Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male (%) by country
Total male enrollment in lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total male population of official lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
164.7%
Belgium
Lowest
26.3%
Central African Republic
Median
97.6%
Years covered
40
1981–2020
Data points
4,599
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male (%) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 164.7% in Belgium; the lowest is 26.3% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.6%, and the mean is 91.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 221.6%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 64.8%).
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 164.7% | 2018 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 139.0% | 2019 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 3 | Algeria | 136.8% | 2011 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 4 | Netherlands | 135.4% | 2018 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 5 | Argentina | 131.0% | 2017 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 6 | Uruguay | 124.9% | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 7 | Thailand | 124.5% | 2019 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 8 | Antigua and Barbuda | 124.2% | 2018 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 9 | Grenada | 123.6% | 2018 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 10 | Spain | 123.5% | 2018 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 122.2% | 2018 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 12 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 120.1% | 2018 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 120.0% | 2018 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 14 | Ireland | 119.9% | 2018 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 15 | Sweden | 119.9% | 2018 | up 22.2% | flat |
| 16 | Mexico | 119.6% | 2018 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 119.2% | 2018 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 18 | Mauritius | 118.3% | 2019 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 19 | Portugal | 118.3% | 2018 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 20 | Maldives | 117.4% | 2019 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 21 | Aruba | 117.3% | 2012 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 22 | Dominica | 115.1% | 2019 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 23 | Australia | 114.8% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 24 | Peru | 114.3% | 2019 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 25 | Tonga | 112.1% | 2015 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 111.4% | 2019 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 27 | Oman | 111.3% | 2019 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 28 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 110.0% | 2016 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 29 | Hong Kong | 109.8% | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 30 | Canada | 109.7% | 2018 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 31 | Malta | 109.4% | 2018 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 32 | Brunei | 109.4% | 2019 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 33 | Fiji | 108.7% | 2019 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 34 | Croatia | 108.5% | 2018 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 35 | Georgia | 108.0% | 2019 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 36 | Lithuania | 107.7% | 2018 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 37 | Macao | 107.5% | 2019 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 107.5% | 2019 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 39 | Poland | 107.1% | 2018 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 106.8% | 2017 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 41 | Palau | 106.4% | 2014 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 42 | Colombia | 106.0% | 2018 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 43 | Israel | 105.9% | 2018 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 44 | Tunisia | 105.9% | 2018 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 45 | Norway | 105.7% | 2018 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 46 | Qatar | 105.3% | 2019 | down 17.1% | flat |
| 47 | Morocco | 105.2% | 2019 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 48 | Italy | 105.1% | 2018 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 49 | Switzerland | 105.0% | 2018 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 50 | Ecuador | 104.6% | 2018 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 51 | San Marino | 104.6% | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 52 | Cape Verde | 104.5% | 2018 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 53 | Guyana | 104.5% | 2012 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 54 | Liechtenstein | 104.4% | 2018 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 55 | Finland | 104.4% | 2018 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 56 | Latvia | 103.9% | 2018 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 57 | Samoa | 103.7% | 2019 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 58 | Namibia | 103.7% | 2017 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 59 | Libya | 103.6% | 2006 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 60 | Seychelles | 103.6% | 2019 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 61 | Greece | 103.6% | 2018 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 62 | Estonia | 103.5% | 2018 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 63 | Turkey | 103.5% | 2018 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 64 | Nepal | 103.3% | 2019 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 65 | Chile | 103.3% | 2018 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 103.1% | 2019 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 67 | New Zealand | 102.9% | 2018 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 68 | United States | 102.6% | 2018 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 102.3% | 2019 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 70 | Austria | 102.1% | 2018 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 71 | France | 101.8% | 2018 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 72 | Russia | 101.8% | 2018 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 73 | Hungary | 101.7% | 2018 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 74 | Cyprus | 101.5% | 2018 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 75 | Egypt | 101.2% | 2019 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 100.7% | 2018 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 77 | Belize | 100.3% | 2019 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 78 | Iceland | 100.2% | 2018 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 79 | Sao Tome and Principe | 100.1% | 2017 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 80 | Serbia | 100.0% | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 81 | Tajikistan | 100.0% | 2017 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 82 | Uzbekistan | 99.8% | 2019 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 83 | China | 99.8% | 2010 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 84 | Germany | 99.7% | 2018 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 85 | Barbados | 99.6% | 2019 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 86 | South Africa | 99.5% | 2018 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 87 | Brazil | 99.3% | 2011 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 88 | Vietnam | 99.2% | 2019 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 89 | Bolivia | 98.8% | 2018 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 90 | Kuwait | 98.8% | 2012 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 91 | Gibraltar | 98.4% | 2019 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 92 | Slovenia | 98.4% | 2018 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 93 | Mongolia | 98.3% | 2018 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 97.7% | 2009 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 95 | Czechia | 97.5% | 2018 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 96 | Belarus | 97.4% | 2018 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 97 | Cuba | 97.2% | 2019 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 98 | Ukraine | 97.1% | 2014 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 99 | Indonesia | 96.9% | 2018 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 100 | South Korea | 96.6% | 2018 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 101 | Iran | 96.3% | 2017 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 102 | Palestine | 96.1% | 2019 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 103 | Albania | 95.6% | 2019 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 104 | Bahrain | 95.5% | 2019 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 105 | Slovakia | 95.2% | 2018 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 106 | Botswana | 94.8% | 2015 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 107 | Panama | 93.5% | 2017 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 108 | East Timor | 93.3% | 2019 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 93.2% | 2019 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 110 | Kenya | 92.2% | 2016 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 111 | Dominican Republic | 92.0% | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 112 | Venezuela | 90.8% | 2017 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 113 | Montenegro | 90.6% | 2019 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 114 | Angola | 90.0% | 2016 | up 221.