Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
142
Highest
373,183
China
Lowest
0
Saint Lucia
Median
2,292
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
7,854
What the numbers show
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male (number) is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 373,183 in China; the lowest is 0 in Saint Lucia.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,292, and the mean is 15,696.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 33,300.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 373,183 | 2024 | up 93.6% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 327,164 | 2023 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 3 | India | 122,150 | 2023 | up 114.9% | rising |
| 4 | Russia | 119,587 | 2024 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 106,117 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 6 | Iran | 81,139 | 2022 | up 176.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Turkey | 79,353 | 2023 | up 73.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Brazil | 62,597 | 2024 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 58,246 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 10 | Japan | 52,273 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 11 | Spain | 49,469 | 2024 | up 302.5% | rising |
| 12 | South Korea | 48,188 | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 13 | Indonesia | 37,747 | 2023 | up 214.3% | falling |
| 14 | France | 36,979 | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 15 | Ukraine | 36,400 | 2024 | up 169.0% | rising |
| 16 | Algeria | 34,083 | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 17 | Mexico | 30,726 | 2024 | up 97.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Canada | 30,582 | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 19 | Malaysia | 30,039 | 2023 | up 83.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Australia | 26,223 | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 21 | Morocco | 25,031 | 2024 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 22 | Egypt | 23,731 | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 23 | Italy | 22,087 | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 19,463 | 2024 | up 420.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Netherlands | 19,178 | 2023 | up 179.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Greece | 16,817 | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 27 | Pakistan | 16,058 | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 28 | Philippines | 15,756 | 2023 | up 131.5% | rising |
| 29 | Switzerland | 13,811 | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 30 | South Africa | 12,852 | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 31 | Thailand | 12,844 | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Portugal | 11,794 | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 33 | Czechia | 11,434 | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 34 | Argentina | 10,893 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 35 | Austria | 10,764 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 36 | Romania | 10,551 | 2023 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Belgium | 10,393 | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 38 | Poland | 9,909 | 2024 | down 50.5% | rising |
| 39 | Hong Kong | 9,455 | 2024 | up 94.1% | rising |
| 40 | Sweden | 9,356 | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 9,293 | 2023 | up 137.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Finland | 8,940 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 43 | Nigeria | 7,245 | 2011 | — | rising |
| 44 | Vietnam | 6,525 | 2022 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 45 | Senegal | 5,964 | 2024 | up 186.6% | rising |
| 46 | Kenya | 5,867 | 2019 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Israel | 5,744 | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 48 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5,633 | 2024 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 49 | Hungary | 5,430 | 2024 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 50 | Cameroon | 5,217 | 2023 | up 142.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Libya | 5,188 | 2003 | — | falling |
| 52 | Peru | 5,181 | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 5,122 | 2024 | up 129.8% | rising |
| 54 | Serbia | 4,900 | 2024 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 55 | Denmark | 4,792 | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 56 | Norway | 4,692 | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 57 | Ireland | 4,527 | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 58 | Uzbekistan | 4,488 | 2024 | up 518.2% | falling |
| 59 | Colombia | 4,244 | 2022 | up 124.8% | volatile |
| 60 | New Zealand | 4,137 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 61 | Chile | 4,099 | 2024 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 62 | Ghana | 4,071 | 2024 | up 343.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Tunisia | 4,050 | 2023 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 64 | Macao | 3,309 | 2024 | up 494.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Burkina Faso | 3,235 | 2024 | up 173.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Slovakia | 3,122 | 2024 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 2,882 | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 68 | Cuba | 2,820 | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 69 | Bulgaria | 2,459 | 2024 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 2,451 | 2019 | up 896.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Mongolia | 2,331 | 2024 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 2,254 | 2024 | up 202.6% | falling |
| 73 | Belarus | 2,156 | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 74 | Croatia | 2,103 | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Benin | 2,024 | 2022 | up 90.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Jordan | 1,845 | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Lebanon | 1,841 | 2014 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 78 | Singapore | 1,823 | 2023 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Ethiopia | 1,679 | 2014 | up 5,896.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Nepal | 1,667 | 2023 | up 348.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Madagascar | 1,659 | 2023 | up 320.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Slovenia | 1,581 | 2023 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 1,519 | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 84 | Tanzania | 1,455 | 2024 | up 157.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Georgia | 1,266 | 2025 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 86 | Niger | 1,253 | 2019 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Latvia | 1,181 | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,175 | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 1,159 | 2017 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 90 | Togo | 1,142 | 2021 | up 85.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Lithuania | 1,094 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 92 | Estonia | 974.5 | 2024 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 93 | Syria | 900 | 2016 | up 102.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Cambodia | 858 | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 95 | Moldova | 790 | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 96 | Cyprus | 771 | 2024 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Myanmar | 736 | 2017 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Congo | 688 | 2023 | up 293.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 589 | 2023 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 99 | Luxembourg | 589 | 2024 | up 87.0% | rising |
| 101 | Mozambique | 440 | 2018 | up 1,592.3% | volatile |
| 102 | North Macedonia | 419 | 2023 | up 332.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Uruguay | 418 | 2023 | up 2,686.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Malta | 415.6 | 2023 | up 765.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 393 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Qatar | 389 | 2024 | up 2,331.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Albania | 379 | 2024 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Armenia | 346 | 2024 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 109 | Palestine | 334 | 2023 | up 33,300.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Ecuador | 315 | 2023 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 111 | Burundi | 314 | 2025 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Iceland | 298 | 2023 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Mauritius | 288 | 2024 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 114 | Rwanda | 285 | 2024 | up 375.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Mali | 283 | 2015 | up 185.9% | rising |
| 116 | Guinea | 253 | 2023 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 250 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Mauritania | 228 | 2020 | up 395.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Botswana | 195 | 2023 | up 427.0% | rising |
| 119 | Namibia | 195 | 2022 | up 132.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Brunei | 189 | 2023 | up 87.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Liechtenstein | 160 | 2021 | up 185.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Panama | 110 | 2022 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Malawi | 105 | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Bahrain | 104 | 2024 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Oman | 98 | 2024 | up 122.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Honduras | 84 | 2024 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 128 | El Salvador | 80 | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Montenegro | 61 | 2023 | up 221.1% | rising |
| 130 | Barbados | 52 | 2011 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Turkmenistan | 40 | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 132 | Kuwait | 38 | 2021 | up 192.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Cape Verde | 28 | 2018 | up 833.3% | volatile |
| 134 | San Marino | 25 | 2024 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 135 | Andorra | 17 | 2024 | up 183.3% | rising |
| 136 | Monaco | 13 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 137 | Laos | 10 | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Grenada | 6 | 2018 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 138 | Samoa | 6 | 2024 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 140 | Lesotho | 4 | 2018 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Seychelles | 2 | 2024 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 142 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: World 2.30 million
- SDG: World 2.30 million
- UIS: World 2.30 million
- WB: World 2.30 million
- UNICEF: World 2.28 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 1.43 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 1.36 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 1.33 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 1.31 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 1.26 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 1.25 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 1.11 million
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 1.09 million
- MDG: Developed Regions 1.04 million
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 1.03 million
- WB: Oecd Members 996,978
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 980,205
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 949,973
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 938,720
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 928,661
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 887,515
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 739,434
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 701,091
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 675,846
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 675,430
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 636,740
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 626,956
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 624,625
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 624,625
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 614,192
- SDG: Europe 606,200
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 596,287
- AIMS: East Asia 593,956
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 571,365
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 501,342
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 487,584
- SDG: Eastern Asia 487,584
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 487,498
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 482,831
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 482,646
About this data
February 2026 Data Release