Enrolment in lower secondary education, male (number) by country

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private lower secondary education institutions regardless of age.

Countries reporting

192

Highest

33.11 million number

India

Lowest

164 number

Tuvalu

Median

167,334 number

Years covered

1980–2020

Data points

4,657

What the numbers show

Enrolment in lower secondary education, male (number) is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 33.11 million number in India; the lowest is 164 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 167,334 number, and the mean is 893,343 number.

Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 331.1%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 61.9%).

Enrolment in lower secondary education, male: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	India	33.11 million number	2019	up 12.6%	rising
2	China	25.03 million number	2019	down 15.1%	falling
3	Indonesia	7.02 million number	2018	up 26.7%	rising
4	Brazil	6.87 million number	2018	down 5.3%	falling
5	United States	6.51 million number	2018	—	flat
6	Pakistan	4.23 million number	2019	up 35.6%	rising
7	Mexico	4.12 million number	2018	up 11.0%	rising
8	Philippines	3.89 million number	2018	up 49.6%	rising
9	Russia	3.78 million number	2018	up 13.7%	falling
10	Bangladesh	3.76 million number	2019	up 29.0%	rising
11	Nigeria	3.09 million number	2016	up 49.5%	rising
12	Turkey	2.84 million number	2018	up 41.0%	rising
13	Vietnam	2.80 million number	2019	down 1.3%	falling
14	Egypt	2.79 million number	2019	up 25.5%	rising
15	Germany	2.37 million number	2018	down 7.2%	falling
16	Ethiopia	2.36 million number	2017	up 28.5%	volatile
17	Algeria	1.76 million number	2010	up 60.3%	rising
18	Colombia	1.75 million number	2018	up 1.4%	rising
19	Japan	1.74 million number	2018	down 7.1%	falling
20	France	1.73 million number	2018	up 4.4%	flat
21	Iran	1.64 million number	2017	down 23.5%	falling
22	Thailand	1.63 million number	2019	up 15.4%	rising
23	Myanmar	1.50 million number	2018	up 39.1%	rising
24	Argentina	1.42 million number	2017	up 18.0%	rising
25	United Kingdom	1.36 million number	2018	up 12.2%	rising
26	Uzbekistan	1.35 million number	2019	down 10.4%	falling
27	Democratic Republic of Congo	1.30 million number	2015	up 50.0%	rising
28	Afghanistan	1.27 million number	2018	up 71.2%	rising
29	Kenya	1.13 million number	2016	up 44.1%	rising
30	Tanzania	1.05 million number	2019	up 10.6%	volatile
31	South Africa	982,328 number	2018	up 6.2%	rising
32	Morocco	981,525 number	2019	up 18.5%	rising
33	Angola	951,127 number	2016	up 331.1%	volatile
34	Ukraine	940,402 number	2019	down 17.6%	falling
35	Italy	930,493 number	2018	up 3.3%	falling
36	Nepal	923,306 number	2019	up 21.4%	rising
37	Cote d'Ivoire	910,673 number	2019	up 64.4%	rising
38	Peru	905,294 number	2019	down 0.6%	rising
39	Spain	861,617 number	2018	down 14.3%	rising
40	Ghana	847,096 number	2019	up 25.0%	rising
41	Cameroon	825,570 number	2016	up 185.2%	rising
42	Saudi Arabia	800,664 number	2019	down 7.5%	flat
43	Iraq	774,398 number	2007	up 66.7%	rising
44	Venezuela	766,293 number	2017	up 6.6%	rising
45	Syria	753,997 number	2013	down 18.0%	rising
46	Kazakhstan	734,970 number	2019	up 9.0%	falling
47	Australia	707,150 number	2018	—	rising
48	South Korea	699,339 number	2018	down 35.9%	falling
49	Sri Lanka	698,052 number	2018	up 10.1%	falling
50	Malaysia	685,357 number	2019	down 10.6%	flat
51	Yemen	673,008 number	2016	up 18.1%	rising
52	Canada	635,320 number	2018	up 45.9%	falling
53	Sudan	584,062 number	2017	up 51.5%	rising
54	Poland	566,551 number	2018	down 25.0%	falling
55	Madagascar	538,429 number	2019	up 27.1%	rising
56	Burkina Faso	505,441 number	2019	up 136.4%	volatile
57	Ecuador	496,537 number	2018	up 46.9%	rising
58	Malawi	452,337 number	2019	up 52.3%	rising
