Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
195
Highest
222.5%
Vanuatu
Lowest
6.8%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Median
78.6%
Years covered
40
1986–2025
Data points
10,051

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male (%) is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 222.5% in Vanuatu; the lowest is 6.8% in Tanzania, United Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 78.6%, and the mean is 78.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 33.

Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Vanuatu (up 514.0%), and the largest decrease in Russian Federation (down 60.7%).

Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Vanuatu 222.5% 2023 up 514.0% volatile
2 Australia 183.5% 2024 down 24.8% falling
3 Monaco 178.0% 2024 up 14.8% rising
4 Finland 166.9% 2024 down 5.7% rising
5 Liechtenstein 160.7% 2021 up 9.3% rising
6 Ireland 156.8% 2022 up 18.9% rising
7 Sweden 140.8% 2024 down 1.1% rising
8 Türkiye 137.9% 2023 up 38.5% rising
9 Netherlands 135.9% 2023 up 8.6% rising
10 Denmark 133.5% 2024 down 5.4% rising
11 Norway 132.8% 2024 up 1.8% rising
12 Poland 127.7% 2024 up 6.0% rising
13 Portugal 124.7% 2023 up 4.9% rising
14 Belgium 122.8% 2023 down 13.4% falling
15 Iceland 121.7% 2023 down 9.9% rising
16 New Zealand 121.7% 2024 down 4.3% flat
17 Costa Rica 121.0% 2024 up 34.2% rising
18 Spain 118.9% 2024 down 6.7% rising
19 Saint Kitts and Nevis 117.7% 2023 up 9.0% rising
20 Lithuania 117.1% 2024 down 4.4% rising
21 Saudi Arabia 116.8% 2024 up 19.8% rising
22 Turks and Caicos Islands 116.6% 2024 up 69.1% rising
23 Hungary 116.4% 2024 up 5.4% rising
24 Uruguay 115.9% 2023 up 45.7% rising
25 Slovenia 115.0% 2023 down 3.6% rising
26 Albania 113.1% 2024 up 2.3% rising
27 Canada 109.7% 2023 down 8.6% rising
28 United Arab Emirates 109.1% 2024 up 0.1% rising
29 Estonia 109.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 108.3% 2023 down 16.8% rising
31 Cyprus 108.3% 2024 up 12.7% rising
32 Greece 107.6% 2023 down 7.5% rising
33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 107.4% 2024 up 28.9% rising
34 Bahrain 107.1% 2024 up 3.4% rising
35 France 106.7% 2024 up 1.2% flat
36 Anguilla 105.9% 2019 up 27.2% rising
37 Georgia 105.8% 2024 up 4.5% rising
38 Chile 105.5% 2024 up 9.1% rising
39 Montserrat 105.3% 2023 up 9.7% rising
40 Singapore 105.1% 2023 down 4.3% falling
41 Andorra 104.6% 2024 up 33.3% rising
42 Malta 103.1% 2023 up 16.2% rising
43 Japan 101.7% 2023 up 0.9% flat
44 Hong Kong, China 101.6% 2024 down 1.7% rising
45 Switzerland 101.5% 2024 up 0.7% rising
46 Uzbekistan 101.3% 2025 up 12.4% rising
47 Austria 101.2% 2024 down 3.2% flat
48 Qatar 101.0% 2024 down 2.3% rising
49 Germany 100.8% 2024 down 10.0% flat
50 Mongolia 100.6% 2023 up 24.5% rising
51 Italy 99.9% 2023 up 2.2% rising
52 Latvia 99.3% 2024 down 20.2% rising
53 Argentina 99.3% 2023 up 33.2% rising
54 Israel 99.3% 2024 up 1.8% falling
55 Oman 99.0% 2024 down 5.7% rising
56 Peru 98.8% 2024 up 4.9% rising
57 Indonesia 98.7% 2025 up 26.4% rising
