Armenia: Secondary education, general pupils

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 16.2% in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 19.6% in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is downward, about 9,629 a year. A straight line explains 72% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2018, Armenia had the 56th highest value of the 85 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Armenia in the 2018 ranking

• Eritrea — 53rd of 85: 257,599
• Albania — 54th of 85: 248,267
• Mauritania — 55th of 85: 235,653
• Jamaica — 57th of 85: 200,563
• Moldova — 58th of 85: 195,480
• Gambia, The — 59th of 85: 163,065

What this measures

Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 26 values

Secondary education, general pupils in nearby economies

• Albania — 248,267 (2018)
• Andorra — 4,025 (2018)
• Austria — 449,201 (2017)
• Azerbaijan — 792,449 (2018)
• Belarus — 566,765 (2018)
• Belgium — 661,906 (2017)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 153,157 (2018)
• Bulgaria — 344,423 (2017)
• Croatia — 207,005 (2017)
• Cyprus — 50,394 (2017)
• Czechia

More education data for Armenia

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 10 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 8 (2025)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 52.77% (2024)
• Primary education, pupils — 160,885 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 101.99% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 101.02% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 102.89% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

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Questions people ask

What is Armenia's secondary education, general pupils?

215,307 in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1991?

It is down 42.09% from 371,810 in 1991 (2% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 403,407 in 2000 and the lowest 215,010 in 2015.

How does Armenia rank?

56th highest of 85 economies with data for 2018.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.GC, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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