What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Libya and Portugal?

5,903 number, with Libya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Portugal?

43 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.

Libya vs Portugal: School age population, tertiary education, male

Libya

276,440 number

in 2018

Portugal

270,537 number

in 2018

Libya rank

99th

Portugal rank

101st

School age population, tertiary education, male over time

Libya
Portugal

How they compare

Libya currently reports 276,440 number against 270,537 number in Portugal, a difference of 5,903 number.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Portugal ahead.

Libya ranks 99th and Portugal ranks 101st of 203 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Libya	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1970s	104,570 number	360,719 number	256,149 number	Portugal
1980s	176,635 number	403,835 number	227,201 number	Portugal
1990s	267,826 number	410,260 number	142,434 number	Portugal
2000s	320,176 number	352,535 number	32,358 number	Portugal
2010s	297,253 number	281,665 number	15,588 number	Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, Libya or Portugal?: Libya, at 276,440 number against 270,537 number in Portugal as of 2018.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Libya and Portugal?: 5,903 number, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Portugal?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Libya and Portugal rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, male?: Libya ranks 99th and Portugal ranks 101st 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.