Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Sweden: Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
95.6%
in 2019
Sweden
119.9%
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
17th
Sweden rank
15th

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 119.9% against 95.6% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 24.3%.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.3 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 17th and Sweden ranks 15th of 45 groups.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Sweden Difference Ahead
1990s 81.9% 109.5% 27.6% Sweden
2000s 89.7% 104.8% 15.1% Sweden
2010s 93.8% 109.2% 15.4% Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Sweden?
Sweden, at 119.9% against 95.6% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sweden?
24.3%, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sweden?
25 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2018.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sweden rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 17th and Sweden ranks 15th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,599 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Total male enrollment in lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total male population of official lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.