Based on a comparison of 148 countries in 2023, India ranked the highest in number of pupils in secondary education with 134,342 '000 followed by China and Indonesia. On the other end of the scale was Liechtenstein with 3.21 '000, Monaco with 3.48 '000 and Cayman Islands with 4.04 '000.
Total number of pupils in secondary education reached 641,181 '000 in 2023 in the World according to World Bank. This is 1.29 % less than in the previous year and 11.8 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total number of pupils in secondary education reached an all time high of 641,181 '000 in 2023 and an all time low of 188,238 '000 in 1970. The average annual growth amounted to 2.30 % since 1970.
The top ranked country, India, accounted for 21.4 % of number of pupils in secondary education in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 41.0 % share while the ten largest countries some 59.8 % in 2023.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Pupils (Secondary Education) indicator page.
| Number of Pupils (Secondary Education) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Bangladesh | '000 | 15,315 | 15,870 | 15,711 | 15,955 | 16,023 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | '000 | ... | 23,118 | 22,864 | 22,248 | 22,162 | 22,312 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| China | '000 | ... | ... | 83,408 | 84,322 | 86,102 | 88,410 | 90,919 | ||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7,349 | ... | ||||||||||
| Egypt | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8,938 | 9,137 | 9,414 | 9,819 | 10,311 | ... | ... | |||||||||
| India | '000 | 129,829 | 131,760 | 130,933 | 133,962 | 138,512 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | '000 | 24,210 | 24,697 | 25,438 | 26,231 | 26,806 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | '000 | 14,035 | 14,161 | 14,106 | 13,709 | 13,128 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | '000 | ... | ... | 11,374 | ... | 13,154 | 13,948 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Pakistan | '000 | 12,529 | 13,358 | 14,189 | ... | 15,421 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Philippines | '000 | ... | ... | ... | 9,007 | 10,562 | 11,347 | 11,696 | 11,567 | |||||||||||||
| Russia | '000 | ... | 9,905 | 10,242 | 10,543 | 10,056 | 10,338 | |||||||||||||||
| Turkey | '000 | 11,404 | 11,280 | 11,277 | 11,332 | 11,532 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | '000 | 24,788 | 24,871 | 25,014 | 25,183 | 25,433 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | '000 | 8,669 | 8,855 | 9,129 | 9,230 | 9,470 | ... |
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