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Enrolment in secondary education, male (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
202
Highest
68.54 million number
India
Lowest
301 number
Tuvalu
Median
268,267 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
8,155

What the numbers show

Enrolment in secondary education, male (number) is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 68.54 million number in India; the lowest is 301 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 268,267 number, and the mean is 1.51 million number.

Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 285.0%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 46.7%).

Enrolment in secondary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 68.54 million number 2019 up 24.4% rising
2 China 45.72 million number 2019 down 12.5% rising
3 United States 12.75 million number 2018 — flat
4 Indonesia 12.65 million number 2018 up 35.5% rising
5 Brazil 11.48 million number 2018 up 0.5% rising
6 Pakistan 7.69 million number 2019 up 42.4% volatile
7 Bangladesh 7.43 million number 2019 up 38.7% rising
8 Mexico 6.89 million number 2018 up 24.0% rising
9 Turkey 5.83 million number 2018 up 61.3% rising
10 Nigeria 5.51 million number 2016 up 53.3% volatile
11 Russia 5.32 million number 2018 up 1.7% falling
12 Philippines 5.18 million number 2018 up 62.7% rising
13 Egypt 4.87 million number 2019 up 41.8% rising
14 Germany 3.70 million number 2018 down 9.7% falling
15 Japan 3.58 million number 2018 down 4.8% falling
16 Thailand 3.13 million number 2019 up 34.3% volatile
17 France 3.12 million number 2018 up 3.5% rising
18 United Kingdom 3.12 million number 2018 up 14.5% rising
19 Iran 2.95 million number 2017 down 30.2% rising
20 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.83 million number 2015 up 53.6% volatile
21 Ethiopia 2.59 million number 2015 up 66.0% volatile
22 Italy 2.41 million number 2018 up 2.0% falling
23 Colombia 2.40 million number 2018 up 3.6% rising
24 South Africa 2.37 million number 2018 up 3.3% rising
25 Algeria 2.31 million number 2010 up 55.0% volatile
26 Argentina 2.30 million number 2017 up 22.9% rising
27 Uzbekistan 2.09 million number 2019 down 9.2% flat
28 Myanmar 2.01 million number 2018 up 49.7% rising
29 Afghanistan 1.99 million number 2018 up 95.4% volatile
30 Spain 1.72 million number 2018 up 11.9% falling
31 Kenya 1.69 million number 2009 up 80.7% volatile
32 Saudi Arabia 1.69 million number 2019 up 5.1% rising
33 Nepal 1.68 million number 2019 up 32.0% volatile
34 Morocco 1.55 million number 2019 up 21.9% rising
35 South Korea 1.51 million number 2018 down 28.2% flat
36 Ghana 1.46 million number 2019 up 48.5% volatile
37 Peru 1.44 million number 2019 up 5.5% rising
38 Canada 1.36 million number 2018 down 2.0% rising
39 Sri Lanka 1.33 million number 2018 up 5.4% rising
40 Malaysia 1.29 million number 2019 up 2.7% rising
41 Australia 1.26 million number 2018 — rising
42 Ukraine 1.25 million number 2019 down 26.4% falling
43 Cote d'Ivoire 1.24 million number 2019 up 48.5% volatile
44 Poland 1.24 million number 2018 down 21.9% falling
45 Angola 1.23 million number 2016 up 238.4% volatile
46 Cameroon 1.19 million number 2016 up 204.8% volatile
47 Iraq 1.19 million number 2007 up 65.1% rising
48 Venezuela 1.17 million number 2017 up 12.0% rising
49 Tanzania 1.13 million number 2019 up 13.6% volatile
50 Yemen 1.13 million number 2016 up 14.0% rising
51 Sudan 1.11 million number 2017 up 57.9% rising
52 Kazakhstan 984,164 number 2019 up 6.7% falling
53 Syria 955,298 number 2013 down 14.8% volatile
54 Ecuador 952,060 number 2018 up 65.0% volatile
55 Netherlands 833,712 number 2018 up 10.6% rising
56 Chile 773,910 number 2018 down 3.0% rising
57 Romania 748,777 number 2018 down 24.7% falling
58 Madagascar 735,733 number 2019 up 39.8% volatile
59 Burkina Faso 673,030 number 2019 up 147.8% volatile
60 Mozambique 638,273 number 2017 up 148.7% volatile
61 Bolivia 635,904 number 2018 up 16.7% rising
62 Guatemala 621,223 number 2019 up 21.9% volatile
63 Mali 580,934 number 2018 up 54.7% volatile
64 Benin 571,866 number 2016 up 167.2% volatile
65 Belgium 569,699 number 2018 down 2.2% rising
66 Tajikistan 567,149 number 2012 up 13.7% rising
67 Senegal 544,570 number 2019 up 66.7% volatile
68 Malawi 541,229 number 2019 up 51.4% volatile
69 Azerbaijan 516,978 number 2019 — rising
70 Cambodia 512,247 number 2008 up 151.7% rising
71 Tunisia 509,188 number 2016 down 16.7% volatile
72 Zimbabwe 482,803 number 2013 up 21.3% volatile
73 Sweden 465,428 number 2018 up 18.4% rising
74 Niger 456,847 number 2017 up 240.3% volatile
75 Dominican Republic 456,556 number 2019 up 2.9% rising
76 Guinea 435,701 number 2014 up 82.5% volatile
