Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, male (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
188
Highest
100.0%
Argentina
Lowest
14.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Median
81.5%
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
9,568

What the numbers show

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, male (%) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Argentina; the lowest is 14.5% in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The median across all reporting countries is 81.5%, and the mean is 74.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 872.6%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 84.1%).

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Argentina 100.0% 2023 unchanged rising
1 Antigua and Barbuda 100.0% 2018 up 7.4% rising
1 Bahamas 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Bermuda 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Barbados 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Botswana 100.0% 2008 up 44.9% rising
1 Cayman Islands 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Dominica 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Gibraltar 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Grenada 100.0% 2023 unchanged rising
1 Guyana 100.0% 2023 up 18.3% rising
1 Jamaica 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Kiribati 100.0% 2024 falling
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Saint Lucia 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Marshall Islands 100.0% 2024 up 1.2% flat
1 Malawi 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Namibia 100.0% 2007 unchanged flat
1 Nauru 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Peru 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Palau 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Singapore 100.0% 2023 unchanged rising
1 Solomon Islands 100.0% 2012 unchanged flat
1 Turks and Caicos Islands 100.0% 2023 unchanged rising
1 Trinidad and Tobago 100.0% 2023 flat
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 Samoa 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Zimbabwe 100.0% 2013 unchanged flat
1 Anguilla 100.0% 2019 up 4.1% rising
1 Cook Islands 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Montserrat 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Niue 100.0% 2024 unchanged falling
1 Tokelau 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
34 Kenya 99.2% 2009 up 0.7% flat
35 Mauritania 99.1% 2020 up 5.5% rising
36 Yemen 99.1% 2016 up 1.4% flat
37 Myanmar 98.8% 2018 down 1.2% flat
38 Afghanistan 98.6% 2023 up 3.0% flat
39 Oman 98.6% 2024 down 1.3% flat
40 Nepal 97.6% 2024 up 0.4% flat
41 Eritrea 97.6% 2022 up 0.1% flat
42 Algeria 97.6% 2024 up 9.0% rising
43 Hong Kong 97.5% 2024 up 3.0% rising
44 Comoros 97.5% 2022 unchanged flat
45 Russia 97.3% 2023 up 141.9% rising
46 Saudi Arabia 97.3% 2024 up 0.1% flat
47 Equatorial Guinea 97.2% 2005 up 2.0% flat
48 Laos 97.1% 2020 down 1.6% flat
49 Qatar 96.9% 2024 down 0.3% flat
50 Chad 96.9% 2024 up 0.0% flat
51 Tanzania 96.9% 2021 up 100.2% rising
52 Lesotho 96.8% 2017 up 2.1% flat
53 Kuwait 96.4% 2012 up 0.7% flat
54 Maldives 94.9% 2019 up 81.3% rising
55 Central African Republic 94.9% 2017 up 3.5% rising
56 Sudan 94.7% 2019 up 0.1% flat
57 Fiji 94.2% 2024 up 0.7% rising
58 Palestine 93.9% 2023 down 2.6% flat
59 India 93.8% 2024 down 2.4% falling
60 British Virgin Islands 93.4% 2024 down 6.6% falling
61 Cambodia 93.4% 2023 up 0.1% flat
62 Pakistan 93.3% 2024 up 0.6% flat
63 Macao 93.1% 2024 up 3.3% flat
64 South Africa 91.8% 2023 up 2.5% flat
65 Mauritius 91.4% 2024 up 5.2% rising
66 Canada 91.3% 2023 down 0.2% flat
67 Cote d'Ivoire 91.2% 2024 up 4.7% flat
68 Cape Verde 91.0% 2022 down 1.0% rising
69 Senegal 91.0% 2023 up 1.4% flat
70 Guinea 91.0% 2014 down 3.1% flat
71 Tajikistan 90.0% 2013 up 11.3% rising
72 Sri Lanka 89.9% 2023 up 4.1% rising
73 Madagascar 89.7% 2019 up 6.9% rising
74 Venezuela 89.0% 2024 up 5.5% flat
75 Morocco 88.3% 2024 up 2.0% flat
76 San Marino 88.3% 2024 down 4.4% falling
77 Eswatini 88.2% 2016 down 11.8% flat
78 Jordan 87.5% 2024 up 6.6% rising
79 Togo 87.2% 2023 up 3.1% rising
80 Georgia 87.1% 2024 down 2.7% rising
81 Tunisia 86.3% 2016 down 2.4% falling
82 Iraq 85.1% 2007 up 14.5% rising
83 Sao Tome and Principe 85.0% 2017 down 5.2% falling
84 United Arab Emirates 84.5% 2024 down 12.9% falling
