Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male in World
World: Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male was 85.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male in World, 1993–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male in World is 85.0%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male in World peaked at 85.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 73.4%, in 1993.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male in World, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 73.4% | — |
| 1994 | 73.6% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 75.0% | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 76.9% | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 76.4% | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 75.7% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 74.8% | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 75.1% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 75.9% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 77.2% | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 78.0% | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 79.4% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 80.7% | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 81.2% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 82.5% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 82.5% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 82.2% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 83.6% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 83.8% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 83.6% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 83.9% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 84.1% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 84.4% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 84.6% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 84.5% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 84.8% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 85.0% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 75.1% | 73.4% | 76.9% | 7 |
| 2000s | 79.5% | 75.1% | 82.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.2% | 83.6% | 85.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Belgium 164.7% compare
- 2 Costa Rica 139.0% compare
- 3 Algeria 136.8% compare
- 4 Netherlands 135.4% compare
- 5 Argentina 131.0% compare
More education data for World
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 34.10 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 65.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 34.10 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 102.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4548 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male in World?
- Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male in World was 85.0% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 85.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.4% in 1993.
- How does World rank for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male?
- World ranks 2nd out of 2 groups with data for 2019.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.