Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, male (number) by country

Name: Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, male (number)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private post-secondary non-tertiary education institutions regardless of age.

Countries reporting

110

Highest

694,223 number

Iran

Lowest

0 number

Liechtenstein

Median

3,569 number

Years covered

1997–2020

Data points

2,399

What the numbers show

Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, male (number) is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 694,223 number in Iran; the lowest is 0 number in Liechtenstein.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,569 number, and the mean is 42,606 number.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Namibia (up 851.4%), and the largest decrease in Liechtenstein (down 100.0%).

Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, male: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Iran	694,223 number	2012	up 0.9%	rising
2	Philippines	539,445 number	2017	up 66.6%	rising
3	China	513,152 number	2019	down 33.6%	rising
4	United States	484,344 number	2018	—	rising
5	Brazil	379,832 number	2018	up 6.3%	falling
6	Germany	343,669 number	2018	down 3.2%	flat
7	Bangladesh	254,810 number	2019	up 116.6%	volatile
8	South Africa	137,715 number	2018	up 86.8%	rising
9	India	128,335 number	2019	down 80.7%	volatile
10	Egypt	99,200 number	2014	up 24.9%	rising
11	Kazakhstan	98,970 number	2019	down 22.7%	rising
12	Kenya	91,209 number	2016	up 202.5%	volatile
13	Poland	68,082 number	2018	up 426.8%	volatile
14	Afghanistan	66,606 number	2018	up 206.2%	rising
15	Tanzania	55,418 number	2019	up 49.3%	volatile
16	Malaysia	54,552 number	2011	down 36.5%	rising
17	Ukraine	51,738 number	2019	down 44.9%	falling
18	Greece	38,396 number	2018	up 107.5%	rising
19	Hungary	34,309 number	2018	up 17.8%	falling
20	Jamaica	34,225 number	2019	down 10.6%	rising
21	Russia	30,068 number	2018	down 62.5%	volatile
22	Belgium	29,800 number	2018	down 14.4%	rising
23	Romania	29,459 number	2018	up 144.6%	rising
24	Uganda	28,943 number	2017	up 17.9%	rising
25	Syria	21,596 number	2013	up 29.5%	rising
26	Azerbaijan	20,835 number	2019	up 26.5%	rising
27	New Zealand	19,413 number	2018	down 37.2%	rising
28	Namibia	18,629 number	2018	up 851.4%	volatile
29	Ethiopia	17,659 number	2004	up 289.7%	volatile
30	Puerto Rico	17,482 number	2018	down 45.5%	falling
31	Cambodia	17,304 number	2010	up 274.9%	volatile
32	Hong Kong	15,694 number	2019	down 4.4%	falling
33	Ireland	14,767 number	2018	down 62.3%	rising
34	Cameroon	11,937 number	2016	up 133.3%	rising
35	Burkina Faso	11,701 number	2013	up 11.2%	falling
36	Finland	10,849 number	2018	—	volatile
37	Rwanda	10,135 number	2019	up 211.2%	rising
38	Spain	10,130 number	2018	—	volatile
39	Bahrain	10,129 number	2019	up 381.9%	volatile
40	Sweden	10,077 number	2018	up 0.9%	rising
41	France	9,999 number	2018	down 3.1%	rising
42	Laos	9,606 number	2019	up 13.4%	flat
43	Pakistan	9,117 number	2019	up 30.4%	rising
44	Belarus	8,820 number	2018	down 47.8%	falling
45	Tunisia	8,595 number	2016	up 61.8%	volatile
46	Lithuania	8,468 number	2018	up 96.4%	volatile
47	Israel	8,214 number	2018	up 31.3%	rising
48	Czechia	6,773 number	2018	down 44.6%	falling
49	Panama	6,271 number	2007	up 494.4%	volatile
50	Slovakia	6,062 number	2018	up 672.2%	volatile
51	Kuwait	5,819 number	2013	up 13.1%	falling
52	Kyrgyzstan	5,670 number	2019	up 17.2%	falling
53	Switzerland	5,030 number	2018	down 27.0%	falling
54	Japan	4,923 number	2018	up 5.9%	falling
55	Austria	3,699 number	2018	down 87.9%	volatile
56	Georgia	3,440 number	2019	down 65.0%	volatile
57	Fiji	3,338 number	2016	up 614.8%	volatile
58	Trinidad and Tobago	3,206 number	2010	up 7.4%	falling
59	Portugal	3,157 number	2018	down 10.1%	volatile
60	Mongolia	2,913 number	2018	down 48.6%	volatile
61	Colombia	2,570 number	2018	down 19.4%	rising
62	Madagascar	2,451 number	2019	up 45.0%	rising
63	Mauritius	2,430 number	2018	up 14.2%	rising
64	Mali	2,309 number	2018	down 0.4%	falling
65	Norway	2,092 number	2018	down 59.7%	volatile
66	Barbados	1,701 number	2019	up 2.3%	falling
67	Latvia	1,699 number	2018	up 25.8%	falling
68	Cuba	1,629 number	2019	up 370.8%	volatile
69	Vanuatu	1,382 number	2015	up 264.6%	volatile
70	Estonia	1,326 number	2018	down 52.7%	flat
71	Saudi Arabia	1,308 number	2019	—	volatile
72	Eritrea	1,264 number	2017	down 57.0%	rising
73	Tonga	1,206 number	2015	up 609.4%	volatile
74	Belize	1,103 number	2008	up 87.6%	rising
75	Serbia	1,062 number	2019	down 22.5%	falling
76	Denmark	1,059 number	2012	up 27.4%	volatile
77	Italy	1,036 number	2016	down 95.8%	volatile
78	Lesotho	991 number	2014	up 193.2%	rising
79	Iceland	853 number	2018	up 488.3%	volatile
80	Seychelles	804 number	2019	down 14.8%	rising
81	Dominica	793 number	2016	up 38.9%	rising
82	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	723 number	2017	up 104.2%	rising
83	Bulgaria	696 number	2018	down 62.2%	falling
84	Mauritania	556 number	2005	up 258.7%	rising
85	Luxembourg	528 number	2018	down 27.3%	falling
86	North Macedonia	477 number	2018	up 61.1%	rising
87	Guyana	463 number	2012	down 13.6%	falling
88	Netherlands	448 number	2014	down 91.2%	volatile
89	Slovenia	410 number	2012	up 33.1%	rising
90	Bhutan	394 number	2020	up 342.7%	volatile
91	Gibraltar	388 number	2019	down 16.6%	falling
92	Niger	347 number	2017	up 173.2%	volatile
93	Antigua and Barbuda	344 number	2012	down 27.4%	falling
94	Saint Lucia	326 number	2019	down 59.4%	rising
95	Djibouti	214 number	2019	up 397.7%	volatile
96	Cyprus	200 number	2017	—	flat
97	Grenada	185 number	2018	down 72.9%	falling
98	Malta	168 number	2018	down 64.4%	volatile
99	Cayman Islands	158 number	2018	up 351.4%	volatile
100	Saint Kitts and Nevis	128 number	2016	down 57.6%	volatile
101	Qatar	123 number	2019	up 43.0%	rising
102	Andorra	116 number	2019	down 60.1%	falling
103	Palestine	91 number	2019	—	volatile
104	Moldova	41 number	2019	down 96.9%	volatile
105	Brunei	38 number	2012	up 72.7%	volatile
106	Nauru	37 number	2019	up 640.0%	volatile
107	Cape Verde	33 number	2018	down 85.7%	volatile
108	Turks and Caicos Islands	25 number	2009	down 68.4%	falling
109	Monaco	8 number	2020	down 82.6%	volatile
110	Liechtenstein	0 number	2018	down 100.0%	volatile

