Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
206
Highest
142.3%
Monaco
Lowest
11.3%
Somalia
Median
95.3%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
15,550
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male (%) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 142.3% in Monaco; the lowest is 11.3% in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 95.3%, and the mean is 93.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 55.1%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 39.5%).
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 142.3% | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 133.0% | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 3 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 127.0% | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 4 | Vanuatu | 124.3% | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands | 119.8% | 2023 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 6 | Belgium | 118.3% | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 117.7% | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 117.4% | 2021 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 9 | Finland | 117.1% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 10 | Sweden | 117.1% | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 11 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 117.0% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 12 | Australia | 116.0% | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 13 | Portugal | 115.5% | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 14 | Turkey | 114.3% | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 15 | Denmark | 112.8% | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 16 | Aruba | 112.6% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 17 | Antigua and Barbuda | 112.5% | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 110.7% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 19 | Albania | 110.6% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 20 | Eswatini | 110.3% | 2016 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 110.2% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 22 | Spain | 110.1% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 23 | Uruguay | 109.2% | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 108.3% | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 25 | Poland | 107.5% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 26 | Norway | 107.4% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 107.0% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 28 | United Kingdom | 106.8% | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 29 | Ireland | 106.8% | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 106.6% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 31 | Grenada | 106.5% | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 32 | Hungary | 106.4% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 33 | Namibia | 106.4% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 105.8% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 35 | Cyprus | 105.7% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 36 | Dominica | 105.0% | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 37 | Iceland | 104.9% | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 38 | Algeria | 104.9% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 39 | Fiji | 104.9% | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 40 | Montserrat | 104.8% | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 41 | Greece | 104.4% | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 42 | Nepal | 104.3% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 43 | New Zealand | 104.2% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 44 | Slovenia | 104.2% | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 45 | Lithuania | 104.0% | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 46 | Chile | 103.9% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 47 | Brazil | 103.6% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 48 | Luxembourg | 103.4% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 49 | France | 103.3% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 50 | Morocco | 103.2% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 51 | Niue | 103.1% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 52 | Venezuela | 103.1% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 53 | South Africa | 102.9% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 54 | Argentina | 102.6% | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 55 | Colombia | 102.6% | 2022 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 56 | Germany | 102.5% | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 57 | Moldova | 102.5% | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 58 | Italy | 102.1% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 59 | Estonia | 102.0% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 60 | Switzerland | 102.0% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 61 | Singapore | 101.6% | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 62 | Afghanistan | 101.6% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 63 | Croatia | 101.5% | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 64 | Palau | 101.5% | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 65 | Georgia | 101.4% | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 66 | Austria | 101.3% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 67 | Japan | 101.3% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 68 | Andorra | 101.3% | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 69 | Anguilla | 101.1% | 2022 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 70 | Vietnam | 100.9% | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 71 | Cook Islands | 100.7% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 72 | Rwanda | 100.7% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 73 | Sao Tome and Principe | 100.6% | 2017 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 74 | Micronesia (country) | 100.2% | 2005 | — | falling |
| 75 | Indonesia | 100.2% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 76 | Malta | 100.1% | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 77 | Canada | 99.6% | 2023 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 78 | Libya | 99.5% | 2006 | — | rising |
| 79 | Mexico | 99.2% | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 80 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 99.1% | 2021 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 81 | Latvia | 98.9% | 2024 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 82 | Martinique | 98.8% | 1996 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 83 | South Korea | 98.7% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 98.3% | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 85 | Czechia | 98.2% | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 86 | Bahrain | 98.1% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 87 | Israel | 97.9% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 88 | Qatar | 97.9% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 89 | Montenegro | 97.6% | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 90 | Tonga | 97.3% | 2024 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 91 | Cape Verde | 96.9% | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 96.9% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 93 | United States | 96.6% | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 94 | China | 96.5% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 96.1% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 96 | Samoa | 96.1% | 2016 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 97 | Mauritius | 96.0% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 98 | Slovakia | 95.8% | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 95.5% | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 100 | East Timor | 95.5% | 2020 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 101 | Tunisia | 95.4% | 2016 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 102 | Belarus | 95.4% | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 103 | Armenia | 95.4% | 2024 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 104 | Thailand | 95.2% | 2025 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 105 | Kuwait | 95.1% | 2015 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 95.0% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 107 | Oman | 95.0% | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 108 | Bhutan | 95.0% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 109 | Russia | 95.0% | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 110 | Guyana | 94.7% | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 111 | Cuba | 94.7% | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 112 | Jordan | 94.5% | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 113 | Tajikistan | 94.3% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 114 | Myanmar | 94.0% | 2018 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 115 | Gambia | 93.8% | 2021 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 