Students by age, sex and NUTS 2 region (1998-2012) by country

Countries reporting
32
Highest
16.06 million
Germany
Lowest
79,095
Malta
Median
1.52 million
Years covered
15
1998–2012
Data points
3,632

What the numbers show

Students by age, sex and NUTS 2 region (1998-2012) is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 16.06 million in Germany; the lowest is 79,095 in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.52 million, and the mean is 3.50 million.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 203.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 20.3%), and the largest decrease in Latvia, Republic of (down 23.8%).

Students by age, sex and NUTS 2 region: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 16.06 million 2012 down 4.7% falling
2 France 14.98 million 2012 up 5.2% flat
3 United Kingdom 14.38 million 2012 down 18.3% falling
4 Italy 11.10 million 2012 up 2.8% rising
5 Spain 10.09 million 2012 up 16.3% rising
6 Poland, Republic of 8.57 million 2012 down 14.3% falling
7 Netherlands, The 4.22 million 2012 up 17.4% rising
8 Romania 3.99 million 2012 down 12.4% falling
9 Belgium 2.94 million 2012 up 7.4% rising
10 Sweden 2.48 million 2012 up 2.0% flat
11 Portugal 2.24 million 2012 up 0.0% flat
12 Greece 2.18 million 2012 up 2.9% rising
13 Czech Republic 2.14 million 2012 down 3.6% flat
14 Hungary 2.10 million 2012 down 8.1% falling
15 Austria 1.73 million 2012 up 5.2% flat
16 Switzerland 1.54 million 2012 up 2.5% flat
17 Denmark 1.50 million 2012 up 15.7% rising
18 Finland 1.39 million 2012 up 4.8% flat
19 Bulgaria 1.29 million 2012 down 12.2% falling
20 Norway 1.29 million 2012 up 5.3% rising
21 Ireland 1.19 million 2012 up 19.2% rising
22 Slovak Republic 1.10 million 2012 down 12.5% falling
23 Croatia, Republic of 804,880 2012 down 1.7% flat
24 Lithuania, Republic of 703,669 2012 down 20.5% falling
25 Latvia, Republic of 428,321 2012 down 23.8% falling
26 Slovenia, Republic of 418,707 2012 down 9.0% falling
27 North Macedonia, Republic of 377,265 2012 β€” falling
28 Estonia, Republic of 289,934 2012 down 18.3% falling
29 Cyprus 170,906 2012 up 7.8% rising
30 Luxembourg 104,057 2012 up 20.3% rising
31 Iceland 101,858 2012 β€” flat
32 Malta 79,095 2012 down 8.8% falling

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Indicator
Students by age, sex and NUTS 2 region (1998-2012)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
316 places, 3,632 data points, 1998–2012
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