Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113): Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male was 14.2% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
14.2%
Change on year
down 1.8%
Rank
168th
of 221 groups
All-time high
14.5%
in 2020
All-time low
3.8%
in 1971
Years of data
52
1970–2021
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), 1970–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) stood at 14.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) peaked at 14.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 1971.
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 168th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3.9% | — |
| 1971 | 3.8% | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 4.2% | +10.1% |
| 1973 | 4.3% | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 4.7% | +8.7% |
| 1975 | 5.1% | +8.9% |
| 1976 | 5.6% | +9.5% |
| 1977 | 6.3% | +11.5% |
| 1978 | 6.6% | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 6.5% | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 6.6% | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 6.8% | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 7.3% | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 7.4% | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 7.5% | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 7.1% | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 7.4% | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 7.5% | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 7.2% | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 6.6% | -8.9% |
| 1990 | 6.3% | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 5.8% | -8.4% |
| 1992 | 6.4% | +11.5% |
| 1993 | 7.0% | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 7.7% | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 8.3% | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 8.9% | +7.6% |
| 1997 | 9.5% | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 10.2% | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 10.7% | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 10.6% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 10.9% | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 11.3% | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 10.9% | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 11.7% | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 12.0% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 12.0% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 12.5% | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 12.2% | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 13.0% | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 13.6% | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 13.0% | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 12.9% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 13.2% | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 13.4% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 13.9% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 13.6% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 14.0% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 13.8% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 14.5% | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 14.2% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.1% | 3.8% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.1% | 6.6% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.1% | 5.8% | 10.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.7% | 10.6% | 13.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.5% | 12.9% | 14.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.4% | 14.2% | 14.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
More education data for ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.5% (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 20.01 million (2022)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 10.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 22.64 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 16.54 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.87 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 52.52 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 43.21 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 21.46 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) was 14.2% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The highest recorded value was 14.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 1971.
- How does ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) rank for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male?
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 168th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male rising or falling in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 52 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release