Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male was 87.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 is 87.6%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 88.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 76.9%, in 1997.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 167th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 76.9% | — |
| 1998 | 77.4% | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 77.2% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 78.1% | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 78.9% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 80.8% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 82.1% | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 83.4% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 84.0% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 84.3% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 85.2% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 85.1% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 85.8% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 86.3% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 87.1% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 87.6% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 87.7% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 87.9% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 87.0% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 87.5% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 87.5% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 88.1% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 88.2% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 88.1% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 87.7% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 86.8% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 87.2% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 87.6% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.2% | 76.9% | 77.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 82.8% | 78.1% | 85.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.5% | 86.3% | 88.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.5% | 86.8% | 88.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- 164 Paraguay 87.4% compare
- 165 Côte d'Ivoire 87.4% compare
- 166 Congo 87.2% compare
- 167 Bangladesh 86.6% compare
- 168 Bermuda 86.4% compare
- 169 Puerto Rico 86.4% compare
- 170 El Salvador 85.6% compare
More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 87.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 88.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.9% in 1997.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 167th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release