Statizoid

Secondary education, general pupils by country

Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.

Countries reporting
200
Highest
127.53 million
India
Lowest
992
Nauru
Median
437,546
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
9,345

What the numbers show

Secondary education, general pupils is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 127.53 million in India; the lowest is 992 in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 437,546, and the mean is 2.54 million.

Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 414.9%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 41.2%).

Secondary education, general pupils: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 127.53 million 2017 up 33.8% volatile
2 China 68.39 million 2018 down 17.1% rising
3 Brazil 22.16 million 2017 down 1.2% rising
4 Indonesia 19.99 million 2018 up 28.3% volatile
5 Bangladesh 15.11 million 2018 up 55.9% volatile
6 Pakistan 12.91 million 2018 up 43.5% volatile
7 Nigeria 12.53 million 2013 — volatile
8 Mexico 10.28 million 2017 up 8.8% rising
9 Turkey 8.69 million 2017 up 53.8% volatile
10 Russia 8.47 million 2017 down 5.4% falling
11 Philippines 8.44 million 2017 up 32.7% rising
12 Vietnam 7.88 million 2018 down 11.7% rising
13 Egypt 7.12 million 2018 up 32.2% rising
14 Japan 6.28 million 2017 — flat
15 Germany 5.68 million 2017 down 9.2% flat
16 Thailand 5.61 million 2018 up 41.9% volatile
17 Kenya 4.99 million 2016 up 94.7% volatile
18 France 4.98 million 2017 up 4.6% rising
19 Ethiopia 4.97 million 2017 up 53.5% volatile
20 Iran 4.92 million 2017 down 34.0% volatile
21 South Africa 4.70 million 2017 up 3.2% rising
22 Argentina 4.61 million 2017 up 18.4% volatile
23 Colombia 4.46 million 2018 down 0.1% volatile
24 Myanmar 4.18 million 2018 up 47.7% volatile
25 United Kingdom 4.17 million 2017 down 3.3% falling
26 Algeria 4.08 million 2018 up 15.0% volatile
27 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.75 million 2015 up 66.3% volatile
28 Nepal 3.42 million 2019 up 44.7% volatile
29 Saudi Arabia 3.09 million 2018 up 10.7% rising
30 Afghanistan 3.04 million 2018 up 114.9% volatile
31 Italy 3.04 million 2017 up 5.9% falling
32 South Korea 2.78 million 2017 down 19.0% rising
33 Ghana 2.77 million 2019 up 57.5% volatile
34 Peru 2.72 million 2018 up 6.2% rising
35 Spain 2.71 million 2017 up 4.8% flat
36 Morocco 2.62 million 2018 up 24.1% rising
37 Sri Lanka 2.62 million 2018 up 14.1% rising
38 Uzbekistan 2.58 million 2018 down 29.3% falling
39 Canada 2.52 million 2017 down 3.6% flat
40 Malaysia 2.31 million 2018 down 2.7% rising
41 Venezuela 2.26 million 2017 up 10.0% rising
42 Ukraine 2.20 million 2018 down 31.6% falling
43 Sudan 2.18 million 2017 up 68.0% rising
44 Tanzania 2.14 million 2018 up 75.1% volatile
45 Iraq 1.97 million 2007 up 89.6% rising
46 Cote d'Ivoire 1.92 million 2018 up 126.0% volatile
47 Yemen 1.91 million 2016 up 32.2% rising
48 Syria 1.77 million 2013 down 11.5% volatile
49 Angola 1.75 million 2016 up 414.9% volatile
50 Cameroon 1.73 million 2016 up 198.0% volatile
51 Kazakhstan 1.72 million 2019 up 5.7% falling
52 Poland 1.72 million 2017 down 28.9% rising
53 Australia 1.68 million 2017 up 11.8% rising
54 Ecuador 1.62 million 2018 up 84.2% volatile
55 Madagascar 1.51 million 2018 up 65.8% volatile
