Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, Niger or Syria?

Niger, at 970,068 number against 896,682 number in Syria as of 2019.

What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Niger and Syria?

73,386 number, with Niger ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Syria?

46 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.

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.

Niger vs Syria: School age population, tertiary education, male

Niger

970,068 number

in 2019

Syria

896,682 number

in 2016

Niger rank

54th

Syria rank

56th

School age population, tertiary education, male over time

Niger
Syria

How they compare

Niger currently reports 970,068 number against 896,682 number in Syria, a difference of 73,386 number.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Syria's.

Across all 46 years both countries report, Syria has been ahead every year.

Niger ranks 54th and Syria ranks 56th of 203 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Niger	Syria	Difference	Ahead
1970s	190,260 number	348,710 number	158,450 number	Syria
1980s	221,685 number	494,131 number	272,446 number	Syria
1990s	314,065 number	734,314 number	420,249 number	Syria
2000s	472,091 number	1.01 million number	537,815 number	Syria
2010s	721,153 number	1.02 million number	301,451 number	Syria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, Niger or Syria?: Niger, at 970,068 number against 896,682 number in Syria as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Niger and Syria?: 73,386 number, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Syria?: 46 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.
How do Niger and Syria rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, male?: Niger ranks 54th and Syria ranks 56th 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.