Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male was 87.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1972–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) stood at 87.8%.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 88.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 61.3%, in 1981.
That places ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 130th out of 221 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 61.7% | — |
| 1973 | 64.6% | +4.6% |
| 1974 | 64.4% | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 65.2% | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 65.5% | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 64.5% | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 64.7% | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 65.3% | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 65.7% | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 61.3% | -6.8% |
| 1982 | 65.1% | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 67.3% | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 66.2% | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 65.3% | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 61.7% | -5.6% |
| 1987 | 65.2% | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 66.8% | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 64.1% | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 63.5% | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 65.4% | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 67.0% | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 67.6% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 68.7% | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 68.8% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 70.2% | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 69.9% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 70.1% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 70.1% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 70.9% | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 71.6% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 75.1% | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 76.4% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 78.0% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 76.0% | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 77.0% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 76.3% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 75.9% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 78.0% | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 79.4% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 80.9% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 82.1% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 83.7% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 84.1% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 84.6% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 86.5% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 86.3% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 88.1% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 88.5% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 88.1% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 87.8% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 64.5% | 61.7% | 65.5% | 8 |
| 1980s | 64.9% | 61.3% | 67.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.1% | 63.5% | 70.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 75.5% | 70.9% | 78.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.4% | 79.4% | 88.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.9% | 87.8% | 88.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
More education data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 566,569 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.93 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 9.87 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.09 million (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 12.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 9.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 10.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.85 million (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 87.8% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The highest recorded value was 88.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.3% in 1981.
- How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male?
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 130th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release