person 2018 down 23.8% rising
89 Morocco 0.0732 units per person 2018 up 9.5% rising
90 Hungary 0.0729 units per person 2017 down 9.4% rising
91 Denmark 0.0727 units per person 2017 up 13.6% rising
92 Sweden 0.0726 units per person 2017 up 23.4% rising
93 Armenia 0.0725 units per person 2018 down 27.0% falling
94 Georgia 0.0724 units per person 2018 down 8.3% falling
95 Republic of Moldova 0.0722 units per person 2018 down 32.9% falling
96 Aruba 0.0716 units per person 2014 up 17.2% rising
97 Jamaica 0.0711 units per person 2018 down 27.1% falling
98 Malaysia 0.0701 units per person 2018 down 18.5% rising
99 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0701 units per person 2018 up 77.0% rising
100 Barbados 0.0697 units per person 2018 down 6.5% falling
101 Iraq 0.0693 units per person 2007 up 43.6% rising
102 Nigeria 0.0692 units per person 2013 — volatile
103 El Salvador 0.0691 units per person 2018 down 4.2% rising
104 Sierra Leone 0.0691 units per person 2018 — volatile
105 Canada 0.0691 units per person 2017 down 8.4% falling
106 Germany 0.0687 units per person 2017 down 9.6% flat
107 Bahamas 0.0685 units per person 2018 down 28.7% falling
108 Zimbabwe 0.0683 units per person 2013 up 10.2% volatile
109 Australia 0.0683 units per person 2017 down 5.3% falling
110 Gambia 0.068 units per person 2018 up 17.8% volatile
111 Egypt 0.0674 units per person 2018 up 9.5% rising
112 Senegal 0.0667 units per person 2018 up 44.0% volatile
113 American Samoa 0.0666 units per person 1997 down 11.6% falling
114 British Virgin Islands 0.0665 units per person 2017 down 8.8% falling
115 Chile 0.0662 units per person 2017 down 9.8% rising
116 Puerto Rico 0.0659 units per person 2016 — falling
117 Saint Lucia 0.0658 units per person 2018 down 29.5% rising
118 Panama 0.0654 units per person 2017 up 3.3% rising
119 Gibraltar 0.0646 units per person 2017 up 17.4% flat
120 Congo 0.0643 units per person 2012 up 31.0% flat
121 Bermuda 0.0637 units per person 2015 down 16.1% falling
122 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0633 units per person 2017 down 10.1% falling
123 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0625 units per person 2010 down 25.8% rising
124 Lesotho 0.062 units per person 2017 up 23.6% volatile
125 Bahrain 0.0615 units per person 2018 up 3.1% rising
126 Burkina Faso 0.0613 units per person 2018 up 135.0% volatile
127 North Macedonia 0.061 units per person 2017 down 19.5% falling
128 Norway 0.0609 units per person 2017 up 0.9% falling
129 Montenegro 0.0607 units per person 2018 down 17.3% falling
130 Netherlands 0.0602 units per person 2017 up 27.7% flat
131 Belarus 0.06 units per person 2018 down 25.9% falling
132 Angola 0.0598 units per person 2016 up 253.2% rising
133 Yemen 0.0595 units per person 2016 down 6.1% flat
134 Cambodia 0.0587 units per person 2018 down 9.2% rising
135 Russian Federation 0.0583 units per person 2017 down 7.0% falling
136 Spain 0.0582 units per person 2017 up 1.8% falling
137 Belgium 0.0582 units per person 2017 up 28.2% rising
138 Iran 0.0579 units per person 2017 down 42.1% rising
139 Pakistan 0.0569 units per person 2018 up 19.8% rising
140 Lebanon 0.0568 units per person 2018 down 14.6% falling
141 United Arab Emirates 0.0564 units per person 2017 — rising
142 Malawi 0.0562 units per person 2018 up 23.4% rising
143 Portugal 0.0561 units per person 2017 up 6.4% rising
144 Slovakia 0.056 units per person 2017 down 25.2% falling
145 Djibouti 0.0559 units per person 2019 up 19.7% volatile
146 Liechtenstein 0.0558 units per person 2017 down 2.2% falling
147 Guinea 0.0558 units per person 2016 up 10.1% volatile
148 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0557 units per person 2018 down 24.0% falling