Regions and income groups

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

World 4.97 million number
IDA & IBRD total 3.42 million number
Low & middle income 3.37 million number
Middle income 2.98 million number
IBRD only 2.44 million number
Lower middle income 1.66 million number
High income 1.61 million number
Early-demographic dividend 1.54 million number
East Asia & Pacific 1.51 million number
Post-demographic dividend 1.49 million number
Late-demographic dividend 1.48 million number
OECD members 1.44 million number
Upper middle income 1.32 million number
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1.28 million number
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.23 million number
IDA total 976,483 number
Europe & Central Asia 880,407 number
IDA only 834,862 number
Least developed countries 699,759 number
North America 675,018 number
European Union 629,301 number
Sub-Saharan Africa 569,422 number
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 569,422 number
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 566,465 number
Latin America & Caribbean 565,215 number
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 552,052 number
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 542,954 number
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 534,747 number
Euro area 485,147 number
South Asia 472,647 number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 472,647 number
Pre-demographic dividend 432,198 number
Low income 387,250 number
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 337,365 number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 256,055 number
Arab World 246,636 number
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 243,536 number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 229,546 number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 229,408 number
Central Europe and the Baltics 151,531 number

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Indicator: Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 159 places, 2,399 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private post-secondary non-tertiary education institutions regardless of age.