Secondary education, general pupils in Middle income

Middle income: Secondary education, general pupils was 418.00 million in 2018. β–² Rising

Latest (2018)
418.00 million
Change on year
up 1.5%
Rank
4th
of 42 groups
All-time high
418.00 million
in 2018
All-time low
99.50 million
in 1970
Years of data
49
1970–2018

Secondary education, general pupils in Middle income, 1970–2018

100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M197019942018

Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Analysis

Middle income recorded 418.00 million for secondary education, general pupils in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, secondary education, general pupils in Middle income peaked at 418.00 million in 2018 and was at its lowest, 99.50 million, in 1970.

Middle income ranks 4th of 42 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 137.95 million 99.50 million 186.00 million 10
1980s 195.70 million 182.00 million 217.00 million 10
1990s 261.20 million 221.00 million 303.00 million 10
2000s 352.00 million 316.00 million 373.00 million 10
2010s 401.22 million 380.00 million 418.00 million 9

Countries ranked near Middle income

  1. 1 India 127.53 million compare
  2. 2 China, People's Republic of 68.39 million compare
  3. 3 Brazil 22.16 million compare
  4. 4 Indonesia 19.99 million compare
  5. 5 Bangladesh 15.11 million compare
  6. 6 Pakistan 12.91 million compare
  7. 7 Nigeria 12.53 million compare

See the full ranking of 247 places β†’

More education data for Middle income

All data for Middle income β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is secondary education, general pupils in Middle income?
Secondary education, general pupils in Middle income was 418.00 million in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
What is the highest secondary education, general pupils recorded in Middle income?
The highest recorded value was 418.00 million in 2018.
What is the lowest secondary education, general pupils recorded in Middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 99.50 million in 1970.
How does Middle income rank for secondary education, general pupils?
Middle income ranks 4th out of 42 groups with data for 2018.
Is secondary education, general pupils rising or falling in Middle income?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle income data come from?
The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Secondary education, general pupils. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV Β· JSON β€” 49 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Secondary education, general pupils in Middle income. Statizoid, drawing on Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 18 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/secondary-education-general-pupils/middle-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 CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/secondary-education-general-pupils/middle-income/">Secondary education, general pupils in Middle income</a> β€” Statizoid

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.