56 Uganda 1.37 million 2017 up 43.6% volatile
57 Burkina Faso 1.25 million 2018 up 214.7% volatile
58 Chile 1.23 million 2017 up 0.4% rising
59 Mozambique 1.20 million 2018 up 147.8% volatile
60 Romania 1.09 million 2017 down 15.2% falling
61 Tajikistan 1.06 million 2017 up 7.6% rising
62 Senegal 1.06 million 2018 up 90.2% volatile
63 Malawi 1.04 million 2018 up 63.6% volatile
64 Netherlands 1.03 million 2017 up 33.5% rising
65 Benin 965,124 2016 up 122.5% volatile
66 Tunisia 962,180 2018 down 14.6% volatile
67 Zimbabwe 957,461 2013 up 26.3% volatile
68 Cambodia 955,656 2018 up 5.1% volatile
69 Mali 918,775 2018 up 71.2% volatile
70 Guatemala 875,321 2018 up 34.8% volatile
71 Zambia 854,549 2017 up 40.7% volatile
72 Dominican Republic 849,143 2018 down 2.2% volatile
73 Azerbaijan 792,449 2018 down 20.4% flat
74 Niger 775,930 2018 up 240.0% volatile
75 Jordan 766,641 2018 up 14.1% volatile
76 Palestine 759,599 2018 up 8.3% rising
77 Sweden 729,757 2017 up 35.7% rising
78 Togo 711,617 2018 up 73.9% volatile
79 Hungary 709,324 2017 down 12.4% rising
80 Guinea 673,633 2016 up 40.8% volatile
81 Laos 671,064 2018 up 63.7% volatile
82 Belgium 661,906 2017 up 37.2% rising
83 Israel 657,883 2017 up 17.1% rising
84 Kyrgyzstan 620,568 2018 down 8.1% rising
85 Libya 619,940 2003 — volatile
86 Burundi 606,024 2018 up 162.8% volatile
87 Cuba 587,467 2018 down 7.8% rising
88 Portugal 577,621 2017 up 4.0% rising
89 Rwanda 569,711 2018 up 136.3% volatile
90 Belarus 566,765 2018 down 26.6% flat
91 Greece 563,864 2017 down 1.6% flat
92 Chad 527,321 2016 up 103.6% volatile
93 Sierra Leone 522,036 2018 — volatile
94 United Arab Emirates 520,274 2017 — volatile
95 Paraguay 514,351 2016 up 7.0% volatile
96 Czechia 489,144 2017 down 15.2% falling
97 Papua New Guinea 463,600 2016 — volatile
98 Nicaragua 458,321 2010 up 45.3% volatile
99 Austria 449,201 2017 down 5.8% falling
100 Bolivia 445,168 2018 up 5.4% rising
101 El Salvador 429,923 2018 down 1.2% rising
102 Oman 420,787 2018 up 32.4% volatile
103 Denmark 419,140 2017 up 20.0% rising
104 New Zealand 416,083 2017 down 2.7% rising
105 Honduras 402,665 2017 — volatile
106 Switzerland 382,503 2017 down 4.8% flat
108 Costa Rica 368,090 2018 up 14.3% volatile
109 Serbia 348,468 2018 down 10.5% falling
110 Bulgaria 344,423 2017 down 22.2% falling
111 Hong Kong 341,591 2018 down 32.7% rising
112 Lebanon 339,951 2018 up 3.7% rising
113 Haiti 327,978 1997 up 111.3% volatile
114 Kuwait 324,426 2018 up 31.8% rising
115 Norway 321,518 2017 up 13.1% rising
116 Congo 304,914 2012 up 85.4% rising
117 Slovakia 304,392 2017 down 24.3% falling
118 Finland 281,776 2017 down 8.1% falling
119 Uruguay 273,506 2017 up 8.9% rising
120 Liberia 270,010 2017 up 104.2% volatile
121 Georgia 269,772 2018 down 11.2% falling
122 Panama 268,242 2017 up 23.2% rising
123 Eritrea 257,599 2018 up 13.3% rising
124 Albania 248,267 2018 down 34.1% flat
125 Mongolia 248,100 2010 up 14.5% rising
126 Mauritania 235,653 2018 up 146.8% volatile
127 Puerto Rico 229,383 2016 — falling
128 Lithuania 218,532 2017 down 38.6% falling
129 Armenia 215,307 2018 down 29.8% falling
130 Croatia 207,005 2017 down 14.8% falling
131 Namibia 202,252 2017 up 27.9% rising
132 Jamaica 200,563 2018 down 24.9% rising
133 Moldova 195,480 2018 down 36.7% falling
134 Singapore 171,319 2017 down 16.1% rising