59	Tajikistan	421,173 number	2017	down 3.7%	rising
60	Netherlands	420,496 number	2018	up 4.9%	rising
61	Mozambique	416,326 number	2017	up 89.6%	volatile
62	Guatemala	416,279 number	2019	up 17.5%	rising
63	Benin	404,657 number	2016	up 145.1%	rising
64	Romania	379,152 number	2018	down 20.3%	falling
65	Mali	376,417 number	2018	up 47.6%	rising
66	Niger	369,257 number	2017	up 222.7%	volatile
67	Senegal	366,875 number	2019	up 47.7%	volatile
68	Azerbaijan	351,108 number	2019	down 6.6%	falling
69	Jordan	309,635 number	2019	up 19.3%	rising
70	Togo	308,917 number	2017	up 55.5%	rising
71	Cambodia	305,676 number	2019	down 5.3%	rising
72	Guinea	294,618 number	2014	up 64.4%	rising
73	Kyrgyzstan	274,915 number	2019	up 3.3%	flat
74	Palestine	274,796 number	2019	down 3.4%	rising
75	Dominican Republic	269,437 number	2019	up 50.3%	rising
76	Tunisia	259,738 number	2018	down 23.5%	flat
77	Zambia	259,727 number	2017	up 45.3%	rising
78	Chile	258,558 number	2018	down 11.6%	falling
79	Bolivia	233,767 number	2018	up 7.1%	rising
80	Belarus	231,041 number	2018	down 27.9%	falling
81	Laos	230,483 number	2019	up 57.1%	rising
82	Zimbabwe	228,634 number	2013	up 15.3%	flat
83	Chad	228,430 number	2019	up 9.0%	rising
84	Sierra Leone	225,526 number	2019	up 68.2%	rising
85	Honduras	223,203 number	2019	up 33.3%	rising
86	Israel	220,624 number	2018	up 33.8%	rising
87	Rwanda	219,915 number	2019	up 87.6%	rising
88	Belgium	214,814 number	2018	up 27.7%	rising
89	Czechia	204,318 number	2018	down 8.1%	falling
90	Hungary	202,369 number	2018	down 12.6%	falling
91	Sweden	194,734 number	2018	up 1.7%	flat
92	Portugal	189,558 number	2018	down 6.0%	falling
93	Cuba	187,035 number	2019	down 13.1%	falling
94	Oman	176,923 number	2019	up 104.5%	rising
95	Austria	175,544 number	2018	down 10.5%	falling
96	Greece	169,167 number	2018	down 7.5%	falling
97	Paraguay	165,500 number	2016	up 3.2%	rising
98	Burundi	164,686 number	2019	up 27.7%	rising
99	Nicaragua	158,857 number	2010	up 44.0%	rising
100	United Arab Emirates	158,613 number	2017	up 56.6%	rising
101	El Salvador	158,449 number	2018	down 11.7%	rising
102	Costa Rica	151,672 number	2019	up 5.2%	rising
103	Serbia	141,414 number	2019	down 12.9%	falling
104	Switzerland	131,240 number	2018	down 12.1%	falling
105	Slovakia	131,000 number	2018	down 18.0%	falling
106	New Zealand	130,295 number	2018	down 0.1%	rising
107	Denmark	123,859 number	2018	down 0.4%	rising
108	Congo	121,575 number	2012	up 41.4%	rising
109	Ireland	117,890 number	2018	up 34.3%	flat
110	Lebanon	111,531 number	2019	up 6.1%	falling
111	Bulgaria	104,535 number	2018	down 22.6%	falling
112	Panama	101,773 number	2017	up 26.4%	rising
113	Norway	100,564 number	2018	up 5.3%	rising
114	Eritrea	93,830 number	2018	up 12.0%	rising
115	Finland	93,600 number	2018	down 8.4%	falling
116	Uruguay	92,136 number	2018	up 8.2%	rising
117	Mongolia	91,481 number	2018	down 12.4%	rising
118	Mauritania	89,614 number	2019	up 191.1%	volatile
119	Armenia	88,894 number	2019	down 20.1%	falling
120	Hong Kong	88,742 number	2019	down 31.8%	falling
121	Croatia	87,794 number	2018	down 16.1%	falling
122	Liberia	87,704 number	2017	up 56.8%	rising
123	Lithuania	85,264 number	2018	down 39.5%	falling
124	Kuwait	84,298 number	2012	up 22.1%	rising
125	Moldova	82,857 number	2019	down 27.5%	falling
126	Georgia	78,127 number	2019	down 10.2%	falling
127	Namibia	75,113 number	2017	up 30.9%	rising
128	Albania	73,705 number	2019	down 35.3%	falling
129	Central African Republic	63,503 number	2017	up 73.9%	rising
130	Bosnia and Herzegovina	62,968 number	2019	down 34.4%	falling
131	Botswana	61,873 number	2015	up 7.0%	rising
132	Jamaica	61,554 number	2019	down 26.6%	falling
133	Puerto Rico	56,175 number	2018	down 28.9%	falling
134	Gambia	49,074 number	2019	up 32.7%	rising
135	East Timor	44,265 number	2019	up 44.6%	rising
