Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in Middle income

Middle income: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male was 88.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
88.7%
Change on year
up 0.4%
Rank
26th
of 43 groups
All-time high
89.0%
in 2016
All-time low
69.3%
in 1970
Years of data
50
1970–2019

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in Middle income, 1970–2019

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

Middle income recorded 88.7% for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in 2019.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in Middle income peaked at 89.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 69.3%, in 1970.

That places Middle income 26th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, 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 Middle income, year by year

Annual values for Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male (%) in Middle income, 1970 to 2019.
Year % Change
1970 69.3%
1971 70.9% +2.4%
1972 73.1% +3.1%
1973 76.3% +4.4%
1974 77.1% +1.2%
1975 77.2% +0.0%
1976 78.0% +1.0%
1977 77.8% -0.2%
1978 76.2% -2.1%
1979 77.1% +1.2%
1980 76.8% -0.4%
1981 76.7% -0.1%
1982 76.3% -0.5%
1983 76.1% -0.2%
1984 76.5% +0.5%
1985 75.6% -1.1%
1986 77.7% +2.7%
1987 77.5% -0.3%
1988 77.9% +0.6%
1989 78.2% +0.3%
1990 78.4% +0.2%
1991 78.7% +0.3%
1992 79.3% +0.8%
1993 80.0% +0.9%
1994 80.2% +0.2%
1995 80.6% +0.5%
1996 80.7% +0.1%
1997 80.5% -0.3%
1998 80.6% +0.1%
1999 80.4% -0.2%
2000 80.9% +0.5%
2001 80.8% -0.0%
2002 80.9% +0.0%
2003 81.1% +0.3%
2004 82.1% +1.2%
2005 82.5% +0.5%
2006 83.1% +0.7%
2007 84.5% +1.7%
2008 85.3% +0.9%
2009 85.5% +0.2%
2010 86.7% +1.4%
2011 87.6% +1.1%
2012 88.3% +0.8%
2013 88.4% +0.0%
2014 88.1% -0.3%
2015 88.2% +0.1%
2016 89.0% +0.9%
2017 88.8% -0.2%
2018 88.3% -0.5%
2019 88.7% +0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 75.3% 69.3% 78.0% 10
1980s 76.9% 75.6% 78.2% 10
1990s 79.9% 78.4% 80.7% 10
2000s 82.7% 80.8% 85.5% 10
2010s 88.2% 86.7% 89.0% 10

Countries ranked near Middle income

  1. 23 Antigua and Barbuda 108.7% compare
  2. 24 Kazakhstan 108.5% compare
  3. 25 Argentina 108.2% compare
  4. 26 Lithuania 108.2% compare
  5. 27 Saint Kitts and Nevis 108.1% compare
  6. 28 Saudi Arabia 107.9% compare
  7. 29 Hong Kong, China 107.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in Middle income?
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in Middle income was 88.7% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male recorded in Middle income?
The highest recorded value was 89.0% in 2016.
What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male recorded in Middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 69.3% in 1970.
How does Middle income rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male?
Middle income ranks 26th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male rising or falling in Middle income?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle income 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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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,794 data points, 1970–2020
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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.