149 Liberia 0.0557 units per person 2017 up 47.0% rising
150 Romania 0.0556 units per person 2017 down 9.6% falling
151 Malta 0.0552 units per person 2017 down 32.4% falling
152 Suriname 0.055 units per person 2018 up 15.6% falling
153 Madagascar 0.055 units per person 2018 up 26.2% rising
154 Mauritania 0.0543 units per person 2018 up 81.1% volatile
155 Republic of Korea 0.0541 units per person 2017 down 23.2% falling
156 Luxembourg 0.0539 units per person 2017 down 1.9% rising
157 Andorra 0.0536 units per person 2018 up 24.6% rising
158 Cayman Islands 0.0527 units per person 2018 down 15.7% falling
159 Greece 0.0524 units per person 2017 up 1.1% falling
160 Cuba 0.0523 units per person 2018 down 7.3% flat
161 Guatemala 0.052 units per person 2018 up 11.5% volatile
162 Papua New Guinea 0.0517 units per person 2016 — volatile
163 Croatia 0.0512 units per person 2017 down 9.2% falling
164 Finland 0.0512 units per person 2017 down 11.8% falling
165 Burundi 0.0511 units per person 2018 up 88.5% volatile
166 Austria 0.0511 units per person 2017 down 11.1% falling
167 Sudan 0.051 units per person 2017 up 28.9% rising
168 Bulgaria 0.0506 units per person 2017 down 13.7% falling
169 Italy 0.0506 units per person 2017 up 3.7% falling
170 Serbia 0.0499 units per person 2018 down 5.8% falling
171 Guinea-Bissau 0.0498 units per person 2010 up 146.9% volatile
172 Japan 0.0495 units per person 2017 — flat
173 Zambia 0.049 units per person 2017 up 1.4% volatile
174 China 0.0488 units per person 2018 down 21.8% rising
175 Ukraine 0.0487 units per person 2018 down 29.2% falling
176 Estonia 0.0482 units per person 2017 down 31.9% flat
177 Latvia 0.0481 units per person 2017 down 33.3% falling
178 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0463 units per person 2015 up 28.2% volatile
179 Czechia 0.0462 units per person 2017 down 17.6% falling
180 Hong Kong 0.0458 units per person 2018 down 37.1% falling
181 Maldives 0.0458 units per person 2017 down 53.5% volatile
182 Rwanda 0.0456 units per person 2018 up 85.5% volatile
183 Poland 0.0454 units per person 2017 down 28.6% rising
184 Ethiopia 0.0453 units per person 2017 up 16.3% volatile
185 Switzerland 0.0453 units per person 2017 down 15.0% falling
186 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0452 units per person 2018 down 19.1% falling
187 Mali 0.0449 units per person 2018 up 25.1% volatile
188 San Marino 0.0448 units per person 2018 down 17.1% falling
189 Honduras 0.042 units per person 2017 — rising
190 Haiti 0.0418 units per person 1997 up 73.4% rising
191 Qatar 0.0414 units per person 2018 down 9.8% rising
192 Mozambique 0.0412 units per person 2018 up 86.4% volatile
193 Cyprus 0.0402 units per person 2017 down 28.9% falling
194 Slovenia 0.0394 units per person 2017 down 17.2% falling
195 Macao 0.039 units per person 2018 down 47.5% rising
196 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0387 units per person 2018 down 9.7% falling
197 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0373 units per person 2018 up 29.8% volatile
198 Niger 0.035 units per person 2018 up 135.4% volatile
199 Chad 0.0349 units per person 2016 up 44.2% volatile
200 Uganda 0.0341 units per person 2017 up 6.0% volatile
201 Singapore 0.0305 units per person 2017 down 31.4% falling
202 Central African Republic 0.0277 units per person 2017 up 52.8% rising
203 Equatorial Guinea 0.0241 units per person 2015 down 5.3% rising
204 Somalia 0.0077 units per person 2007 — volatile

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
Secondary education, general pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
247 places, 9,345 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Secondary education, general pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.