Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male was 73.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States is 73.2%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 77.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 66.4%, in 1999.
SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 118th of 212 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 66.4% | — |
| 2000 | 67.2% | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 68.6% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 69.1% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 69.1% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 69.5% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 70.1% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 70.6% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 71.7% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 72.2% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 72.7% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 73.6% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 74.3% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 76.7% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 76.5% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 77.1% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 77.5% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 77.3% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 77.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 77.4% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 77.6% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 77.1% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 76.1% | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 76.2% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 75.7% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 73.2% | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 66.4% | 66.4% | 66.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 70.1% | 67.2% | 72.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.5% | 73.6% | 77.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.7% | 73.2% | 77.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
- 115 Tunisia 74.8% compare
- 116 India 73.9% compare
- 117 Dominican Republic 73.9% compare
- 118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 73.8% compare
- 119 Brunei Darussalam 73.8% compare
- 120 Panama 73.7% compare
- 121 Cape Verde 73.5% compare
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.58 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 430,327 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1626 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.021 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 632,078 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -3.47 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 73.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 77.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.4% in 1999.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 118th out of 212 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release