Secondary education, pupils, per capita by country
Secondary education, 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
206
Highest
0.1915 units per person
Vanuatu
Lowest
0.0063 units per person
Somalia
Median
0.079 units per person
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
10,025
What the numbers show
Secondary education, pupils, per capita is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 0.1915 units per person in Vanuatu; the lowest is 0.0063 units per person in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.079 units per person, and the mean is 0.0823 units per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.
Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 158.2%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 37.9%).
Secondary education, pupils, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanuatu | 0.1915 units per person | 2023 | up 147.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Palestine, State of | 0.1681 units per person | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 3 | Tonga | 0.1549 units per person | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 0.1443 units per person | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 5 | Gambia | 0.1435 units per person | 2021 | up 122.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Naoero | 0.138 units per person | 2025 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 0.1374 units per person | 2023 | up 121.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 0.1338 units per person | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 9 | Marshall Islands | 0.1334 units per person | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 10 | Algeria | 0.1297 units per person | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 11 | Samoa | 0.1276 units per person | 2016 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 12 | Kiribati | 0.1252 units per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.125 units per person | 2017 | up 135.8% | rising |
| 14 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1239 units per person | 2025 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 15 | Nepal | 0.1237 units per person | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 0.1235 units per person | 2025 | up 33.0% | falling |
| 17 | Libya | 0.1225 units per person | 2006 | — | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.1224 units per person | 2005 | — | falling |
| 19 | Fiji | 0.1223 units per person | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 20 | Timor-Leste | 0.1223 units per person | 2020 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 21 | New Caledonia | 0.122 units per person | 1997 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 22 | Kenya | 0.1217 units per person | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 23 | Tajikistan | 0.1217 units per person | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 24 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.1191 units per person | 1997 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 25 | Tuvalu | 0.1187 units per person | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 26 | Mongolia | 0.1186 units per person | 2023 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 27 | Guam | 0.1179 units per person | 1989 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 0.1177 units per person | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 0.1151 units per person | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 30 | Togo | 0.1113 units per person | 2023 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Cape Verde | 0.1074 units per person | 2022 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Mexico | 0.1069 units per person | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 33 | New Zealand | 0.1063 units per person | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 34 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.1049 units per person | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 35 | Azerbaijan | 0.1042 units per person | 2024 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 36 | French Polynesia | 0.1039 units per person | 1993 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 37 | Oman | 0.1026 units per person | 2024 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.1026 units per person | 2024 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Philippines | 0.1024 units per person | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 40 | Suriname | 0.1017 units per person | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 41 | Brazil | 0.1014 units per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 42 | Belgium | 0.1004 units per person | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 43 | Argentina | 0.1002 units per person | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 44 | Uruguay | 0.0997 units per person | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 45 | Egypt | 0.0992 units per person | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 46 | Ecuador | 0.0988 units per person | 2024 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 47 | Indonesia | 0.0974 units per person | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 48 | Australia | 0.0973 units per person | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 49 | Ghana | 0.0969 units per person | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 50 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0968 units per person | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 51 | Finland | 0.0967 units per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 52 | Viet Nam | 0.0965 units per person | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 53 | Iceland | 0.0961 units per person | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 54 | Armenia | 0.0957 units per person | 2024 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0953 units per person | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 56 | Gabon | 0.0952 units per person | 2019 | — | rising |
| 57 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.095 units per person | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 58 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0949 units per person | 2024 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 59 | Israel | 0.0948 units per person | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 60 | Eswatini | 0.0942 units per person | 2016 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 61 | Morocco | 0.0938 units per person | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 62 | Colombia | 0.0937 units per person | 2022 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 63 | Sweden | 0.0935 units per person | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 64 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0933 units per person | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 65 | Belize | 0.0919 units per person | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 66 | France | 0.0915 units per person | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 67 | Poland | 0.091 units per person | 2024 | up 30.9% | falling |
