Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male was 84.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) stood at 84.6%.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 87.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 61.1%, in 1999.
That places WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 183rd out of 221 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 62.4% | — |
| 1998 | 62.0% | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 61.1% | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 62.8% | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 65.4% | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 69.6% | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 72.2% | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 75.1% | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 76.9% | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 78.9% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 81.0% | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 83.9% | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 84.0% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 84.4% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 84.5% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 85.4% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 85.1% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 86.0% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 84.9% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 85.5% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 86.0% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 86.8% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 87.4% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 87.6% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 86.7% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 84.9% | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 84.6% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.8% | 61.1% | 62.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 75.0% | 62.8% | 84.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.6% | 84.4% | 87.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.0% | 84.6% | 87.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- 180 Nigeria 78.8% compare
- 181 Tanzania, United Republic of 76.9% compare
- 182 Pakistan 76.1% compare
- 183 Solomon Islands 76.0% compare
- 184 Lebanon 76.0% compare
- 185 Burundi 75.3% compare
- 186 Central African Republic 75.2% compare
More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.79 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 25.42 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.88 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.13 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.57 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.23 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 84.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 87.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.1% in 1999.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 183rd out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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