Secondary education, pupils by country
Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
Countries reporting
206
Highest
133.16 million
India
Lowest
1,145
Tuvalu
Median
547,774
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
10,025
What the numbers show
Secondary education, pupils is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 133.16 million in India; the lowest is 1,145 in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 547,774, and the mean is 3.15 million.
Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 250.4%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 37.4%).
Secondary education, pupils: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 133.16 million | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 97.98 million | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 3 | Indonesia | 27.84 million | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 4 | United States | 25.35 million | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 21.50 million | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 19.70 million | 2024 | up 74.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Nigeria | 15.20 million | 2023 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 15.07 million | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Mexico | 13.99 million | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 10 | Turkey | 12.31 million | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Philippines | 11.87 million | 2024 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Egypt | 11.56 million | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 13 | Russia | 10.80 million | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 14 | Vietnam | 9.61 million | 2022 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.93 million | 2023 | up 98.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Germany | 6.97 million | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 17 | Kenya | 6.74 million | 2023 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Iran | 6.62 million | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 19 | Japan | 6.61 million | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 6.40 million | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 21 | France | 6.27 million | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 22 | Algeria | 6.07 million | 2024 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 23 | South Africa | 5.50 million | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 5.03 million | 2015 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Colombia | 4.85 million | 2022 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 26 | Italy | 4.61 million | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 27 | Argentina | 4.56 million | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 4.36 million | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 29 | Thailand | 4.26 million | 2025 | down 37.0% | rising |
| 30 | Myanmar | 4.19 million | 2018 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 31 | Spain | 3.71 million | 2024 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 32 | Nepal | 3.67 million | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Morocco | 3.57 million | 2024 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 3.43 million | 2023 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 3.36 million | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 36 | Ghana | 3.33 million | 2024 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Poland | 3.33 million | 2024 | up 25.9% | flat |
| 38 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.28 million | 2024 | up 131.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Peru | 3.11 million | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 40 | Tanzania | 2.83 million | 2021 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Canada | 2.70 million | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 42 | Venezuela | 2.70 million | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 43 | South Korea | 2.66 million | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 44 | Australia | 2.65 million | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 45 | Malaysia | 2.64 million | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 46 | Ukraine | 2.63 million | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 47 | Angola | 2.59 million | 2023 | up 180.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 2.57 million | 2025 | up 53.3% | flat |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 2.54 million | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 50 | Sudan | 2.31 million | 2019 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 51 | Iraq | 2.04 million | 2007 | up 75.6% | rising |
| 52 | Cameroon | 2.01 million | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Yemen | 1.92 million | 2016 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 54 | Ecuador | 1.79 million | 2024 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Chile | 1.63 million | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 56 | Madagascar | 1.62 million | 2021 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Netherlands | 1.61 million | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 58 | Romania | 1.43 million | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 59 | Zambia | 1.39 million | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Syria | 1.36 million | 2024 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Mali | 1.31 million | 2023 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Bolivia | 1.30 million | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 63 | Tajikistan | 1.29 million | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 64 | Senegal | 1.28 million | 2023 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Burkina Faso | 1.19 million | 2024 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Belgium | 1.18 million | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 67 | Cambodia | 1.17 million | 2024 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Sierra Leone | 1.16 million | 2023 | up 178.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Malawi | 1.16 million | 2023 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Guatemala | 1.13 million | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Mozambique | 1.07 million | 2017 | up 141.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 1.06 million | 2024 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 73 | Tunisia | 1.05 million | 2016 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Uganda | 1.03 million | 2007 | up 250.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Jordan | 1.03 million | 2024 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Turkmenistan | 1.00 million | 2024 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 77 | Sweden | 987,895 | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 78 | Zimbabwe | 957,461 | 2013 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Israel | 948,390 | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 80 | Benin | 929,099 | 2022 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Czechia | 918,975 | 2023 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 82 | Togo | 915,214 | 2023 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 909,619 | 2025 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 84 | Rwanda | 901,617 | 2024 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 85 | United Arab Emirates | 894,302 | 2024 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Niger | 870,368 | 2024 | up 69.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Palestine | 868,232 | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 863,765 | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 89 | Hungary | 815,267 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 90 | Chad | 764,990 | 2024 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Portugal | 741,752 | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 92 | Libya | 732,614 | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Belarus | 729,741 | 2024 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 94 | Guinea | 715,702 | 2014 | up 107.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Austria | 706,802 | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 96 | Greece | 687,813 | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 97 | Cuba | 662,491 | 2024 | down 19.6% | flat |
