Enrolment in primary education, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
216
Highest
65.78 million
India
Lowest
66
Tokelau
Median
276,389
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,289
What the numbers show
Enrolment in primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 216 countries. The highest value is 65.78 million in India; the lowest is 66 in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 276,389, and the mean is 1.82 million.
Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 85.8%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 53.1%).
Enrolment in primary education, male (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 65.78 million | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 2 | China | 57.54 million | 2024 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 17.21 million | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 14.90 million | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 13.15 million | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 12.27 million | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 10.87 million | 2023 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 8.38 million | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 8.12 million | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 10 | Egypt | 7.88 million | 2024 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 11 | Brazil | 7.75 million | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 6.76 million | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 6.71 million | 2025 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 14 | Tanzania | 5.58 million | 2024 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Iran | 4.67 million | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 16 | Vietnam | 4.64 million | 2024 | up 19.8% | flat |
| 17 | Uganda | 4.40 million | 2017 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 4.31 million | 2023 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Kenya | 4.12 million | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 20 | Mozambique | 3.94 million | 2022 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Russia | 3.88 million | 2023 | up 34.3% | falling |
| 22 | South Africa | 3.87 million | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 23 | Japan | 3.20 million | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 24 | Turkey | 2.85 million | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 25 | Cameroon | 2.78 million | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 26 | Myanmar | 2.73 million | 2018 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 27 | Iraq | 2.71 million | 2007 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 28 | Sudan | 2.70 million | 2019 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 29 | Algeria | 2.70 million | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 30 | Angola | 2.69 million | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Madagascar | 2.62 million | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Ghana | 2.53 million | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 2.49 million | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 34 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.40 million | 2024 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Morocco | 2.39 million | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 36 | Malawi | 2.34 million | 2024 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Argentina | 2.34 million | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 38 | Thailand | 2.29 million | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 39 | Zambia | 2.19 million | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 40 | Colombia | 2.14 million | 2022 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 41 | Yemen | 2.12 million | 2016 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 42 | France | 2.11 million | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 43 | Peru | 1.88 million | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 44 | Nepal | 1.87 million | 2025 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 1.81 million | 2025 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 46 | Venezuela | 1.79 million | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 1.75 million | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 48 | Germany | 1.69 million | 2024 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 49 | Chad | 1.66 million | 2024 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Malaysia | 1.58 million | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 51 | Mali | 1.57 million | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Niger | 1.56 million | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 1.54 million | 2024 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Rwanda | 1.53 million | 2024 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 1.47 million | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 56 | Spain | 1.46 million | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 57 | Italy | 1.36 million | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 58 | Haiti | 1.34 million | 2016 | — | rising |
| 59 | South Korea | 1.29 million | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 60 | Benin | 1.26 million | 2022 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Burundi | 1.25 million | 2025 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Canada | 1.25 million | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 63 | Guatemala | 1.24 million | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 64 | Cambodia | 1.18 million | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 65 | Australia | 1.17 million | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 66 | Guinea | 1.15 million | 2020 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Syria | 1.11 million | 2024 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 68 | Senegal | 1.09 million | 2024 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Sierra Leone | 1.01 million | 2024 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Papua New Guinea | 875,944 | 2023 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Ecuador | 868,837 | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 72 | Togo | 845,263 | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 73 | Poland | 822,385 | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 74 | Kazakhstan | 810,611 | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 75 | Sri Lanka | 798,817 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 76 | Chile | 771,035 | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 77 | Ukraine | 714,916 | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 78 | Bolivia | 702,933 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 79 | Tunisia | 695,193 | 2023 | up 25.9% | flat |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 602,712 | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 81 | Netherlands | 587,512 | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 82 | Jordan | 571,163 | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 83 | Israel | 537,894 | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 84 | Honduras | 522,768 | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 518,945 | 2024 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 86 | Central African Republic | 458,857 | 2016 | up 85.8% | rising |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 452,521 | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 88 | Romania | 451,054 | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 89 | Congo | 449,246 | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 90 | Mauritania | 445,182 | 2024 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Sweden | 426,440 | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 92 | Belgium | 416,707 | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 93 | Libya | 395,380 | 2006 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 94 | Laos | 378,976 | 2025 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 95 | Paraguay | 365,667 | 2024 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 96 | Cuba | 363,103 | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 323,206 | 2025 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 98 | Turkmenistan | 322,358 | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 321,365 | 2024 | up 15.8% | flat |
| 100 | Portugal | 306,979 | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 101 | El Salvador | 305,364 | 2024 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 102 | Namibia | 299,586 | 2024 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 103 | Greece | 297,804 | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 104 | Czechia | 297,088 | 2023 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 105 | United Arab Emirates | 293,701 | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Switzerland | 286,399 | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 107 | Liberia | 284,866 | 2022 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Ireland | 278,462 | 2022 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 109 | Lebanon | 274,316 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 110 | Palestine | 263,637 | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 111 | Somalia | 256,694 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 234,589 | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 113 | Panama | 230,778 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 114 | Belarus | 228,973 | 2024 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 115 | Norway | 223,436 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 116 | Denmark | 221,987 | 2024 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 117 | Eritrea | 216,955 | 2022 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 118 | Gambia | 206,534 | 2025 