Sub-Saharan Africa vs United Arab Emirates: Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male

Sub-Saharan Africa
54.0%
in 2018
United Arab Emirates
106.8%
in 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
41st
United Arab Emirates rank
40th

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male over time

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • United Arab Emirates
406080100199520062018

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 106.8% against 54.0% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 52.8%.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 2.0 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, United Arab Emirates has been ahead every year.

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 41st and United Arab Emirates ranks 40th of 45 groups.

United Arab Emirates has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa United Arab Emirates Difference Ahead
1990s 32.8% 91.5% 58.6% United Arab Emirates
2000s 41.4% 87.6% 46.2% United Arab Emirates
2010s 53.2% 91.2% 38.0% United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male, Sub-Saharan Africa or United Arab Emirates?
United Arab Emirates, at 106.8% against 54.0% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2017.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male between Sub-Saharan Africa and United Arab Emirates?
52.8%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and United Arab Emirates?
20 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2017.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa and United Arab Emirates rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male?
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 41st and United Arab Emirates ranks 40th 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.