136	North Macedonia	43,237 number	2018	down 23.1%	falling
137	Lesotho	42,601 number	2017	up 28.7%	rising
138	Singapore	40,303 number	2018	down 29.8%	falling
139	Eswatini	35,624 number	2016	up 31.7%	rising
140	Fiji	35,410 number	2019	up 9.8%	flat
141	Qatar	31,750 number	2019	up 71.3%	rising
142	Mauritius	30,229 number	2019	down 0.9%	rising
143	Latvia	29,321 number	2018	down 31.9%	falling
144	Guyana	28,219 number	2012	up 10.1%	rising
145	Slovenia	28,062 number	2018	down 5.1%	falling
146	Trinidad and Tobago	27,865 number	2009	down 19.8%	falling
147	Bahrain	26,968 number	2019	up 26.3%	rising
148	Comoros	25,234 number	2018	up 46.3%	rising
149	Bhutan	24,824 number	2020	up 8.2%	rising
150	Djibouti	24,319 number	2020	up 33.4%	rising
151	Estonia	20,146 number	2018	down 21.0%	falling
152	Suriname	18,160 number	2019	up 15.6%	rising
153	Solomon Islands	16,762 number	2018	up 50.5%	rising
154	Cape Verde	16,049 number	2018	down 12.2%	rising
155	Belize	15,791 number	2019	up 30.2%	rising
156	Montenegro	14,954 number	2019	down 21.5%	falling
157	Cyprus	13,602 number	2018	down 18.8%	falling
158	Equatorial Guinea	13,497 number	2015	up 11.6%	rising
159	Luxembourg	11,759 number	2018	up 18.4%	rising
160	Maldives	9,199 number	2019	down 29.5%	flat
161	Sao Tome and Principe	7,869 number	2017	up 125.5%	rising
162	Vanuatu	7,832 number	2015	up 72.5%	rising
163	Brunei	7,054 number	2019	down 45.9%	falling
164	Macao	6,888 number	2019	down 37.3%	falling
165	Malta	6,687 number	2018	down 50.3%	falling
166	Tonga	6,676 number	2015	up 25.6%	rising
167	Bahamas	6,664 number	2018	down 28.5%	falling
168	Iceland	6,444 number	2018	down 9.4%	flat
169	Barbados	5,595 number	2019	down 5.3%	falling
170	Samoa	4,948 number	2019	down 0.8%	rising
171	Saint Lucia	3,435 number	2019	down 36.8%	rising
172	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3,359 number	2018	down 13.5%	rising
173	Grenada	2,860 number	2018	down 23.9%	falling
174	Kiribati	2,806 number	2017	down 18.5%	rising
175	Antigua and Barbuda	2,619 number	2018	down 17.3%	rising
176	Seychelles	2,235 number	2019	down 5.1%	falling
177	Micronesia (country)	1,884 number	2019	down 32.8%	falling
178	Aruba	1,767 number	2012	up 9.7%	rising
179	Dominica	1,642 number	2019	down 33.1%	falling
180	Andorra	1,614 number	2019	up 7.2%	rising
181	Marshall Islands	1,351 number	2019	up 21.8%	rising
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,251 number	2016	down 2.4%	flat
183	Bermuda	944 number	2015	down 14.3%	falling
184	Cayman Islands	942 number	2018	up 15.4%	rising
185	Monaco	930 number	2020	up 8.0%	rising
186	Liechtenstein	805 number	2018	down 8.8%	falling
187	Turks and Caicos Islands	768 number	2018	up 0.9%	rising
188	Gibraltar	694 number	2019	up 55.6%	rising
189	British Virgin Islands	528 number	2018	down 14.6%	rising
190	San Marino	521 number	2019	up 8.5%	rising
191	Nauru	376 number	2019	up 58.0%	rising
192	Tuvalu	164 number	2019	down 61.9%	falling

Regions and income groups

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

World 175.16 million number
IDA & IBRD total 151.95 million number
Low & middle income 151.34 million number
Middle income 138.09 million number
IBRD only 115.91 million number
Early-demographic dividend 84.02 million number
Lower middle income 72.50 million number
Upper middle income 65.59 million number
Late-demographic dividend 49.79 million number
East Asia & Pacific 47.31 million number
South Asia 44.06 million number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 44.06 million number

About this data

Indicator: Enrolment in lower secondary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 237 places, 4,657 data points, 1980–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private lower secondary education institutions regardless of age.