Number of pupils in secondary education rose 3.22% to 138,364 '000 in India in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of pupils in secondary education in India reached an all time high of 138,364 '000 in 2021 and an all time low of 21,144 '000 in 1971.
India has been ranked 1st within the group of 60 countries we follow in terms of number of pupils in secondary education.
| Number of Pupils (Secondary Education) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Afghanistan | '000 | ... | 2,651 | 2,725 | 2,899 | 3,064 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | '000 | 14,567 | 15,788 | 15,315 | 15,870 | 15,711 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | '000 | ... | ... | ... | 74.3 | 74.4 | 75.4 | 76.2 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| China | '000 | ... | ... | 86,127 | 83,956 | 83,408 | 84,322 | 86,102 | ||||||||||||||
| India | '000 | 129,542 | 132,161 | 129,829 | 131,317 | 130,933 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | '000 | 5,712 | 5,714 | 5,684 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Japan | '000 | 7,221 | 7,157 | 7,093 | 6,996 | 6,875 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | '000 | 2,801 | 2,760 | 2,745 | 2,593 | 2,602 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.8 | 21.3 | ... | ... | ||||
| Myanmar | '000 | ... | 3,748 | 3,971 | 4,187 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | '000 | ... | ... | 12,078 | 12,597 | 12,529 | 13,358 | 14,189 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Russia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | 9,385 | 9,567 | 9,905 | 10,242 | 10,543 | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,619 | 2,649 | 2,728 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| USA | '000 | 24,417 | 24,708 | 24,788 | 24,871 | 25,014 | ... |
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