58 Brazil 98.0% 2024 up 8.9% rising
59 Luxembourg 97.6% 2024 up 2.8% rising
60 South Africa 97.5% 2023 up 19.6% rising
61 Barbados 97.0% 2024 down 8.1% flat
62 Kazakhstan 96.8% 2025 up 0.2% rising
63 Republic of Korea 95.8% 2024 down 1.2% flat
64 Belarus 94.6% 2024 down 17.9% falling
65 Dominica 94.6% 2023 down 3.6% rising
66 Czechia 94.3% 2023 down 15.7% rising
67 Palau 94.2% 2024 down 9.7% rising
68 Croatia 94.1% 2023 down 0.6% rising
69 Bulgaria 93.7% 2024 up 0.2% rising
70 United States of America 93.1% 2022 up 1.4% rising
71 Viet Nam 92.3% 2022 down 4.9% rising
72 Azerbaijan 90.9% 2024 down 28.0% falling
73 Philippines 90.4% 2024 up 35.8% rising
74 Macau, China 90.1% 2024 down 2.8% rising
75 China 89.0% 2024 up 5.6% rising
76 Ecuador 89.0% 2023 up 1.3% rising
77 Trinidad and Tobago 88.0% 2024 up 6.9% rising
78 Antigua and Barbuda 87.3% 2023 up 28.0% rising
79 Niue 87.2% 2024 up 4.1% rising
80 Grenada 87.0% 2024 down 7.8% rising
81 Cuba 86.2% 2024 down 7.4% rising
82 Naoero 85.9% 2025 down 5.9% rising
83 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 85.5% 2024 up 2.1% rising
84 North Macedonia 85.1% 2023 up 3.8% rising
85 Slovakia 84.7% 2024 down 1.3% flat
86 Colombia 84.7% 2022 up 18.2% rising
87 Serbia 84.5% 2024 down 2.4% rising
88 Kuwait 84.4% 2012 up 15.0% rising
89 Brunei Darussalam 83.4% 2023 down 13.9% rising
90 Montenegro 82.6% 2023 down 8.0% rising
91 Republic of Moldova 82.4% 2024 down 19.2% falling
92 Saint Lucia 81.0% 2024 down 5.8% rising
93 Armenia 79.8% 2024 down 11.6% falling
94 Thailand 79.8% 2025 down 36.2% rising
95 Jamaica 79.5% 2024 up 2.3% rising
96 Sri Lanka 78.7% 2023 down 10.1% rising
97 Romania 78.6% 2023 down 20.1% rising
98 Jordan 78.6% 2024 up 9.6% flat
99 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 78.5% 2024 up 7.0% rising
100 Kyrgyzstan 77.6% 2025 down 1.3% rising
101 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.5% 2023 down 19.0% rising
102 Cook Islands 77.0% 2024 up 17.8% rising
103 Mexico 76.3% 2024 up 10.2% rising
104 Puerto Rico 76.1% 2024 down 9.1% rising
105 Kenya 75.8% 2023 up 17.2% rising
106 Egypt 75.6% 2024 up 20.4% rising
107 Iran, Islamic Republic of 75.3% 2023 down 3.3% rising
108 Bhutan 74.8% 2024 up 18.0% rising
109 Fiji 74.7% 2024 up 1.3% rising
110 Samoa 74.6% 2016 up 10.1% rising
111 Ukraine 74.5% 2024 down 25.5% falling
112 Nepal 74.1% 2025 up 52.0% rising
113 Bahamas 74.1% 2024 down 10.5% falling
114 Paraguay 73.1% 2024 up 3.0% rising
115 Malaysia 72.8% 2024 down 0.2% rising
116 Kiribati 72.8% 2024 rising
117 Cayman Islands 72.4% 2024 down 4.2% falling
118 Eswatini 71.9% 2016 up 63.6% rising
119 Tajikistan 71.7% 2024 down 10.9% rising
120 Guyana 71.5% 2024 down 18.1% rising
121 Timor-Leste 71.5% 2020 up 23.4% rising
122 India 71.1% 2025 up 8.3% rising
123 Palestine, State of 71.1% 2023 up 4.3% rising
124 Cape Verde 69.2% 2022 up 16.6% rising
125 Marshall Islands 68.7% 2024 up 8.5% rising
126 Tunisia 68.5% 2016 up 7.2% rising
127 Sierra Leone 68.1% 2023 up 148.4% rising
128 Mauritius 67.9% 2024 down 20.2% rising
