UIS · Education

China: School age population, tertiary education, both sexes

79.22Mcount · 2025-13.9% since 2015

School age population, tertiary education, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator SAP.5T8. Annual figures for China from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
202579,223,288
202478,918,656
202379,654,456
202279,824,424
202180,550,952
202081,537,808
201983,020,120
201884,150,152
201786,409,520
201689,002,080
201592,037,504
201495,912,224
2013104,193,656
2012111,183,800
2011116,876,800
2010122,771,112
2009125,794,624
2008122,065,272
2007118,045,824
2006113,583,856
2005110,423,704
2004107,043,456
2003104,631,736
2002102,868,608
2001101,270,232
200097,180,312

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). School age population, tertiary education, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-sap-5t8 (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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