85 Brazil 84.4% 2024 down 8.2% falling
86 South Korea 83.8% 2024 up 4.0% rising
87 Benin 83.7% 2022 down 7.1% rising
88 Ghana 83.6% 2024 down 10.3% flat
89 Malaysia 83.5% 2024 up 10.8% falling
90 Ireland 83.4% 2022 up 20.2% falling
91 Chile 83.4% 2024 up 22.3% rising
92 Bangladesh 82.1% 2024 down 9.1% falling
93 Niger 81.7% 2024 up 11.4% falling
94 Brunei 81.7% 2023 up 1.6% flat
95 Tonga 81.3% 2023 up 27.0% falling
96 Bahrain 80.9% 2024 up 12.7% rising
97 Belize 80.2% 2024 down 5.9% falling
98 Burkina Faso 79.6% 2024 down 9.1% rising
99 Bhutan 78.6% 2024 down 14.4% falling
100 Nicaragua 78.2% 2023 down 18.5% falling
101 Paraguay 76.9% 2024 down 1.6% flat
102 Syria 76.3% 2024 up 4.2% rising
103 Japan 76.3% 2023 up 2.9% rising
104 Uzbekistan 74.9% 2024 up 872.6% volatile
105 Cameroon 74.8% 2023 down 1.8% falling
106 Djibouti 74.5% 2023 down 15.5% flat
107 Cyprus 74.0% 2024 down 3.2% flat
108 Mongolia 74.0% 2023 up 2.9% falling
109 East Timor 74.0% 2019 down 15.8% falling
110 Tuvalu 73.5% 2023 down 26.5% rising
111 Colombia 73.2% 2022 down 4.2% flat
112 Mali 72.7% 2023 up 15.2% falling
113 Monaco 72.6% 2024 up 6.4% rising
114 Dominican Republic 72.5% 2024 down 22.7% falling
115 Albania 71.6% 2024 down 4.3% falling
116 Azerbaijan 70.9% 2024 up 29.1% rising
117 Mozambique 70.2% 2017 down 23.0% rising
118 Ukraine 69.4% 2024 up 8.6% falling
119 Malta 69.0% 2023 down 19.0% rising
120 New Zealand 68.7% 2024 up 1.3% falling
121 Thailand 68.5% 2024 down 8.3% rising
122 Puerto Rico 67.6% 2023 down 28.6% falling
123 Armenia 67.6% 2024 down 4.5% falling
124 Lebanon 66.9% 2024 up 0.3% flat
125 Costa Rica 66.0% 2024 down 6.8% falling
126 Democratic Republic of Congo 65.9% 2021 down 0.3% flat
127 Lithuania 65.8% 2024 down 2.4% rising
128 Ecuador 65.4% 2024 up 3.0% rising
129 Uruguay 64.2% 2023 down 9.8% falling
130 Andorra 64.0% 2024 down 9.5% falling
131 Philippines 63.5% 2024 down 36.5% falling
132 Mexico 63.2% 2024 up 4.5% falling
133 United Kingdom 63.1% 2023 up 11.2% falling
134 Seychelles 62.6% 2024 down 26.8% falling
135 Israel 61.6% 2024 up 5.1% rising
136 Sweden 60.9% 2024 up 13.9% rising
137 Turkey 60.8% 2023 up 14.6% rising
138 Greece 60.2% 2023 down 0.1% flat
139 Iceland 59.6% 2023 down 6.6% rising
140 Burundi 58.8% 2025 down 20.1% falling
141 Spain 58.8% 2024 down 6.6% falling
142 Ethiopia 58.6% 2015 up 3.8% falling
143 El Salvador 58.6% 2024 up 9.8% rising
144 China 58.5% 2024 up 8.5% falling
145 Kyrgyzstan 57.8% 2024 down 3.1% falling
146 Kazakhstan 57.5% 2024 down 2.4% falling
147 Indonesia 57.3% 2024 up 10.8% falling
148 Rwanda 56.6% 2024 down 8.2% rising
149 Portugal 56.4% 2023 up 15.9% falling
150 Iran 55.2% 2023 down 20.5% falling
151 Estonia 54.1% 2024 down 2.2% falling
152 Denmark 53.9% 2024 up 2.1% rising
153 France 53.1% 2024 up 1.0% rising
154 Belarus 52.8% 2024 up 6.9% flat
155 Latvia 52.1% 2024 down 4.3% flat
156 Panama 50.3% 2017 down 5.0% rising
157 Egypt 49.6% 2024 down 0.8% rising
158 Moldova 48.3% 2024 down 9.8% falling
159 Cuba 46.6% 2024 up 0.8% rising
160 Australia 45.2% 2024 up 21.2% rising
161 Suriname 43.5% 2023 up 15.2% falling
162 Germany 43.0% 2024 down 4.8% rising
163 Angola 42.0% 2023 up 71.9% rising
164 Belgium 42.0% 2023 up 10.8% rising
165 Hungary 40.7% 2024 down 42.4% falling
166 Luxembourg 39.9% 2024 up 4.9% rising
167 Norway 39.1% 2024 down 6.6% rising
168 Romania 38.0% 2023 up 19.0% rising
169 Italy 36.8% 2023 up 20.7% falling
170 Poland 36.6% 2024 down 11.4% rising
171 Aruba 36.5% 2022 down 53.7% falling
172 Bulgaria 36.5% 2024 down 7.4% rising
173 North Macedonia 32.3% 2023 down 8.0% rising
174 Switzerland 32.2% 2024 up 15.8% rising
175 Netherlands 30.1% 2023 up 2.4% rising
176 Honduras 30.1% 2024 down 19.2% falling
177 Finland 28.7% 2024 up 6.2% falling
178 Liechtenstein 28.6% 2021 up 84.6% rising
179 Austria 26.2% 2024 down 0.3% rising
180 Slovakia 26.1% 2024 up 4.2% rising
181 Montenegro 26.1% 2023 down 4.2% flat
182 Serbia 23.7% 2024 up 12.6% rising
183 Slovenia 22.7% 2023 down 16.7% falling
184 Czechia 21.7% 2023 up 3.6% rising
185 Croatia 21.5% 2023 down 2.5% rising
186 Guatemala 18.4% 2024 down 21.1% rising
187 Vanuatu 15.3% 2023 down 84.1% volatile
188 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.5% 2023 down 27.1% falling

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
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
409 places, 9,568 data points, 1996–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release