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Hungary | 197,430 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 120 | New Zealand | 196,622 | 2024 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 121 | Mongolia | 194,931 | 2024 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 122 | Botswana | 193,965 | 2022 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 123 | Austria | 190,250 | 2024 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 124 | Finland | 184,113 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 125 | Oman | 182,544 | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 126 | Georgia | 176,814 | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 127 | Hong Kong | 171,732 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 128 | Lesotho | 158,487 | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 129 | Uruguay | 147,911 | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 144,075 | 2010 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 131 | Gabon | 138,326 | 2019 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 132 | Kuwait | 134,131 | 2021 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 133 | Serbia | 129,715 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 134 | Slovakia | 125,440 | 2024 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 135 | Singapore | 122,727 | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 136 | Bulgaria | 120,356 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 137 | Eswatini | 115,133 | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 138 | East Timor | 114,798 | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 139 | Jamaica | 107,653 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 140 | Qatar | 91,641 | 2024 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Armenia | 84,254 | 2024 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 142 | Croatia | 75,963 | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 143 | Puerto Rico | 73,931 | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 144 | Albania | 73,315 | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 72,588 | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 146 | Moldova | 70,741 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 147 | Slovenia | 68,483 | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 64,463 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 149 | Latvia | 63,961 | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 150 | Bahrain | 62,078 | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 151 | Lithuania | 61,955 | 2024 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 152 | Fiji | 59,357 | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 153 | North Macedonia | 54,422 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 154 | Comoros | 52,091 | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 51,714 | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 156 | Guyana | 48,185 | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 157 | Equatorial Guinea | 47,541 | 2015 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 158 | Bhutan | 46,068 | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 159 | Estonia | 45,862 | 2024 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 160 | Mauritius | 43,037 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 161 | Djibouti | 36,857 | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 162 | Reunion | 35,938 | 1994 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 31,786 | 2022 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 164 | Suriname | 31,551 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 165 | Cyprus | 31,442 | 2024 | up 15.1% | flat |
| 166 | Vanuatu | 29,308 | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 167 | Belize | 22,999 | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 168 | Maldives | 22,544 | 2024 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 21,919 | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 170 | Montenegro | 20,084 | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 171 | Macao | 20,014 | 2024 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 172 | Brunei | 19,590 | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 173 | Guadeloupe | 19,121 | 1994 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19,079 | 2017 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 175 | Samoa | 18,285 | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 176 | Martinique | 17,626 | 1996 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 177 | Iceland | 16,499 | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 15,357 | 1996 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 179 | Malta | 14,257 | 2023 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 180 | Bahamas | 13,755 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 11,545 | 1991 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 182 | Kiribati | 9,000 | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 183 | French Guiana | 8,738 | 1996 | — | rising |
| 184 | Barbados | 8,377 | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 185 | Tonga | 8,182 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 186 | Saint Lucia | 7,193 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 187 | Grenada | 6,177 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6,081 | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 189 | Micronesia (country) | 6,036 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 190 | Seychelles | 4,927 | 2024 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4,560 | 2023 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 192 | American Samoa | 4,115 | 1992 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 193 | Aruba | 3,901 | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 194 | Marshall Islands | 2,720 | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 195 | Dominica | 2,706 | 2025 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 196 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,622 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 197 | Andorra | 2,147 | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 198 | Cayman Islands | 2,143 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 199 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,801 | 2024 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 200 | Bermuda | 1,708 | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 201 | Gibraltar | 1,403 | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 202 | Liechtenstein | 1,060 | 2021 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 203 | Monaco | 1,054 | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 204 | Nauru | 866 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 205 | British Virgin Islands | 808 | 2024 | down 53.1% | rising |
| 206 | Cook Islands | 787 | 2024 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 207 | Palau | 772 | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 208 | San Marino | 710 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 209 | Tuvalu | 702 | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 210 | Anguilla | 651 | 2023 | down 18.1% | flat |
| 211 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 296 | 1987 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 212 | Saint Helena | 285 | 1998 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 213 | Montserrat | 162 | 2023 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 214 | Falkland Islands | 106 | 1995 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 215 | Niue | 76 | 2025 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 216 | Tokelau | 66 | 2025 | down 32.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 404.43 million
- UIS: World 404.43 million
- MDG: World 404.43 million
- WB: World 404.43 million
- UNICEF: World 404.15 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 371.32 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 366.89 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 365.72 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 363.75 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 305.13 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 231.24 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 216.89 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 209.64 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 188.52 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 181.37 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 176.96 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 175.89 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 138.49 million
- WB: Ida Total 135.65 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 123.94 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 114.70 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 114.70 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 114.70 million
- UNICEF: Africa 114.70 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 109.20 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 108.65 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 105.86 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 105.86 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 105.86 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 105.86 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 102.03 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 101.13 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 101.13 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 100.57 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 100.57 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 100.52 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 100.52 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 100.51 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 100.44 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 100.25 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release