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Enrolment in primary education, male (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
198
Highest
62.42 million number
India
Lowest
834 number
San Marino
Median
327,982 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
9,575

What the numbers show

Enrolment in primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 62.42 million number in India; the lowest is 834 number in San Marino.

The median across all reporting countries is 327,982 number, and the mean is 1.90 million number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 74,840.

Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Papua New Guinea (up 131.7%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 33.3%).

Enrolment in primary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 62.42 million number 2019 down 13.4% rising
2 China 55.77 million number 2019 up 0.3% falling
3 Indonesia 15.37 million number 2018 up 1.1% rising
4 Nigeria 13.44 million number 2016 up 7.6% rising
5 Pakistan 13.09 million number 2019 up 26.8% rising
6 United States 12.75 million number 2018 — flat
7 Democratic Republic of Congo 8.74 million number 2018 up 60.6% volatile
8 Ethiopia 8.57 million number 2015 up 55.7% volatile
9 Bangladesh 8.54 million number 2018 up 7.8% rising
10 Brazil 8.29 million number 2018 down 11.9% rising
11 Mexico 7.17 million number 2018 down 4.8% rising
12 Philippines 6.99 million number 2018 up 1.1% rising
13 Egypt 6.81 million number 2019 up 25.3% rising
14 Tanzania 5.30 million number 2019 up 24.8% volatile
15 Vietnam 4.44 million number 2019 up 26.5% flat
16 Uganda 4.40 million number 2017 up 16.3% volatile
17 Kenya 4.17 million number 2016 up 34.2% rising
18 Iran 4.07 million number 2017 up 35.4% rising
19 Afghanistan 4.00 million number 2018 up 29.1% volatile
20 South Africa 3.90 million number 2018 up 5.3% rising
21 Mozambique 3.59 million number 2019 up 34.1% volatile
22 Russia 3.57 million number 2018 up 40.4% falling
23 Japan 3.34 million number 2018 down 9.1% falling
24 Angola 2.99 million number 2015 up 41.1% volatile
25 Myanmar 2.73 million number 2018 up 5.9% rising
26 Iraq 2.71 million number 2007 up 69.0% rising
27 Turkey 2.62 million number 2018 down 24.9% flat
28 Sudan 2.56 million number 2017 up 31.9% rising
29 Thailand 2.52 million number 2019 down 8.9% falling
30 United Kingdom 2.51 million number 2018 up 9.5% falling
31 Argentina 2.42 million number 2017 down 4.0% rising
32 Algeria 2.36 million number 2019 up 37.4% rising
33 Cameroon 2.33 million number 2019 up 29.0% rising
34 Madagascar 2.32 million number 2019 up 6.1% volatile
35 Morocco 2.32 million number 2019 up 13.5% rising
36 Ghana 2.31 million number 2019 up 22.5% rising
37 Malawi 2.28 million number 2019 up 40.8% volatile
38 Colombia 2.23 million number 2018 down 17.5% rising
39 France 2.20 million number 2018 up 3.4% falling
40 Yemen 2.12 million number 2016 up 12.8% rising
41 Cote d'Ivoire 2.07 million number 2019 up 57.2% rising
42 Nepal 1.96 million number 2019 down 18.9% rising
43 Peru 1.89 million number 2019 down 2.2% rising
44 Saudi Arabia 1.71 million number 2019 up 2.4% rising
45 Venezuela 1.70 million number 2017 down 6.7% rising
46 Burkina Faso 1.65 million number 2019 up 60.7% volatile
47 Zambia 1.63 million number 2017 up 15.0% rising
48 Malaysia 1.58 million number 2017 down 4.6% rising
49 Spain 1.56 million number 2018 up 15.2% falling
50 Germany 1.54 million number 2018 down 7.7% falling
51 Italy 1.50 million number 2018 up 2.6% falling
52 Niger 1.44 million number 2019 up 63.2% volatile
53 South Korea 1.40 million number 2018 down 27.2% falling
54 Chad 1.39 million number 2019 up 41.6% volatile
55 Zimbabwe 1.34 million number 2013 up 12.7% rising
56 Mali 1.32 million number 2018 up 31.6% volatile