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Bhutan | 90.0% | 2020 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 116 | Romania | 89.7% | 2018 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 117 | Philippines | 89.3% | 2018 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 118 | Armenia | 88.9% | 2019 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 119 | Eswatini | 88.9% | 2016 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 88.6% | 2018 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 121 | Malaysia | 88.5% | 2019 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 122 | El Salvador | 88.1% | 2018 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 123 | Nauru | 87.4% | 2019 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 124 | Togo | 86.9% | 2017 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 125 | Moldova | 86.5% | 2019 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 126 | Kiribati | 86.5% | 2017 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 127 | Afghanistan | 86.3% | 2018 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 128 | Jamaica | 86.1% | 2019 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 129 | Suriname | 85.5% | 2019 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 130 | Ghana | 84.4% | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 131 | Bermuda | 84.4% | 2015 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 132 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 82.4% | 2018 | down 22.6% | flat |
| 133 | India | 82.2% | 2019 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 134 | Puerto Rico | 81.8% | 2018 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 135 | Paraguay | 81.6% | 2012 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 136 | Nicaragua | 81.5% | 2010 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 80.7% | 2019 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 138 | Sierra Leone | 80.6% | 2019 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 139 | Cayman Islands | 80.2% | 2018 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 140 | Benin | 79.8% | 2016 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 141 | British Virgin Islands | 78.7% | 2018 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 142 | Micronesia (country) | 78.6% | 2019 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 143 | Laos | 77.0% | 2019 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 144 | Iraq | 76.7% | 2007 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 145 | Bulgaria | 75.9% | 2018 | down 14.9% | flat |
| 146 | Cote d'Ivoire | 75.6% | 2019 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 147 | Cameroon | 74.6% | 2016 | up 127.1% | rising |
| 148 | Myanmar | 73.7% | 2018 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 149 | Solomon Islands | 73.6% | 2018 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 150 | Zimbabwe | 72.8% | 2013 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 151 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 71.7% | 2015 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 152 | Jordan | 70.5% | 2019 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 153 | Honduras | 70.4% | 2019 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 154 | Eritrea | 69.9% | 2018 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 155 | Guatemala | 69.6% | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 156 | Bahamas | 69.5% | 2018 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 157 | Yemen | 69.2% | 2016 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 158 | Comoros | 67.7% | 2018 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 66.9% | 2015 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 160 | Cambodia | 66.3% | 2019 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 161 | Syria | 65.3% | 2013 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 162 | Lesotho | 63.9% | 2017 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 163 | Congo | 62.7% | 2012 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 164 | Djibouti | 62.2% | 2020 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 165 | Zambia | 61.7% | 2017 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 166 | Gambia | 61.6% | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 167 | Sudan | 58.8% | 2017 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 168 | Pakistan | 58.7% | 2019 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 169 | Mali | 54.5% | 2018 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 170 | Guinea | 53.4% | 2014 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 171 | Liberia | 51.5% | 2017 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 172 | Rwanda | 51.2% | 2019 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | 50.8% | 2019 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 174 | Malawi | 49.1% | 2019 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 175 | Senegal | 48.8% | 2019 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 176 | Nigeria | 46.8% | 2016 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 177 | Ethiopia | 45.8% | 2017 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 178 | Mauritania | 45.2% | 2019 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 179 | Burundi | 43.1% | 2019 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 180 | Marshall Islands | 43.1% | 2019 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 181 | Madagascar | 42.1% | 2019 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 182 | Tanzania | 41.0% | 2019 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 183 | Mozambique | 39.2% | 2017 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 184 | Niger | 36.6% | 2017 | up 103.7% | rising |
| 185 | Equatorial Guinea | 33.0% | 2015 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 186 | Tuvalu | 32.8% | 2019 | down 64.8% | falling |
| 187 | Chad | 29.0% | 2019 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 188 | Central African Republic | 26.3% | 2017 | up 37.6% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 107.9%
- European Union 107.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 107.9%
- World 85.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean 107.6%
- Euro area 106.9%
- OECD members 106.8%
- High income 104.9%
- Post-demographic dividend 103.5%
- Europe & Central Asia 103.3%
- North America 103.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 99.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 99.6%
- Upper middle income 99.4%
- Late-demographic dividend 99.2%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 98.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 96.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 95.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 95.5%
- East Asia & Pacific 94.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 93.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 93.8%
- IBRD only 93.7%
- Caribbean Small States 92.7%
- Arab World 89.7%
- Pacific island small states 88.8%
- Middle income 87.4%
- Early-demographic dividend 84.5%
- IDA & IBRD total 82.6%
- Low & middle income 82.5%
- Small states 81.2%
- South Asia 79.7%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 79.7%
- Lower middle income 78.8%
- Other small states 77.9%
- IDA blend 61.2%
- IDA total 60.0%
- IDA only 59.2%
- Least developed countries 57.9%
- Pre-demographic dividend 55.1%
About this data
Total male enrollment in lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total male population of official lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.