Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public institutions, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
180
Highest
64.3%
Afghanistan
Lowest
26.0%
Kyrgyzstan
Median
51.0%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
2,494
What the numbers show
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public institutions, male (%) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 64.3% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 26.0% in Kyrgyzstan.
The median across all reporting countries is 51.0%, and the mean is 50.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Niue (up 24.6%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 48.7%).
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 64.3% | 2018 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 2 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 63.1% | 2021 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 3 | Chad | 60.9% | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 4 | Iraq | 58.6% | 2007 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 5 | Yemen | 58.4% | 2016 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 6 | Dominica | 58.0% | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 7 | Macau, China | 57.1% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 8 | Togo | 55.9% | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 9 | Cambodia | 55.9% | 2007 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 10 | Angola | 55.7% | 2023 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 11 | Liechtenstein | 55.4% | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 12 | Benin | 55.4% | 2022 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 13 | Congo | 55.0% | 2012 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 14 | Cameroon | 54.7% | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 15 | Djibouti | 54.2% | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 16 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 54.1% | 2022 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 17 | Solomon Islands | 54.1% | 2012 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 18 | Pakistan | 53.8% | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 19 | Germany | 53.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | Tajikistan | 53.6% | 2013 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 21 | British Virgin Islands | 53.6% | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 22 | Eritrea | 53.6% | 2018 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | 53.5% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 24 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 53.1% | 2018 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 25 | Austria | 53.1% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 26 | Hungary | 53.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 27 | Mali | 52.9% | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 28 | China | 52.8% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 29 | Australia | 52.8% | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 30 | Albania | 52.7% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 31 | Switzerland | 52.7% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 32 | Luxembourg | 52.7% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 33 | Tokelau | 52.7% | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 34 | San Marino | 52.6% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 35 | Hong Kong, China | 52.5% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 36 | Thailand | 52.4% | 2020 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 37 | Tonga | 52.4% | 2020 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 38 | Armenia | 52.4% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 39 | Niger | 52.4% | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 40 | Georgia | 52.3% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 41 | Bulgaria | 52.3% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 42 | Greece | 52.2% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 43 | Norway | 52.2% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 44 | Mozambique | 52.2% | 2017 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 45 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 52.2% | 2020 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 46 | Belize | 52.2% | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 47 | Denmark | 52.1% | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 48 | Chile | 52.1% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 49 | Bangladesh | 52.1% | 2017 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 50 | Antigua and Barbuda | 52.1% | 2018 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 51 | Czechia | 52.0% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 52 | Korea | 51.9% | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 53 | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.9% | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 54 | Russian Federation | 51.9% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 55 | Lithuania | 51.8% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 56 | Maldives | 51.8% | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 57 | Guatemala | 51.7% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 58 | Poland | 51.7% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 59 | Uzbekistan | 51.6% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 60 | Slovakia | 51.6% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 61 | Montenegro | 51.5% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 62 | United States of America | 51.5% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 63 | Japan | 51.5% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 64 | Andorra | 51.5% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 65 | Republic of Moldova | 51.5% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 66 | Naoero | 51.5% | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 67 | Ukraine | 51.4% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 68 | Canada | 51.4% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 69 | North Macedonia | 51.4% | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 70 | Malta | 51.4% | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 71 | Comoros | 51.4% | 2017 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 72 | Belarus | 51.4% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 51.4% | 2020 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 74 | Italy | 51.3% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 75 | Romania | 51.3% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 76 | Latvia | 51.3% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 77 | Monaco | 51.2% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 78 | Iceland | 51.2% | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 79 | Türkiye | 51.2% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 80 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 51.2% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 81 | Slovenia | 51.2% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 82 | Nigeria | 51.2% | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 83 | Cyprus | 51.1% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 84 | Barbados | 51.1% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 85 | Singapore | 51.1% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 86 | Argentina | 51.0% | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 87 | Saudi Arabia | 51.0% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 88 | Netherlands | 51.0% | 2022 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 89 | Turkmenistan | 51.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 90 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 51.0% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 91 | Cuba | 50.9% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 92 | Cayman Islands | 50.9% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 93 | France | 50.9% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 94 | Jamaica | 50.8% | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 95 | Serbia | 50.8% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 96 | Egypt | 50.7% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 97 | Spain | 50.7% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 98 | Bahrain | 50.7% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 99 | Oman | 50.7% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 100 | Brazil | 50.6% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.6% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 102 | Guyana | 50.6% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 103 | Eswatini | 50.5% | 2016 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 104 | Morocco | 50.5% | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 105 | Ecuador | 50.5% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 106 | Gibraltar | 50.5% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 107 | Malawi | 50.4% | 2018 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 108 | Madagascar | 50.4% | 2019 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 50.4% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 110 | Algeria | 50.4% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 111 | Portugal | 50.3% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 112 | Estonia | 50.3% | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 113 | Peru | 50.3% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 114 | Panama | 50.2% | 2016 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 115 | Niue | 50.2% | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 116 | Puerto Rico | 50.2% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 50.2% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 118 | India | 50.2% | 2020 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 119 | Ghana | 50.2% | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 120 | Paraguay | 50.2% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 121 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50.1% | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 122 | Brunei Darussalam | 50.1% | 2020 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 123 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 50.1% | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 124 | Sierra Leone | 50.1% | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 125 | Malaysia | 50.0% | 2021 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 126 | New Zealand | 50.0% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 127 | Bahamas | 50.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 128 | Samoa | 49.9% | 2016 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 129 | Croatia | 49.9% | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 130 | Grenada | 49.9% | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 131 | Mongolia | 49.9% | 2019 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 132 | Seychelles | 49.8% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 49.8% | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 134 | Philippines | 49.8% | 2020 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 135 | Anguilla | 49.7% | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 136 | Qatar | 49.7% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 137 | Montserrat | 49.7% | 2019 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 138 | Colombia | 49.6% | 2022 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 139 | El Salvador | 49.5% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 140 | Cook Islands | 49.5% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 141 | Bermuda | 49.2% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 142 | Costa Rica | 49.1% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 143 | Mauritania | 49.0% | 2020 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 144 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 49.0% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 145 | Ireland | 49.0% | 2022 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 146 | Aruba | 48.9% | 2012 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 147 | Cape Verde | 48.9% | 2022 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 148 | Indonesia | 48.8% | 2018 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 149 | Sudan | 48.8% | 2019 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 150 | South Africa | 48.6% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 151 | Finland | 48.6% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 152 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 48.5% | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 153 | Israel | 48.5% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 154 | Timor-Leste | 48.4% | 2019 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 155 | Marshall Islands | 48.3% | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 156 | Uruguay | 48.1% | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 157 | Myanmar | 48.0% | 2018 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 158 | Bhutan | 48.0% | 2018 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 159 | Sweden | 47.9% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 160 | Botswana | 47.9% | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 161 | Tuvalu | 47.7% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 162 | Jordan | 47.7% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 47.6% | 2017 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 164 | Mexico | 47.6% | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 165 | Dominican Republic | 47.6% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 166 | Honduras | 47.4% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 167 | Belgium | 47.4% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 168 | Suriname | 47.4% | 2021 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 169 | Kuwait | 47.1% | 2015 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 170 | Palestine, State of | 47.0% | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 171 | Syrian Arab Republic | 46.9% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 172 | Namibia | 46.6% | 2006 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 173 | Mauritius | 46.5% | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 174 | Burkina Faso | 45.1% | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 175 | Lebanon | 45.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 176 | Senegal | 44.7% | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 177 | Rwanda | 44.5% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 178 | Burundi | 42.8% | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 179 | Lesotho | 42.7% | 2016 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 180 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.0% | 2021 | down 48.7% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release