| 68 | India | 0.091 units per person | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 69 | Tunisia | 0.0908 units per person | 2016 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 70 | Peru | 0.0908 units per person | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 71 | Montenegro | 0.0907 units per person | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 0.0905 units per person | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 73 | Netherlands | 0.0901 units per person | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 74 | Monaco | 0.0898 units per person | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 75 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0892 units per person | 2023 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 76 | Jordan | 0.089 units per person | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 77 | Albania | 0.0878 units per person | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 78 | Ireland | 0.0876 units per person | 2022 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 79 | Denmark | 0.0874 units per person | 2024 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 80 | Slovakia | 0.0873 units per person | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 81 | South Africa | 0.087 units per person | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 0.0868 units per person | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 83 | Bhutan | 0.0857 units per person | 2024 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Hungary | 0.0853 units per person | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 85 | Lithuania | 0.0847 units per person | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 86 | Czechia | 0.0846 units per person | 2023 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 87 | Croatia | 0.0845 units per person | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 88 | Norway | 0.0843 units per person | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 89 | Guyana | 0.0837 units per person | 2024 | down 27.3% | flat |
| 90 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0835 units per person | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 91 | Germany | 0.0834 units per person | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 92 | Afghanistan | 0.0827 units per person | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Chile | 0.0826 units per person | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 94 | Paraguay | 0.0824 units per person | 2024 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 0.0822 units per person | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 96 | Liechtenstein | 0.0819 units per person | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 97 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0814 units per person | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 98 | Comoros | 0.0812 units per person | 2022 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Mauritius | 0.0806 units per person | 2024 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 100 | Georgia | 0.0804 units per person | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 101 | Myanmar | 0.0801 units per person | 2018 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 102 | Belarus | 0.0799 units per person | 2024 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 103 | Luxembourg | 0.0793 units per person | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 104 | Kuwait | 0.0788 units per person | 2015 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 105 | Palau | 0.0785 units per person | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 106 | Pakistan | 0.0784 units per person | 2024 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 107 | Eritrea | 0.0783 units per person | 2022 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 108 | Italy | 0.0781 units per person | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 109 | Namibia | 0.0779 units per person | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 110 | Aruba | 0.0775 units per person | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 111 | Austria | 0.077 units per person | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 112 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0767 units per person | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 113 | Panama | 0.0761 units per person | 2017 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 114 | Spain | 0.076 units per person | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 115 | Slovenia | 0.0759 units per person | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 0.0756 units per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 0.0753 units per person | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 118 | United States of America | 0.0753 units per person | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 119 | Estonia | 0.0752 units per person | 2024 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 120 | Grenada | 0.0752 units per person | 2024 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 121 | Russian Federation | 0.0751 units per person | 2023 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 122 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0749 units per person | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 123 | Romania | 0.0748 units per person | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 124 | American Samoa | 0.0743 units per person | 1992 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 125 | Malaysia | 0.0743 units per person | 2024 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 126 | Botswana | 0.0731 units per person | 2021 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.073 units per person | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 128 | Serbia | 0.0727 units per person | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 0.0726 units per person | 2012 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Lebanon | 0.072 units per person | 2024 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 131 | Iraq | 0.0718 units per person | 2007 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 132 | Congo | 0.0716 units per person | 2012 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0712 units per person | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 134 | Senegal | 0.071 units per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Cameroon | 0.0707 units per person | 2023 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 136 | Switzerland | 0.0707 units per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 137 | Angola | 0.0705 units per person | 2023 | up 84.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Portugal | 0.0701 units per person | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 139 | China | 0.0695 units per person | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 140 | Ukraine | 0.0694 units per person | 2024 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 141 | Bahrain | 0.0688 units per person | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 0.0683 units per person | 2013 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Nicaragua | 0.0679 units per person | 2023 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 144 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0676 units per person | 2025 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Benin | 0.0675 units per person | 2022 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Canada | 0.0675 units per person | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 147 | Dominica | 0.0674 units per person | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 148 | Nigeria | 0.0667 units per person | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 149 | Seychelles | 0.0667 units per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0666 units per person | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 151 | Latvia | 0.0664 units per person | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 152 | Cambodia | 0.0664 units per person | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 153 | Bahamas | 0.0662 units per person | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 154 | Greece | 0.0661 units per person | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 155 | El Salvador | 0.0658 units per person | 2024 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 156 | Gibraltar | 0.0657 units per person | 2024 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 157 | Barbados | 0.0653 units per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 158 | Zambia | 0.0651 units per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0646 units per person | 2024 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 160 | Andorra | 0.064 units per person | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 161 | Lesotho | 0.0633 units per person | 2017 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Rwanda | 0.0632 units per person | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 0.063 units per person | 2023 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Maldives | 0.0627 units per person | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Guinea | 0.0624 units per person | 2014 | up 64.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Jamaica | 0.0624 units per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 167 | Guatemala | 0.0614 units per person | 2024 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 168 | Cuba | 0.0603 units per person | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 169 | Djibouti | 0.0602 units per person | 2023 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Yemen | 0.0597 units per person | 2016 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 171 | Thailand | 0.0595 units per person | 2025 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 172 | Malta | 0.0587 units per person | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 173 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0583 units per person | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 174 | Saint Lucia | 0.0577 units per person | 2024 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 175 | Mauritania | 0.0562 units per person | 2020 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 176 | Malawi | 0.055 units per person | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 177 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0549 units per person | 2024 | down 35.9% | rising |
| 178 | Mali | 0.0549 units per person | 2023 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Madagascar | 0.0547 units per person | 2021 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 180 | Cayman Islands | 0.0544 units per person | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 181 | Bermuda | 0.0539 units per person | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 182 | Puerto Rico | 0.0536 units per person | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 183 | Liberia | 0.0533 units per person | 2020 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 184 | Japan | 0.0531 units per person | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 185 | Qatar | 0.0529 units per person | 2024 | up 30.5% | flat |
| 186 | Republic of Korea | 0.0514 units per person | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 187 | Honduras | 0.051 units per person | 2024 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 188 | Sudan | 0.0507 units per person | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 189 | Burkina Faso | 0.0505 units per person | 2024 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 190 | San Marino | 0.0493 units per person | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 191 | Ethiopia | 0.0484 units per person | 2015 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 192 | Macau, China | 0.046 units per person | 2024 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 193 | Hong Kong, China | 0.0453 units per person | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 194 | Cyprus | 0.0451 units per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 195 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0451 units per person | 2021 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 196 | Burundi | 0.041 units per person | 2025 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.039 units per person | 2006 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 198 | Mozambique | 0.038 units per person | 2017 | up 82.4% | volatile |
| 199 | Chad | 0.0377 units per person | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 200 | Uganda | 0.0348 units per person | 2007 | up 158.2% | volatile |
| 201 | Niger | 0.0322 units per person | 2024 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 202 | Central African Republic | 0.0288 units per person | 2017 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 203 | Singapore | 0.0277 units per person | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 204 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.027 units per person | 2005 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 205 | Haiti | 0.0228 units per person | 1986 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 206 | Somalia | 0.0063 units per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Other small states 0.1996 units per person
- Small states 0.1725 units per person
- Pacific island small states 0.1172 units per person
- Caribbean Small States 0.1138 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.1122 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0965 units per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0964 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.0956 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0929 units per person
- Lower middle income 0.0915 units per person
- South Asia 0.0911 units per person
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.0911 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia 0.0902 units per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0.0901 units per person
- Middle income 0.0855 units per person
- IBRD only 0.0855 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0837 units per person
- OECD members 0.0833 units per person
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.0833 units per person
- European Union 0.0831 units per person
- Arab World 0.0828 units per person
- Low & middle income 0.0824 units per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0.0811 units per person
- Euro area 0.081 units per person
- World 0.08 units per person
- IDA blend 0.0766 units per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0.0761 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.076 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0753 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.0752 units per person
- High income 0.0751 units per person
- Post-demographic dividend 0.0747 units per person
- North America 0.0738 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific 0.0729 units per person
- IDA total 0.0697 units per person
- IDA only 0.0686 units per person
- Africa Western and Central 0.0679 units per person
- Least developed countries 0.064 units per person
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.0634 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0631 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Secondary education, pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Secondary education, pupils ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Secondary education, pupils Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Secondary education, pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.