Primary education, pupils - Country Ranking - Asia

Definition: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 India 121,700,200.00 2020
2 China 106,250,500.00 2020
3 Indonesia 29,425,750.00 2018
4 Pakistan 23,588,000.00 2019
5 Bangladesh 17,603,840.00 2020
6 Philippines 13,195,090.00 2019
7 Vietnam 8,718,356.00 2020
8 Iran 8,171,667.00 2017
9 Russia 7,123,403.00 2019
10 Afghanistan 6,777,785.00 2019
11 Japan 6,494,115.00 2019
12 Myanmar 5,299,765.00 2018
13 Turkey 5,267,378.00 2019
14 Thailand 4,886,781.00 2020
15 Iraq 4,864,350.00 2007
16 Nepal 3,970,016.00 2019
17 Yemen 3,900,134.00 2016
18 Saudi Arabia 3,432,102.00 2020
19 Malaysia 3,066,391.00 2019
20 Korea 2,755,682.00 2019
21 Uzbekistan 2,508,453.00 2020
22 Cambodia 2,165,444.00 2020
23 Sri Lanka 1,710,466.00 2019
24 Syrian Arab Republic 1,547,316.00 2013
25 Kazakhstan 1,513,077.00 2020
26 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 1,507,780.00 2018
27 Jordan 1,126,254.00 2020
28 Israel 957,167.00 2019
29 Tajikistan 771,040.00 2017
30 Lao PDR 760,566.00 2020
31 Azerbaijan 651,258.00 2020
32 Turkmenistan 588,703.00 2020
33 Kyrgyz Republic 565,711.00 2020
34 Lebanon 517,092.00 2020
35 United Arab Emirates 462,333.00 2020
36 Hong Kong SAR, China 377,202.00 2020
37 Mongolia 327,019.00 2019
38 Georgia 325,016.00 2020
39 Oman 303,890.00 2020
40 Kuwait 278,958.00 2020
41 Singapore 234,947.00 2019
42 Timor-Leste 206,512.00 2019
43 Qatar 163,661.00 2020
44 Armenia 154,905.00 2020
45 Bahrain 115,819.00 2019
46 Bhutan 94,165.00 2020
47 Brunei 39,649.00 2020
48 Macao SAR, China 33,961.00 2020

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Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Enrollment includes Individuals officially registered in a given educational programme, or stage or module thereof, regardless of age. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual