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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 99.1%
- SDG: Northern America 99.1%
- WB: North America 99.1%
- UNICEF: North America 99.1%
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 96.0%
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 95.9%
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 95.4%
- WB: Ida Blend 95.3%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 94.7%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 94.7%
- MDG: Oceania 94.6%
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 94.6%
- ESCAP: Pacific Island Developing Economies (pide) (unsdcode:98427) 94.6%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 94.5%
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 93.8%
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 93.8%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 93.8%
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 92.9%
- UNICEF: South Asia 92.9%
- WB: South Asia 92.7%
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 92.7%
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 92.5%
- WB: Africa Western and Central 92.4%
- WB: Caribbean Small States 92.3%
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 91.9%
- AIMS: South and West Asia 91.7%
- MDG: Southern Asia 91.7%
- SDG: Southern Asia 91.7%
- UIS: South and West Asia 91.7%
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 91.6%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 91.2%
- ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) 90.0%
- GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 89.9%
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 89.7%
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 89.4%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 89.4%
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 88.7%
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 88.6%
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 87.9%
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 87.9%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release