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

Total male enrollment in upper secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the male population of official upper secondary education age.

Countries reporting
182
Highest
189.7%
Finland
Lowest
7.8%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Median
79.0%
Years covered
40
1981–2020
Data points
4,271

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male (%) is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 189.7% in Finland; the lowest is 7.8% in Tanzania, United Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 79.0%, and the mean is 78.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.

Over the past decade 148 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 322.0%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 39.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Finland 189.7% 2018 up 68.2% rising
2 Ireland 183.5% 2018 up 58.8% rising
3 Australia 181.2% 2018 — flat
4 Sweden 175.6% 2018 up 66.9% flat
5 Liechtenstein 144.7% 2018 up 14.2% rising
6 Belgium 138.2% 2018 down 12.1% rising
7 Denmark 136.9% 2018 up 16.2% rising
8 Norway 133.7% 2018 up 1.8% falling
9 Costa Rica 132.3% 2019 up 93.9% rising
10 Iceland 132.2% 2018 up 14.3% rising
11 Netherlands 131.8% 2018 up 15.8% flat
12 Estonia 127.9% 2018 up 33.5% rising
13 Saudi Arabia 127.7% 2019 up 37.6% rising
14 Spain 126.6% 2018 up 12.6% rising
15 Slovenia 124.3% 2018 up 25.2% rising
16 Portugal 123.8% 2018 up 50.0% rising
17 Bulgaria 123.6% 2018 up 34.2% rising
18 New Zealand 122.8% 2018 down 4.9% flat
19 Poland 119.6% 2018 up 21.7% rising
20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 118.8% 2018 up 27.8% rising
21 Belarus 118.7% 2018 down 10.3% falling
22 Canada 117.2% 2018 up 12.2% rising
23 Kazakhstan 116.6% 2019 up 26.6% rising
24 Lithuania 116.5% 2018 up 10.2% rising
25 Latvia 115.8% 2018 up 17.6% rising
26 Russian Federation 115.1% 2018 up 31.3% rising
27 Oman 114.3% 2019 up 22.9% rising
28 Palau 112.9% 2014 up 42.7% rising
29 United Arab Emirates 112.7% 2017 — rising
30 Naoero 111.9% 2019 up 122.7% volatile
31 Greece 111.6% 2018 up 13.4% rising
32 Grenada 110.3% 2018 up 40.4% rising
33 Thailand 109.6% 2019 up 80.1% rising
34 Peru 108.6% 2019 up 48.1% rising
35 Hong Kong, China 108.1% 2019 up 45.8% rising
36 Türkiye 108.0% 2018 up 28.3% rising
37 Czechia 107.2% 2018 up 18.8% rising
38 France 106.6% 2018 down 1.3% falling
39 Hungary 106.5% 2018 up 10.6% rising
40 Malta 105.6% 2018 down 1.9% rising
41 Aruba 105.6% 2012 up 25.2% rising
42 Uruguay 105.3% 2018 up 73.9% rising
43 Switzerland 105.2% 2018 up 16.7% rising
44 Georgia 103.6% 2019 up 3.2% rising
45 Israel 103.4% 2018 down 6.9% falling
46 Cuba 102.3% 2019 up 14.2% rising
47 Barbados 102.0% 2019 down 1.7% flat
48 Chile 101.9% 2018 up 20.6% rising
49 Germany 101.6% 2018 down 8.0% falling
50 Cyprus 101.5% 2018 up 7.5% rising
51 Austria 101.4% 2018 up 0.6% falling
52 Marshall Islands 101.3% 2019 up 51.6% rising
53 Republic of Korea 100.8% 2018 up 10.6% flat
54 Qatar 100.3% 2010 up 27.5% rising
55 Italy 100.2% 2018 up 0.9% rising
56 Saint Kitts and Nevis 98.1% 2016 up 29.2% rising
57 Antigua and Barbuda 97.5% 2018 up 30.4% rising
58 United States of America 96.9% 2018 up 9.3% rising
59 Ukraine 96.6% 2014 down 3.1% falling
60 Ecuador 95.6% 2018 up 73.6% rising
61 South Africa 95.5% 2018 up 9.8% rising
62 Sri Lanka 95.2% 2018 up 3.8% rising
63 Macau, China 95.1% 2019 up 36.5% rising
64 Uzbekistan 94.0% 2019 up 17.7% falling
65 Albania 93.4% 2019 up 28.1% rising
66 Luxembourg 92.2% 2018 up 7.6% rising
67 Bahrain 90.9% 2019 up 10.5% rising
68 Gibraltar 90.3% 2019 up 7.9% rising
69 Romania 88.3% 2018 up 2.5% rising
70 Saint Lucia 88.2% 2019 up 17.9% rising
71 Serbia 88.2% 2019 up 7.7% rising
72 Croatia 88.2% 2018 up 1.3% rising
73 Republic of Moldova 88.2% 2019 up 6.3% rising
74 Montenegro 88.0% 2019 up 2.8% rising
75 Mongolia 87.1% 2015 up 20.8% rising
76 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 86.5% 2018 up 10.4% rising
77 Kuwait 86.5% 2012 up 13.0% rising
78 Slovakia 85.4% 2018 down 3.4% rising
79 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 85.3% 2018 up 8.3% rising
80 Guyana 83.8% 2012 up 12.8% flat
81 Brunei Darussalam 83.7% 2019 up 2.0% rising
82 Jamaica 82.5% 2019 down 7.2% rising
83 Argentina 81.7% 2017 up 30.8% rising
84 Mexico 81.7% 2018 up 43.6% rising
85 Puerto Rico 81.2% 2018 down 1.4% rising
86 Mauritius 81.2% 2019 up 5.2% rising
87 Azerbaijan 81.2% 2019 — rising
88 Kyrgyzstan 80.8% 2019 up 23.6% rising
89 Brazil 79.7% 2011 down 4.5% flat
90 Samoa 79.6% 2016 up 17.0% rising
91 Iran, Islamic Republic of 79.3% 2017 up 26.6% rising
92 Dominica 78.7% 2019 up 21.3% rising
93 Indonesia 78.7% 2018 up 36.4% rising
94 Egypt 78.2% 2019 up 64.1% flat
95 China 78.1% 2019 up 12.5% rising
96 Tajikistan 77.7% 2013 up 30.1% rising
97 Armenia 76.0% 2019 down 22.9% falling
98 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 75.2% 2017 up 26.1% rising
99 Colombia 74.2% 2018 up 12.5% rising
100 North Macedonia 73.5% 2018 down 3.6% rising
101 Malaysia 73.4% 2019 up 27.6% rising
102 Eswatini 73.0% 2016 up 57.4% rising
103 Cayman Islands 72.6% 2018 up 2.0% falling
104 Timor-Leste 71.9% 2019 up 45.8% rising
105 Fiji 71.9% 2012 up 21.1% rising
106 Bhutan 71.0% 2018 up 105.3% volatile
107 British Virgin Islands 70.7% 2018 down 19.1% falling
108 Palestine, State of 69.1% 2019 down 2.5% rising
109 Tunisia 68.9% 2016 up 8.4% rising
110 Kiribati 67.5% 2008 up 19.1% falling
111 India 66.3% 2019 up 30.6% rising
112 Paraguay 65.8% 2016 up 28.8% rising
113 Bahamas 65.2% 2018 down 23.4% falling
114 Turks and Caicos Islands 65.0% 2018 up 19.1% rising
115 Tonga 64.5% 2015 down 23.9% falling
116 Ghana 64.4% 2019 up 122.4% rising
117 Dominican Republic 64.4% 2019 down 6.0% rising
118 Bermuda 64.1% 2015 down 2.8% flat
119 Sao Tome and Principe 63.0% 2017 up 180.1% rising
120 Cape Verde 62.8% 2018 up 4.1% rising