57 Uzbekistan 1.29 million number 2019 up 26.1% rising
58 Rwanda 1.27 million number 2019 up 13.9% volatile
59 Canada 1.23 million number 2018 up 9.3% falling
60 Guatemala 1.22 million number 2019 down 11.2% rising
61 Poland 1.17 million number 2018 down 4.0% falling
62 Australia 1.15 million number 2018 up 13.5% rising
63 Benin 1.15 million number 2019 up 23.5% volatile
64 Cambodia 1.12 million number 2019 down 6.7% rising
65 Burundi 1.10 million number 2019 up 24.7% volatile
66 Senegal 1.03 million number 2019 up 25.9% volatile
67 Guinea 982,902 number 2016 up 41.6% volatile
68 Ecuador 979,268 number 2018 down 3.6% rising
69 Ukraine 884,546 number 2019 up 12.7% falling
70 Sri Lanka 875,930 number 2018 up 5.4% falling
71 Sierra Leone 874,177 number 2019 up 42.9% volatile
72 Togo 808,042 number 2019 up 22.2% rising
73 Syria 803,207 number 2013 down 28.8% rising
74 Chile 794,811 number 2018 down 8.2% falling
75 Haiti 761,691 number 1998 up 92.1% rising
76 Kazakhstan 745,445 number 2019 up 53.1% flat
77 Bolivia 707,797 number 2018 down 8.2% rising
78 Papua New Guinea 686,523 number 2016 up 131.7% rising
79 Dominican Republic 678,563 number 2019 down 6.6% rising
80 Tunisia 624,562 number 2018 up 15.5% flat
81 Netherlands 603,846 number 2018 down 9.1% falling
82 Jordan 586,203 number 2019 up 40.6% rising
83 Honduras 563,171 number 2019 down 12.8% rising
84 Romania 489,250 number 2018 up 9.4% falling
85 Israel 478,827 number 2018 up 21.6% rising
86 Nicaragua 475,981 number 2010 up 12.3% rising
87 Central African Republic 458,857 number 2016 up 85.8% rising
88 Sweden 455,299 number 2018 up 51.4% rising
89 Belgium 419,870 number 2018 up 12.1% falling
90 Laos 399,217 number 2019 down 17.2% rising
91 Tajikistan 398,772 number 2017 up 13.1% rising
92 Libya 395,380 number 2006 down 6.6% rising
93 Cuba 392,266 number 2019 down 13.0% falling
94 Paraguay 377,078 number 2016 down 20.1% rising
95 Congo 356,221 number 2012 up 31.2% rising
96 El Salvador 343,809 number 2018 down 33.3% rising
97 Azerbaijan 342,219 number 2019 up 30.5% falling
98 Mauritania 333,164 number 2019 up 31.0% volatile
99 Greece 330,968 number 2018 up 0.7% falling
100 Liberia 324,997 number 2017 up 26.3% volatile
101 Portugal 321,219 number 2018 down 19.0% falling
102 Czechia 298,620 number 2018 up 26.0% falling
103 Somalia 295,037 number 2007 — volatile
105 Kyrgyzstan 283,243 number 2019 up 41.2% rising
106 Lebanon 267,500 number 2019 up 11.9% rising
107 Switzerland 264,711 number 2018 up 1.7% rising
108 Palestine 254,103 number 2019 up 25.7% rising
109 Costa Rica 253,377 number 2019 down 7.7% rising
110 Namibia 249,209 number 2018 up 21.1% rising
111 United Arab Emirates 247,759 number 2017 up 69.4% volatile
112 Denmark 240,954 number 2018 up 14.8% flat
113 Norway 229,441 number 2018 up 4.2% rising
114 Belarus 220,224 number 2018 up 18.1% falling
115 Panama 216,192 number 2017 down 6.3% rising
116 New Zealand 199,193 number 2018 up 11.7% falling
117 Hong Kong 196,151 number 2019 up 1.9% falling
118 Hungary 192,216 number 2018 down 5.7% falling
119 Eritrea 191,995 number 2018 up 10.8% rising
120 Finland 188,997 number 2018 up 3.2% falling
121 Lesotho 188,097 number 2017 down 7.2% rising
122 Gambia 179,376 number 2019 up 62.4% volatile
123 Botswana 176,231 number 2015 up 5.6% rising
124 Austria 175,072 number 2018 up 0.4% falling
125 Georgia 165,343 number 2019 up 4.2% flat
126 Gabon 162,708 number 2011 up 21.4% rising
127 Mongolia 159,142 number 2018 up 30.8% rising
128 Uruguay 152,466 number 2018 down 16.7% flat
129 Oman 144,675 number 2019 down 7.3% rising
130 Guinea-Bissau 144,075 number 2010 up 60.9% rising
131 Kuwait 139,640 number 2019 up 29.7% rising
132 Serbia 136,448 number 2019 down 5.9% falling
133 Bulgaria 135,298 number 2018 up 0.0% falling