| 98 | Papua New Guinea | 655,030 | 2023 | up 73.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Switzerland | 636,381 | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 100 | Burundi | 590,027 | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Paraguay | 570,654 | 2024 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 102 | New Zealand | 562,417 | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 103 | Honduras | 552,199 | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Finland | 543,350 | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 105 | Oman | 541,921 | 2024 | up 85.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Laos | 532,092 | 2025 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Denmark | 522,143 | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 485,226 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 109 | Serbia | 478,731 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 110 | Slovakia | 473,316 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 111 | Norway | 469,508 | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 464,490 | 2024 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 463,660 | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Ireland | 456,625 | 2022 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 115 | Lebanon | 417,800 | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 116 | El Salvador | 417,193 | 2024 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 117 | Mongolia | 412,877 | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 118 | Gambia | 369,783 | 2021 | up 197.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Hong Kong | 340,877 | 2024 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 120 | Congo | 339,250 | 2012 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 121 | Uruguay | 337,808 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 122 | Croatia | 325,996 | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 123 | Panama | 311,983 | 2017 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 124 | Georgia | 306,567 | 2024 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 125 | Kuwait | 302,047 | 2015 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 126 | Armenia | 290,201 | 2024 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 127 | Liberia | 274,573 | 2020 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Eritrea | 266,829 | 2022 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 129 | Mauritania | 258,591 | 2020 | up 134.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Lithuania | 244,656 | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 131 | Namibia | 236,050 | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 132 | Moldova | 228,038 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 226,755 | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 134 | Gabon | 215,825 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Albania | 208,738 | 2024 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 136 | Jamaica | 177,095 | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 137 | Botswana | 175,513 | 2021 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Puerto Rico | 171,527 | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 139 | Singapore | 163,746 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 140 | East Timor | 162,113 | 2020 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 141 | Slovenia | 160,956 | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 142 | Qatar | 151,038 | 2024 | up 73.4% | volatile |
| 143 | North Macedonia | 150,231 | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 144 | Haiti | 143,758 | 1986 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 145 | Central African Republic | 137,844 | 2017 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Lesotho | 136,497 | 2017 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Latvia | 123,994 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 148 | Somalia | 115,828 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Fiji | 113,613 | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 150 | Bahrain | 109,221 | 2024 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Eswatini | 108,288 | 2016 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Estonia | 103,245 | 2024 | up 32.6% | falling |
| 153 | Mauritius | 100,395 | 2024 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 91,195 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 155 | Guyana | 69,542 | 2024 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 156 | Djibouti | 69,362 | 2023 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Bhutan | 67,821 | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Comoros | 67,764 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Suriname | 63,941 | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 61,360 | 2023 | up 198.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Cyprus | 61,230 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 162 | Montenegro | 56,561 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 55,831 | 2022 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Guinea-Bissau | 55,176 | 2006 | up 114.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 53,672 | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 41,660 | 2012 | up 92.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Brunei | 40,924 | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 168 | Belize | 38,323 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 169 | Iceland | 37,056 | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 170 | Maldives | 33,002 | 2023 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Malta | 32,424 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 172 | Macao | 31,617 | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 173 | Bahamas | 26,561 | 2024 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 174 | Samoa | 25,964 | 2016 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 25,875 | 2017 | up 187.6% | volatile |
| 176 | New Caledonia | 25,560 | 1997 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | 25,544 | 2005 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 22,366 | 1993 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 179 | Barbados | 18,457 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 180 | Kiribati | 16,846 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Tonga | 16,132 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 182 | Guam | 16,017 | 1989 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 183 | Micronesia (country) | 13,634 | 2005 | — | flat |
| 184 | United States Virgin Islands | 12,900 | 1997 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 185 | Saint Lucia | 10,378 | 2024 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 186 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9,740 | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 187 | Grenada | 8,811 | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 188 | Aruba | 8,367 | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 189 | Seychelles | 8,091 | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 190 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7,160 | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 191 | Andorra | 5,245 | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 192 | Marshall Islands | 5,009 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 193 | Dominica | 4,483 | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 194 | Cayman Islands | 4,049 | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 195 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3,904 | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 196 | American Samoa | 3,643 | 1992 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 197 | Bermuda | 3,484 | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 198 | Monaco | 3,469 | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 199 | Liechtenstein | 3,208 | 2021 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 200 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3,004 | 2024 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 201 | Gibraltar | 2,582 | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 202 | British Virgin Islands | 2,300 | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 203 | San Marino | 1,676 | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 204 | Nauru | 1,659 | 2025 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 205 | Palau | 1,389 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 206 | Tuvalu | 1,145 | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 651.68 million
- IDA & IBRD total 561.46 million
- Low & middle income 554.22 million
- Middle income 510.99 million
- IBRD only 425.77 million
- Early-demographic dividend 320.06 million
- Lower middle income 265.94 million
- Upper middle income 233.28 million
- Late-demographic dividend 177.18 million
- East Asia & Pacific 174.05 million
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 161.08 million
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 159.24 million
About this data
Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.