116 | Ecuador | 93.7% | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 117 | Iran | 93.6% | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 118 | Kyrgyzstan | 93.6% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 119 | Serbia | 93.6% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 120 | Mongolia | 93.3% | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 121 | Barbados | 93.2% | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 122 | Brunei | 93.2% | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 123 | Togo | 92.5% | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 92.4% | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 125 | Bolivia | 92.4% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 126 | Nicaragua | 92.4% | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 127 | Nauru | 92.1% | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 128 | Kenya | 92.0% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 129 | Macao | 91.9% | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 130 | India | 91.7% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 131 | Kiribati | 91.6% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 132 | Egypt | 91.6% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 133 | Belize | 91.3% | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 134 | Jamaica | 91.0% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 135 | Saint Lucia | 91.0% | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 90.7% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 90.6% | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 138 | Tuvalu | 90.5% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 139 | Marshall Islands | 90.4% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 140 | Zambia | 90.3% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 141 | Philippines | 90.2% | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 142 | Suriname | 90.2% | 2022 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 143 | Botswana | 89.9% | 2021 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 144 | Cayman Islands | 89.8% | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 145 | French Polynesia | 89.6% | 1993 | — | flat |
| 146 | Ghana | 88.9% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 147 | Palestine | 88.2% | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 148 | Ukraine | 88.1% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 149 | Dominican Republic | 88.0% | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 150 | Iraq | 88.0% | 2007 | up 25.6% | falling |
| 151 | Mozambique | 87.6% | 2017 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 152 | Sri Lanka | 87.5% | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 153 | Gibraltar | 87.5% | 2024 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 154 | Malawi | 87.2% | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 155 | Maldives | 85.9% | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 156 | Bahamas | 85.5% | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 157 | Lesotho | 85.0% | 2017 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 158 | Malaysia | 84.8% | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 159 | Gabon | 84.3% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 160 | Paraguay | 84.1% | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 161 | Panama | 83.9% | 2017 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 162 | Cambodia | 83.5% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 163 | Cameroon | 83.5% | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 164 | Puerto Rico | 83.3% | 2024 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 165 | Romania | 82.9% | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 166 | Uganda | 82.3% | 2007 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 167 | Zimbabwe | 81.6% | 2013 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 81.4% | 2012 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 169 | Seychelles | 80.4% | 2024 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 170 | Benin | 80.0% | 2022 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 171 | Madagascar | 79.9% | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 172 | Bermuda | 79.3% | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 173 | Cote d'Ivoire | 79.2% | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 174 | Congo | 78.4% | 2012 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 175 | Comoros | 77.0% | 2022 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 176 | El Salvador | 76.3% | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 177 | Guatemala | 76.2% | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 178 | Bangladesh | 75.3% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 179 | British Virgin Islands | 74.8% | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 180 | Guinea | 74.0% | 2014 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 181 | Angola | 72.3% | 2023 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 182 | San Marino | 72.0% | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 183 | Lebanon | 71.1% | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 184 | Nigeria | 70.2% | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 185 | Laos | 69.4% | 2025 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 186 | Ethiopia | 68.6% | 2015 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 187 | Eritrea | 68.6% | 2022 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 188 | Tanzania | 67.8% | 2021 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 189 | Yemen | 67.2% | 2016 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 190 | Mauritania | 66.6% | 2020 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 191 | Pakistan | 64.9% | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 192 | Honduras | 64.5% | 2024 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 193 | Central African Republic | 62.2% | 2016 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 194 | Chad | 62.1% | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 195 | Guinea-Bissau | 61.8% | 2000 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 196 | Sudan | 60.4% | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 197 | Mali | 60.2% | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 198 | Burundi | 59.4% | 2025 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Liberia | 57.0% | 2020 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 200 | Senegal | 56.6% | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 201 | Syria | 55.5% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 202 | Tokelau | 52.6% | 2025 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 203 | Burkina Faso | 51.5% | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Niger | 43.7% | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 205 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.3% | 2005 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 206 | Somalia | 11.3% | 2023 | — | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 114.6%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 106.4%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 106.3%
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 105.9%
- WB: Euro Area 105.8%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 105.3%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 105.3%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 105.0%
- WB: European Union 105.0%
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 104.1%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 103.3%
- WB: Oecd Members 103.0%
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 102.8%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 102.3%
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 102.2%
- AIMS: Pacific 102.2%
- SDG: Oceania 102.2%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 102.2%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 102.2%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 101.8%
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 101.7%
- SDG: Europe 101.7%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 100.9%
- MDG: Developed Regions 100.9%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 100.8%
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 100.6%
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 100.6%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 100.3%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 100.3%
- MDG: Latin America 100.0%
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 99.8%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 99.8%
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 99.7%
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 99.7%
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 99.7%
- MDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 99.7%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 99.7%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean 99.7%
- UIS: Latin America and the Caribbean 99.7%
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 99.5%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release