Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435): Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male was 19.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) recorded 19.3% for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male in 2019.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) peaked at 23.2% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 1971.
That places ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 151st out of 221 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5.5% | — |
| 1971 | 5.5% | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 5.9% | +8.4% |
| 1973 | 6.3% | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 6.4% | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 6.8% | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 6.9% | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 6.9% | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 6.6% | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 6.2% | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 6.3% | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 6.8% | +7.8% |
| 1982 | 7.1% | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 7.4% | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 8.1% | +9.2% |
| 1985 | 8.4% | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 8.9% | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 9.3% | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 9.6% | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 10.1% | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 10.9% | +8.5% |
| 1991 | 11.7% | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 12.2% | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 13.1% | +6.8% |
| 1994 | 13.1% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 13.9% | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 14.5% | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 23.1% | +58.7% |
| 1998 | 22.2% | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 21.6% | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 21.4% | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 21.0% | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 20.4% | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 19.3% | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 19.4% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 19.8% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 20.1% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 19.1% | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 19.9% | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 20.7% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 22.3% | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 22.5% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 23.2% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 19.8% | -14.7% |
| 2014 | 19.4% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 19.1% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 18.9% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 19.0% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 19.3% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 19.3% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.3% | 5.5% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.2% | 6.3% | 10.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.6% | 10.9% | 23.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.1% | 19.1% | 21.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.3% | 18.9% | 23.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
More education data for ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.9% (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.6% (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 529,106 (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.1% (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 603,251 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 656,667 (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 82,795 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 1.26 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 409,490 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 381,336 (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) was 19.3% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The highest recorded value was 23.2% in 2012.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 1971.
- How does ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) rank for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male?
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) ranks 151st out of 221 groups with data for 2019.
- Is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 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.
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February 2026 Data Release