In the 2020/2021 academic year, around 1.3 million pupils attended primary education in Tunisia. This was the educational level with the highest number of enrolled students that year. In addition, roughly 1.1 million students were enrolled in middle (or lower secondary) and secondary (or upper secondary) schools. Higher education attendance was instead the lowest, counting around 232,600 students.
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Number of students enrolled in Tunisia as of 2020/2021, by educational level
Characteristic
Number of students
Primary
1,303,758
Middle (or lower secondary) and secondary
1,072,483
Higher education
232,614
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National Institute of Statistics (Tunisia). (October 5, 2022). Number of students enrolled in Tunisia as of 2020/2021, by educational level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272373/number-of-students-in-tunisia-by-educational-level/
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