Based on a comparison of 140 countries in 2018, India ranked the highest in number of pupils in secondary education with 132,161 '000 followed by China and USA. On the other end of the scale was Liechtenstein with 3.27 '000, Monaco with 3.43 '000 and Cayman Islands with 3.48 '000.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Pupils (Secondary Education) indicator page.
| Number of Pupils (Secondary Education) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Bangladesh | '000 | ... | 11,543 | 12,187 | 13,314 | 12,026 | 14,567 | |||||||||||||||
| Brazil | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23,399 | 23,134 | 24,881 | 24,225 | 23,502 | ... | ||||||||||
| China | '000 | ... | ... | 97,452 | 95,004 | 94,324 | 88,692 | 86,127 | ||||||||||||||
| Egypt | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7,746 | 7,910 | 8,122 | 8,208 | ... | ||||||||||||
| India | '000 | ... | 113,728 | 119,148 | 119,401 | 129,439 | 129,542 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | '000 | 20,778 | 21,446 | 22,322 | 22,587 | 23,756 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | '000 | 7,285 | 7,288 | 7,281 | 7,227 | 7,221 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mexico | '000 | 11,836 | 12,139 | 12,467 | 12,993 | 13,473 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | '000 | ... | ... | ... | 9,591 | 10,212 | 12,533 | 10,496 | 11,116 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Pakistan | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,939 | 10,372 | 10,794 | 11,287 | 12,078 | ||||||||||
| Philippines | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7,220 | 7,220 | 7,319 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Russia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,206 | 9,165 | 9,092 | 9,061 | 9,385 | ... | |||||||||||
| Turkey | '000 | ... | 7,966 | 7,758 | 10,563 | 10,899 | 10,969 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| USA | '000 | ... | 24,214 | 24,122 | 24,095 | 24,230 | 24,417 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | '000 | 5,000 | 4,849 | 6,497 | 6,557 | 6,375 | ... |
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