Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male (%) by country
Total male enrollment in primary and secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total male population of official primary and 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.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
136.7%
Sweden
Lowest
20.7%
Somalia
Median
96.7%
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
7,794
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male (%) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 136.7% in Sweden; the lowest is 20.7% in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 96.7%, and the mean is 94.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 144.8%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 25.7%).
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 136.7% | 2018 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 125.1% | 2019 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 3 | Belgium | 124.5% | 2018 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 4 | Finland | 123.4% | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands | 120.0% | 2018 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 6 | Ireland | 117.1% | 2018 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 7 | Australia | 116.4% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 115.4% | 2018 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 9 | Palau | 115.3% | 2014 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 10 | Portugal | 114.9% | 2018 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 114.2% | 2018 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 12 | Peru | 114.1% | 2019 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 112.5% | 2018 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 14 | Grenada | 111.7% | 2018 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 15 | Uruguay | 110.8% | 2018 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 16 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 110.5% | 2018 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 17 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 110.4% | 2018 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 18 | Naoero | 110.1% | 2019 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 109.4% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 20 | Norway | 109.3% | 2018 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 21 | Thailand | 109.3% | 2019 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 22 | Iceland | 109.1% | 2018 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 23 | Antigua and Barbuda | 108.7% | 2018 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 108.5% | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 25 | Argentina | 108.2% | 2017 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 26 | Lithuania | 108.2% | 2018 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 27 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 108.1% | 2016 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 107.9% | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 29 | Hong Kong | 107.9% | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 30 | Tonga | 107.8% | 2015 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 31 | Slovenia | 107.6% | 2018 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 32 | Canada | 107.6% | 2018 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 33 | Malta | 106.8% | 2018 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 34 | Eswatini | 106.4% | 2016 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 35 | Brazil | 106.4% | 2011 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 36 | Algeria | 106.4% | 2011 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 37 | New Zealand | 106.3% | 2018 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 38 | Oman | 106.3% | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 39 | Aruba | 106.3% | 2012 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 40 | Switzerland | 105.4% | 2018 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 41 | Estonia | 105.3% | 2018 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 42 | Russian Federation | 105.3% | 2018 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 43 | Poland | 105.1% | 2018 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 44 | Mongolia | 104.6% | 2010 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 45 | Israel | 104.4% | 2018 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 46 | Latvia | 104.2% | 2018 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 47 | Colombia | 104.2% | 2018 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 48 | Qatar | 104.0% | 2010 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 49 | Luxembourg | 103.8% | 2018 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 50 | France | 103.6% | 2018 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 51 | Greece | 103.3% | 2018 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 52 | Chile | 103.0% | 2018 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 53 | Mexico | 102.7% | 2018 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 54 | Italy | 102.4% | 2018 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 55 | Austria | 102.3% | 2018 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 56 | Türkiye | 102.3% | 2018 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 57 | Cuba | 102.1% | 2019 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 58 | Nepal | 102.1% | 2019 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 59 | Belarus | 102.1% | 2018 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 60 | Georgia | 102.1% | 2019 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 61 | Hungary | 101.8% | 2018 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 62 | Macao | 101.8% | 2019 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 63 | Benin | 101.7% | 2016 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 64 | Barbados | 101.6% | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 65 | Gibraltar | 101.3% | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 66 | Germany | 101.3% | 2018 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 67 | Czechia | 101.3% | 2018 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 68 | Ecuador | 101.3% | 2018 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 69 | Dominica | 101.1% | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 70 | Morocco | 101.0% | 2019 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 71 | Cyprus | 100.8% | 2018 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 100.7% | 2019 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 73 | United States | 100.5% | 2018 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 74 | Libya | 100.3% | 2006 | — | flat |
| 75 | Togo | 100.0% | 2017 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 76 | Tunisia | 99.9% | 2016 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | 99.6% | 2019 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 78 | Republic of Korea | 99.3% | 2018 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 79 | South Africa | 99.2% | 2018 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 80 | Sri Lanka | 99.1% | 2018 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 81 | Afghanistan | 98.8% | 2018 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 82 | Belize | 98.8% | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 83 | Egypt | 98.6% | 2019 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 84 | Iran | 98.4% | 2017 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 85 | Samoa | 98.1% | 2016 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 86 | Timor-Leste | 98.1% | 2019 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 87 | Guyana | 98.0% | 2012 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 88 | Indonesia | 97.9% | 2018 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 89 | Albania | 97.9% | 2019 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 90 | Kuwait | 97.7% | 2015 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 91 | Nicaragua | 97.6% | 2010 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 92 | Ukraine | 97.3% | 2014 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 93 | Mauritius | 96.9% | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 94 | Sao Tome and Principe | 96.9% | 2017 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 95 | Saint Lucia | 96.8% | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 96.7% | 2019 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 97 | Croatia | 96.7% | 2018 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 98 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 96.6% | 2018 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 99 | Gabon | 96.5% | 1999 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 100 | Micronesia (country) | 96.3% | 2005 | — | falling |
| 101 | Angola | 96.2% | 2011 | up 144.8% | rising |