121 Morocco 62.3% 2019 up 38.4% rising
122 Philippines 60.2% 2018 up 2.2% rising
123 Nepal 59.3% 2019 up 44.7% rising
124 Bangladesh 57.2% 2019 up 46.9% rising
125 Belize 56.8% 2019 up 17.7% rising
126 El Salvador 56.3% 2018 up 21.7% rising
127 Lao People's Democratic Republic 55.2% 2019 up 45.5% rising
128 Botswana 54.5% 2008 up 3.5% rising
129 Panama 54.4% 2017 up 9.8% rising
130 Seychelles 53.4% 2019 up 10.7% flat
131 Algeria 52.6% 2011 up 48.3% rising
132 Afghanistan 52.4% 2018 up 72.5% rising
133 Jordan 51.3% 2019 down 26.4% falling
134 Honduras 50.6% 2019 up 8.0% falling
135 Nicaragua 50.6% 2010 up 41.9% rising
136 Cameroon 49.7% 2016 up 195.9% rising
137 Myanmar 49.7% 2018 up 52.1% rising
138 Yemen 49.5% 2016 down 12.0% falling
139 Benin 48.5% 2016 up 63.9% rising
140 Togo 48.3% 2017 up 17.6% rising
141 San Marino 47.8% 2019 down 39.9% rising
142 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 47.6% 2015 up 21.1% rising
143 Congo 46.9% 2012 up 87.8% rising
144 Kenya 45.1% 2009 up 80.1% rising
145 Iraq 44.8% 2007 up 55.7% rising
146 Djibouti 43.3% 2020 up 61.5% rising
147 Zimbabwe 43.2% 2013 up 32.2% rising
148 Comoros 42.9% 2018 up 9.9% rising
149 Nigeria 41.0% 2016 up 22.7% rising
150 Burundi 40.5% 2019 up 211.9% volatile
151 Côte d'Ivoire 39.7% 2019 up 16.3% rising
152 Tuvalu 39.1% 2019 down 7.1% rising
153 Guinea 38.5% 2014 up 76.1% rising
154 Pakistan 37.5% 2019 up 35.4% rising
155 Sudan 37.4% 2017 up 27.1% rising
156 Suriname 36.8% 2015 up 3.7% falling
157 Lesotho 35.7% 2017 up 56.8% rising
158 Senegal 35.4% 2019 up 77.3% rising
159 Guatemala 34.5% 2019 up 12.6% rising
160 Mozambique 34.5% 2017 up 322.0% volatile
161 Liberia 34.5% 2015 up 0.3% rising
162 Maldives 34.5% 2019 up 85.4% volatile
163 Mali 34.0% 2018 up 22.8% rising
164 Namibia 34.0% 2007 up 0.4% flat
165 Vanuatu 33.7% 2015 down 26.3% rising
166 Cambodia 33.0% 2008 up 125.7% rising
167 Eritrea 31.3% 2018 down 5.2% rising
168 Rwanda 31.0% 2019 up 66.5% rising
169 Solomon Islands 30.7% 2012 up 65.3% rising
170 Syrian Arab Republic 30.5% 2013 down 3.7% rising
171 Angola 29.9% 2016 up 75.8% rising
172 Sierra Leone 29.2% 2017 down 6.5% rising
173 Mauritania 28.5% 2019 up 52.9% rising
174 Burkina Faso 25.4% 2019 up 105.7% rising
175 Chad 23.5% 2019 down 5.1% rising
176 Madagascar 22.2% 2019 up 42.4% rising
177 Malawi 21.5% 2019 up 11.9% falling
178 Ethiopia 17.7% 2015 up 127.4% rising
179 Niger 13.6% 2017 up 169.3% rising
180 Equatorial Guinea 13.3% 2005 up 55.1% rising
181 Central African Republic 11.8% 2017 up 17.7% rising
182 Tanzania, United Republic of 7.8% 2019 down 20.3% rising

Regions and income groups

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 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
227 places, 4,271 data points, 1981–2020
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Total male enrollment in upper secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the male population of official upper secondary education age.