134 Eswatini 124,022 number 2018 up 2.4% rising
135 Singapore 119,491 number 2018 down 23.1% falling
136 Jamaica 119,449 number 2019 down 25.4% falling
137 Slovakia 117,619 number 2018 up 1.8% falling
138 Puerto Rico 107,509 number 2018 down 30.7% falling
139 East Timor 106,180 number 2019 down 7.2% rising
140 Albania 87,762 number 2019 down 29.1% falling
141 Croatia 82,821 number 2018 down 11.4% falling
142 Armenia 82,004 number 2019 up 34.7% falling
143 Qatar 81,089 number 2019 up 87.4% volatile
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 80,869 number 2019 down 8.8% falling
145 Moldova 72,989 number 2019 down 3.0% falling
146 Trinidad and Tobago 67,698 number 2010 down 21.1% falling
147 Slovenia 66,492 number 2018 up 20.1% rising
148 Fiji 63,326 number 2019 up 20.3% rising
149 Comoros 63,265 number 2018 up 7.6% rising
150 Latvia 62,196 number 2018 up 1.7% falling
151 Lithuania 59,763 number 2018 down 15.2% falling
152 Bahrain 58,793 number 2019 up 23.9% rising
153 North Macedonia 56,844 number 2018 down 4.2% falling
154 Solomon Islands 54,519 number 2018 up 23.8% rising
155 Guyana 48,013 number 2012 down 14.1% falling
156 Equatorial Guinea 47,541 number 2015 up 22.2% rising
157 Bhutan 47,449 number 2020 down 14.2% rising
158 Estonia 45,329 number 2018 up 17.3% falling
159 Mauritius 43,133 number 2019 down 28.0% falling
160 Djibouti 36,966 number 2020 up 24.9% rising
161 Suriname 35,321 number 2019 down 4.1% falling
162 Cape Verde 33,472 number 2018 down 15.3% rising
163 Cyprus 29,285 number 2018 up 0.6% flat
164 Belize 26,070 number 2019 down 3.4% rising
165 Maldives 25,535 number 2019 up 10.0% falling
166 Vanuatu 24,190 number 2015 up 20.0% rising
167 Montenegro 20,431 number 2019 up 5.1% rising
168 Brunei 20,181 number 2019 down 13.0% rising
170 Sao Tome and Principe 19,079 number 2017 up 19.9% rising
171 Samoa 17,486 number 2019 up 12.3% rising
172 Macao 16,954 number 2019 up 17.0% flat
173 Iceland 16,719 number 2018 up 9.7% rising
174 French Polynesia 15,357 number 1996 up 7.9% rising
175 Bahamas 14,880 number 2018 down 20.6% rising
177 New Caledonia 11,545 number 1991 down 16.4% falling
178 Barbados 10,307 number 2019 down 11.0% falling
179 Tonga 8,930 number 2015 down 0.5% falling
180 Kiribati 8,212 number 2017 up 3.8% rising
181 Saint Lucia 7,880 number 2019 down 23.4% falling
182 Micronesia (country) 7,186 number 2019 down 23.9% falling
183 Grenada 6,833 number 2018 down 5.8% falling
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6,685 number 2018 down 18.2% falling
185 Antigua and Barbuda 5,142 number 2018 down 14.0% flat
186 Aruba 5,088 number 2014 down 4.1% flat
187 Seychelles 4,705 number 2019 up 8.0% falling
188 American Samoa 4,115 number 1992 up 17.1% rising
189 Marshall Islands 3,760 number 2019 down 13.7% falling
190 Dominica 3,175 number 2019 down 24.7% falling
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,764 number 2016 down 13.4% falling
192 Cayman Islands 2,219 number 2018 up 13.9% rising
193 Andorra 2,217 number 2019 down 5.5% rising
194 Bermuda 2,130 number 2015 down 9.7% falling
195 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,885 number 2018 up 26.9% rising
196 Gibraltar 1,463 number 2019 down 12.3% flat
197 British Virgin Islands 1,320 number 2018 down 15.3% rising
199 Monaco 967 number 2020 up 7.8% rising
200 Nauru 939 number 2019 up 48.8% rising
201 Tuvalu 901 number 2019 up 18.6% rising
202 San Marino 834 number 2019 up 1.5% falling

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Enrolment in primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
247 places, 9,575 data points, 1970–2020
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Total number of male students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions regardless of age.