| 102 | Malawi | 96.1% | 2019 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 96.1% | 2013 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 104 | Botswana | 96.0% | 2008 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 105 | Bahrain | 95.9% | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 106 | Cape Verde | 95.8% | 2018 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 107 | Serbia | 95.8% | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 108 | Kiribati | 95.7% | 2008 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 95.5% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 110 | Fiji | 95.5% | 2012 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 111 | Brunei Darussalam | 94.8% | 2019 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 112 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 94.7% | 2018 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 94.4% | 2018 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 114 | Namibia | 94.2% | 2007 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 115 | Cameroon | 94.1% | 2016 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 116 | Lesotho | 94.1% | 2017 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 117 | French Polynesia | 93.9% | 1993 | — | rising |
| 118 | China | 93.9% | 2019 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 119 | Slovakia | 93.7% | 2018 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 120 | Montenegro | 93.6% | 2019 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 121 | Trinidad and Tobago | 93.5% | 2004 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 122 | Malaysia | 93.3% | 2017 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 123 | Maldives | 92.7% | 2019 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 124 | Bhutan | 92.7% | 2018 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 125 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 92.2% | 2017 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 126 | Philippines | 92.0% | 2018 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 127 | Iraq | 91.9% | 2007 | up 29.6% | flat |
| 128 | Palestine, State of | 90.7% | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 129 | Rwanda | 90.6% | 2019 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 130 | Ghana | 90.4% | 2019 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 131 | British Virgin Islands | 89.9% | 2018 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 132 | Suriname | 89.6% | 2015 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 133 | Paraguay | 89.2% | 2012 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 134 | Romania | 88.5% | 2018 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 135 | Republic of Moldova | 88.4% | 2019 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 136 | North Macedonia | 87.2% | 2018 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 137 | Seychelles | 87.2% | 2019 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 138 | Myanmar | 87.1% | 2018 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 139 | Armenia | 87.0% | 2019 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 140 | Zimbabwe | 86.5% | 2013 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 141 | Cambodia | 86.4% | 2008 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 142 | Bangladesh | 85.6% | 2018 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 143 | Bermuda | 85.5% | 2015 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 144 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 85.5% | 2015 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 85.4% | 2016 | — | rising |
| 146 | Jamaica | 85.3% | 2019 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 147 | Panama | 85.0% | 2017 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 148 | Burundi | 84.9% | 2019 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Kenya | 84.8% | 2009 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 150 | Mozambique | 84.0% | 2017 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 151 | El Salvador | 83.9% | 2018 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 152 | Uganda | 83.8% | 2007 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 153 | Vanuatu | 83.6% | 2015 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 154 | Sierra Leone | 83.2% | 2017 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 155 | Cayman Islands | 83.0% | 2018 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 156 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 82.6% | 2019 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 157 | India | 82.5% | 2019 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 158 | Puerto Rico | 82.1% | 2018 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 159 | Côte d'Ivoire | 82.0% | 2019 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 81.7% | 2012 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 161 | San Marino | 81.2% | 2019 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 162 | Yemen | 80.9% | 2016 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 163 | Congo | 80.4% | 2012 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 164 | Comoros | 78.7% | 2018 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 165 | Madagascar | 78.1% | 2019 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 166 | Honduras | 78.0% | 2019 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 167 | Guatemala | 77.5% | 2019 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 168 | Guinea | 74.3% | 2014 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 169 | Bahamas | 74.2% | 2018 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 170 | Liberia | 74.2% | 2015 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 171 | Jordan | 73.9% | 2019 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 172 | Tuvalu | 73.1% | 2019 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 173 | Ethiopia | 72.6% | 2015 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 174 | Marshall Islands | 71.3% | 2019 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 175 | Pakistan | 71.1% | 2019 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 176 | Zambia | 71.1% | 1988 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 177 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 70.7% | 2019 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 178 | Burkina Faso | 68.4% | 2019 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Mauritania | 68.2% | 2019 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 180 | Nigeria | 67.9% | 2016 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 181 | Central African Republic | 66.7% | 2016 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 182 | Gambia | 66.0% | 2010 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 183 | Sudan | 65.2% | 2017 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 184 | Chad | 64.6% | 2019 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 185 | Mali | 64.4% | 2018 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 186 | Syria | 63.2% | 2013 | down 25.7% | flat |
| 187 | Djibouti | 62.8% | 2020 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 188 | Guinea-Bissau | 62.8% | 2000 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 189 | Eritrea | 61.4% | 2018 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 190 | Senegal | 60.6% | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 191 | Equatorial Guinea | 58.3% | 2005 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 192 | Niger | 55.6% | 2017 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 193 | Somalia | 20.7% | 2007 | — | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- European Union 106.5%
- Euro area 106.4%
- Europe & Central Asia 103.7%
- World 88.8%
- OECD members 103.5%
- High income 103.4%
- Post-demographic dividend 102.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 102.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 102.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean 102.7%
- North America 101.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 100.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 100.2%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 99.3%
- Upper middle income 97.7%
- Late-demographic dividend 96.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 95.1%
- East Asia & Pacific 94.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 93.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 93.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 93.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 93.8%
- IBRD only 92.1%
- Caribbean Small States 91.6%
- Pacific island small states 91.2%
- Small states 90.5%
- Other small states 90.3%
- Middle income 88.7%
- IDA & IBRD total 87.1%
- Low & middle income 87.1%
- Early-demographic dividend 87.1%
- Arab World 86.9%
- Lower middle income 82.4%
- South Asia 82.2%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 82.2%
- IDA only 79.1%
- Least developed countries 79.1%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 77.8%
- IDA total 77.4%
- Low income 77.4%
About this data
Total male enrollment in primary and secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total male population of official primary and 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.