129 Nicaragua 66.5% 2023 up 32.5% rising
130 Algeria 65.3% 2024 up 21.2% rising
131 Bermuda 64.6% 2023 down 5.7% flat
132 Sao Tome and Principe 64.2% 2017 up 195.9% volatile
133 Tonga 63.0% 2024 up 17.3% falling
134 Morocco 62.4% 2024 up 9.0% rising
135 Ghana 61.6% 2024 up 22.6% rising
136 British Virgin Islands 61.0% 2024 down 9.7% falling
137 Aruba 61.0% 2024 down 41.4% falling
138 Belize 58.9% 2024 up 6.5% rising
139 Afghanistan 58.2% 2023 up 0.1% rising
140 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 57.5% 2021 up 36.8% rising
141 Lebanon 56.3% 2024 up 17.4% rising
142 Gibraltar 55.6% 2024 down 50.0% falling
143 Panama 54.7% 2017 up 11.6% rising
144 Dominican Republic 54.7% 2024 down 22.3% rising
145 Myanmar 54.2% 2018 up 67.0% rising
146 Bangladesh 53.9% 2024 up 21.4% rising
147 Suriname 50.3% 2024 up 115.8% rising
148 Seychelles 48.7% 2024 down 23.4% rising
149 El Salvador 48.7% 2024 down 8.8% rising
150 Botswana 48.3% 2021 down 9.4% rising
151 Tuvalu 48.0% 2024 up 17.0% rising
152 Togo 46.5% 2023 down 0.3% rising
153 Côte d'Ivoire 46.2% 2024 up 46.7% rising
154 Zimbabwe 45.8% 2013 up 46.8% rising
155 Comoros 45.5% 2022 down 7.5% rising
156 Honduras 45.0% 2024 up 42.8% falling
157 Angola 44.5% 2023 up 70.2% volatile
158 Congo 43.9% 2012 up 81.9% rising
159 Cameroon 42.9% 2023 down 11.2% rising
160 Iraq 42.8% 2007 up 50.1% rising
161 Russian Federation 42.8% 2023 down 60.7% falling
162 Cambodia 42.1% 2024 up 34.2% rising
163 Yemen 41.9% 2016 down 13.0% falling
164 San Marino 41.7% 2024 down 1.4% rising
165 Namibia 41.2% 2024 up 5.3% rising
166 Pakistan 41.0% 2024 up 43.9% rising
167 Nigeria 39.9% 2023 down 33.6% rising
168 Guinea 36.8% 2014 up 70.3% rising
169 Lesotho 35.7% 2017 up 63.5% rising
170 Mali 35.5% 2023 up 9.3% rising
171 Mozambique 35.4% 2017 up 349.8% volatile
172 Sudan 35.0% 2019 up 10.5% rising
173 Lao People's Democratic Republic 34.6% 2025 down 26.2% rising
174 Tokelau 34.1% 2025 up 467.8% rising
175 Benin 33.5% 2022 down 16.7% rising
176 Liberia 31.7% 2020 down 27.1% flat
177 Solomon Islands 31.7% 2012 up 79.9% rising
178 Maldives 30.2% 2023 up 36.2% rising
179 Guatemala 29.9% 2024 down 17.4% rising
180 Rwanda 29.9% 2024 down 11.1% rising
181 Senegal 29.8% 2023 down 17.9% rising
182 Eritrea 27.9% 2022 down 31.3% falling
183 Mauritania 27.3% 2020 up 60.5% rising
184 Syrian Arab Republic 25.2% 2024 down 11.0% rising
185 Malawi 23.3% 2023 up 0.5% falling
186 Chad 22.6% 2024 down 11.4% rising
187 Madagascar 21.5% 2021 up 21.0% rising
188 Papua New Guinea 19.8% 2023 down 14.7% rising
189 Ethiopia 17.1% 2015 up 131.0% rising
190 Burkina Faso 17.0% 2024 up 12.0% rising
191 Burundi 16.2% 2025 down 46.6% volatile
192 Niger 12.4% 2024 up 15.5% volatile
193 Central African Republic 10.7% 2017 up 22.1% rising
194 Equatorial Guinea 8.8% 2005 down 0.2% flat
195 Tanzania, United Republic of 6.8% 2021 down 32.5% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
416 places, 10,051 data points, 1986–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release