ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) vs Papua New Guinea: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
85.4%
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
90.6%
in 2023
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank
137th
Papua New Guinea rank
137th

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male over time

  • ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 90.6% against 85.4% in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), a difference of 5.2%.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1974 it was ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ahead.

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 137th and Papua New Guinea ranks 137th of 221 groups.

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 53.6% 39.7% 13.9% ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
1980s 63.6% 45.7% 17.9% ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
1990s 71.7% 47.7% 24.0% ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
2010s 81.7% 78.4% 3.3% ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
2020s 83.6% 79.6% 4.0% ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male, ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 90.6% against 85.4% in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) as of 2023.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male between ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) and Papua New Guinea?
5.2%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) and Papua New Guinea?
22 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2023.
How do ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) and Papua New Guinea rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male?
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 137th and Papua New Guinea ranks 137th of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
427 places, 15,550 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release