Eight education levels ranked by enrolled students; million students, 2025 prelim.
Student enrollment in China is compared across eight education levels in 2025. Each value is the number of enrolled students in millions, and no all-level total is inferred because the official release does not provide one. Primary school was the largest level at 101.783 million students, 46.690 million more than junior secondary. Special education was the smallest reported level at 0.927 million, making primary enrollment about 109.8 times larger.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Primary school | 101.8M | 2025 |
| 2 | Junior secondary | 55.1M | 2025 |
| 3 | Undergrad & college | 39.5M | 2025 |
| 4 | Kindergarten | 32.3M | 2025 |
| 5 | Senior secondary | 30.4M | 2025 |
| 6 | Vocational secondary | 15.4M | 2025 |
| 7 | Graduate education | 4.3M | 2025 |
| 8 | Special education | 0.9M | 2025 |
Publisher: National Bureau of Statistics of China
Dataset/table: Students Enrolled in China's Education System by Level, 2025
Units: million students
Date checked: 2026-07-18
Evidence: Supports the 2025 education-enrollment count observations used in this brief.
The categories follow the official education classifications. They are compared as separate reported levels rather than presented as a complete composition of all students.
The eight reported education levels are ranked by enrolled-student count. The full source labels and all eight values remain in the crawlable table; no all-level total is inferred.
All eight counts use the same official release, 2025 enrollment period and million-student unit.
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