Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled by country
Enrolment in primary education, male (number) with 667 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Countries reporting
216
Highest
65.78 million
India
Lowest
66
Tokelau
Median
276,389
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,956
What the numbers show
Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 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 122 countries rose and 91 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), gaps filled: 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 2.3% | 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 55.5% | 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 11.2% | 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 13.5% | 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 35.9% | 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 53.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Papua New Guinea | 875,944 | 2023 | up 38.5% | 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 8.8% | 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 2.1% | 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 7.2% | 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 | up 2.5% | 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 7.4% | 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 23.4% | 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 1.4% | 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 7.1% | 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 36.7% | 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% | falling |
| 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
How this figure is calculated
Enrolment in primary education, male (number) with 667 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Enrolment in primary education, male UNESCO Institute for Statistics
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About this data
Enrolment in primary education, male (number) with 667 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.