What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between France and Germany?

334,480 number, with Germany ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for France and Germany?

49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

France vs Germany: School age population, tertiary education, male

France

1.98 million number

in 2018

Germany

2.31 million number

in 2018

France rank

26th

Germany rank

23rd

School age population, tertiary education, male over time

France
Germany

How they compare

Germany currently reports 2.31 million number against 1.98 million number in France, a difference of 334,480 number.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.2 times France's.

Across all 49 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

France ranks 26th and Germany ranks 23rd of 203 countries.

Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	France	Germany	Difference	Ahead
1970s	2.15 million number	2.73 million number	572,086 number	Germany
1980s	2.18 million number	3.33 million number	1.15 million number	Germany
1990s	2.08 million number	2.62 million number	539,848 number	Germany
2000s	2.05 million number	2.37 million number	318,407 number	Germany
2010s	2.00 million number	2.33 million number	331,077 number	Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, France or Germany?: Germany, at 2.31 million number against 1.98 million number in France as of 2018.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between France and Germany?: 334,480 number, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Germany?: 49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do France and Germany rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, male?: France ranks 26th and Germany ranks 23rd of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, tertiary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.