135 Botswana 169,489 2015 up 5.9% volatile
136 Gambia 163,065 2018 up 55.5% volatile
137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 153,157 2018 down 30.6% falling
138 Gabon 146,080 2011 up 55.2% volatile
139 East Timor 141,712 2018 up 80.2% rising
140 Lesotho 133,639 2017 up 36.5% volatile
141 Central African Republic 132,695 2017 up 67.3% volatile
142 North Macedonia 115,834 2017 down 22.9% falling
143 Mauritius 110,715 2018 down 5.0% rising
144 Eswatini 110,271 2017 up 33.1% volatile
145 Qatar 106,817 2018 up 63.1% volatile
146 Latvia 93,459 2017 down 41.2% falling
147 Bahrain 92,483 2018 up 40.4% volatile
148 Fiji 92,262 2016 down 5.9% rising
149 Somalia 86,929 2007 — volatile
150 Trinidad and Tobago 82,344 2010 down 25.9% rising
151 Slovenia 81,407 2017 down 15.2% falling
152 Guyana 81,386 2012 up 23.7% flat
153 Guinea-Bissau 78,026 2010 up 213.2% volatile
154 Bhutan 74,638 2018 up 56.4% volatile
155 Comoros 73,695 2018 up 40.1% volatile
156 Estonia 63,544 2017 down 33.1% falling
157 Djibouti 60,822 2019 up 43.0% volatile
158 Solomon Islands 52,566 2018 up 92.3% volatile
159 Cape Verde 52,143 2018 down 13.5% volatile
160 Cyprus 50,394 2017 down 16.9% rising
161 Brunei 38,822 2018 down 10.4% rising
162 Montenegro 38,029 2018 down 16.0% falling
163 Belize 37,052 2018 up 24.3% rising
164 Equatorial Guinea 34,968 2015 up 45.3% volatile
165 Suriname 32,996 2018 up 29.0% rising
167 Iceland 28,393 2017 up 3.5% rising
168 Bahamas 26,884 2018 down 21.8% rising
170 Macao 25,672 2018 down 36.0% rising
171 Samoa 25,583 2018 up 4.2% rising
172 Sao Tome and Principe 24,422 2017 up 174.5% volatile
173 French Polynesia 22,500 1997 up 63.5% rising
174 Maldives 20,969 2017 down 34.3% volatile
175 Vanuatu 20,068 2015 up 144.4% volatile
176 Barbados 19,571 2018 down 3.8% falling
177 New Caledonia 17,700 1997 up 30.7% rising
178 Guam 16,200 1997 up 21.7% rising
179 Tonga 15,401 2015 up 19.3% rising
180 United States Virgin Islands 12,900 1997 down 3.7% rising
181 Saint Lucia 11,655 2018 down 26.1% rising
182 Micronesia (country) 11,063 2015 down 20.4% falling
183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9,808 2018 down 15.7% rising
184 Kiribati 9,548 2017 down 17.2% volatile
185 Grenada 9,135 2018 down 26.7% rising
186 Aruba 7,643 2014 up 31.5% rising
187 Antigua and Barbuda 7,574 2018 down 6.7% rising
188 Seychelles 7,371 2018 down 6.8% rising
189 Dominica 5,618 2016 down 22.7% rising
190 Marshall Islands 5,366 2016 down 0.1% flat
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4,175 2016 up 6.0% flat
192 Bermuda 4,040 2015 down 15.1% falling
193 Andorra 4,025 2018 up 12.1% rising
194 American Samoa 3,620 1997 up 14.2% rising
195 Cayman Islands 3,476 2018 up 8.7% rising
196 Monaco 3,075 2019 up 26.0% rising
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 2,316 2018 up 10.5% volatile
198 Gibraltar 2,212 2017 up 32.1% rising
199 British Virgin Islands 2,176 2017 up 17.6% rising
201 Palau 1,604 2014 down 29.4% falling
202 San Marino 1,545 2018 down 9.6% rising
203 Tuvalu 1,070 2018 — rising
204 Nauru 992 2016 up 21.7% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Secondary education, general pupils
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
247 places, 9,345 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.