Index

Year

Number of students in regular colleges and universities

Number of students in secondary schools

specialized middle school (ten thousand)

Secondary vocational schools (ten thousand)

Technical School (ten thousand)

Ordinary middle school (ten thousand)

Primary school students

Technologists

1995

1512

275,100

0.95

0.45

0.19

25.92

753,900

1324

1996

1560

302,000

1.14

0.33

0.27

28.46

786,900

2057

1997

1162

324,800

1.06

0.29

0.38

30.75

817,400

1966

1998

1147

345,300

1.18

0.33

0.51

32.51

834,900

2154

1999

3078

368,500

1.14

0.42

0.40

34.89

852,300

3354

2000

7975

405,700

0.88

0.54

0.45

38.70

858,400

2744

2001

9512

439,900

0.85

0.62

0.66

41.86

925,300

3239

2002

10,170

479,700

0.77

0.68

0.68

45.84

928,800

3533

2003

11,471

537,600

0.89

2.58

0.98

49.31

923,800

4835

2004

14,376

583,500

0.76

3.00

1.36

53.23

959,400

3018

2005

14,954

626,300

0.63

4.00

1.44

56.56

948,900

2584

2006

15,968

672,600

0.57

4.96

1.41

60.32

932,400

2103

2007

19,244

712,600

0.78

6.01

1.78

62.69

878,700

2443

2008

19,782

752,700

0.99

7.75

1.94

64.59

801,100

2486

2009

23,151

785,300

1.25

9.09

2.84

65.35

724,500

2877

2010

26,967

810,100

1.35

14.49

3.65

65.52

666,600

2618

2011

27,256

834,700

1.53

13.85

3.58

64.51

624,100

3645

2012

30,180

774,200

1.50

11.87

3.12

60.93

598,000

6810