77 Israel 426,157 number 2018 up 22.1% rising
78 Togo 422,540 number 2017 up 70.6% volatile
79 Hungary 416,542 number 2018 down 12.5% falling
80 Jordan 415,219 number 2019 up 17.7% rising
81 Uganda 407,232 number 2004 up 138.5% volatile
82 Czechia 402,879 number 2018 down 12.5% falling
83 Cuba 394,879 number 2019 down 7.1% rising
84 Portugal 392,005 number 2018 up 13.9% rising
85 Palestine 382,936 number 2019 up 8.6% rising
86 Austria 359,533 number 2018 down 10.8% falling
87 Kyrgyzstan 355,878 number 2019 up 2.7% flat
88 Chad 351,101 number 2019 up 17.3% volatile
89 Greece 350,209 number 2018 down 2.9% falling
90 Laos 349,028 number 2019 up 47.9% volatile
91 Rwanda 341,691 number 2019 up 93.7% volatile
92 Belarus 335,758 number 2018 down 26.9% falling
93 Honduras 330,996 number 2019 up 30.5% volatile
94 Libya 327,920 number 2005 — volatile
95 Switzerland 319,092 number 2018 up 1.7% falling
96 Paraguay 303,449 number 2016 up 14.8% volatile
97 Burundi 302,379 number 2019 up 80.4% volatile
98 Papua New Guinea 300,959 number 2016 — volatile
99 United Arab Emirates 281,935 number 2017 — volatile
100 Denmark 271,866 number 2018 up 10.9% rising
101 Serbia 270,173 number 2019 down 11.6% falling
102 Finland 266,361 number 2018 up 24.0% rising
103 El Salvador 264,133 number 2018 down 1.9% rising
104 Bulgaria 256,365 number 2018 down 17.1% falling
105 Sierra Leone 250,581 number 2017 — volatile
106 Costa Rica 248,685 number 2019 up 22.8% volatile
107 New Zealand 243,209 number 2018 down 5.8% rising
108 Norway 235,152 number 2018 up 7.0% rising
109 Ireland 234,933 number 2018 up 48.7% rising
110 Slovakia 225,242 number 2018 down 25.2% falling
111 Nicaragua 224,668 number 2010 up 44.8% volatile
112 Oman 224,418 number 2019 up 34.2% volatile
113 Lebanon 198,741 number 2019 up 5.4% rising
114 Congo 182,429 number 2012 up 63.0% rising
115 Hong Kong 178,750 number 2019 down 31.9% rising
116 Uruguay 172,351 number 2018 up 28.0% rising
117 Croatia 166,800 number 2018 down 15.3% falling
118 Panama 159,982 number 2017 up 24.8% rising
119 Kuwait 151,925 number 2015 up 25.9% rising
120 Georgia 149,407 number 2019 down 4.7% falling
121 Eritrea 138,743 number 2018 up 3.5% rising
122 Albania 135,882 number 2019 down 25.4% falling
123 Mongolia 134,448 number 2010 up 31.5% rising
124 Armenia 130,080 number 2019 down 19.8% falling
125 Liberia 129,626 number 2015 up 64.0% volatile
126 Mauritania 128,352 number 2019 up 135.7% volatile
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 121,789 number 2019 down 28.7% falling
128 Lithuania 121,495 number 2018 down 36.9% falling
129 Moldova 116,257 number 2019 down 29.6% falling
130 Puerto Rico 110,433 number 2018 down 23.4% falling
131 Zambia 107,080 number 1988 up 68.4% rising
132 Jamaica 102,714 number 2019 down 23.7% rising
133 Singapore 85,492 number 2018 down 28.6% rising
134 Central African Republic 82,527 number 2017 up 38.5% volatile
135 North Macedonia 81,055 number 2018 down 24.1% falling
136 Botswana 80,911 number 2008 up 9.5% volatile
137 East Timor 78,276 number 2019 up 58.5% rising
138 Slovenia 75,044 number 2018 down 1.2% falling
139 Namibia 72,983 number 2007 up 43.9% rising
140 Mauritius 61,499 number 2019 down 3.4% rising
141 Latvia 60,419 number 2018 down 34.4% falling
142 Qatar 60,390 number 2019 up 77.4% volatile
143 Lesotho 58,179 number 2017 up 32.5% volatile
144 Somalia 57,082 number 1986 up 135.0% volatile
145 Eswatini 54,636 number 2016 up 42.2% volatile
146 Bahrain 52,042 number 2019 up 30.4% rising
147 Trinidad and Tobago 51,562 number 2004 up 3.1% rising
148 Fiji 47,658 number 2012 down 1.6% rising
149 Gabon 46,446 number 1999 up 82.3% rising
150 Guyana 42,974 number 2012 up 20.1% rising
151 Estonia 42,444 number 2018 down 21.0% falling
152 Djibouti 37,285 number 2020 up 44.3% volatile
153 Bhutan 36,575 number 2018 up 35.4% volatile
154 Comoros 36,269 number 2018 up 47.0% volatile
155 Montenegro 29,532 number 2019 down 15.6% falling
156 Cyprus 28,237 number 2018 down 14.5% rising
157 Cape Verde 25,491 number 2018 down 13.4% rising
158 Luxembourg 24,817 number 2018 up 25.1% rising
159 Suriname 24,526 number 2015 up 21.0% rising
160 Solomon Islands 22,187 number 2012 up 79.0% volatile
161 Brunei 21,607 number 2019 down 12.8% rising
162 Belize 20,352 number 2019 up 32.0% rising
163 Gambia 19,743 number 1996 up 76.7% rising
164 Iceland 17,926 number 2018 up 1.6% rising
165 Guinea-Bissau 16,623 number 2000 up 285.0% volatile
166 Malta 15,840 number 2018 down 19.7% rising
167 Equatorial Guinea 14,890 number 2005 up 36.9% rising
168 Macao 13,443 number 2019 down 32.6% rising
169 Bahamas 12,973 number 2018 down 24.5% rising
170 Samoa 12,810 number 2016 up 7.6% rising
171 New Caledonia 12,330 number 1997 up 32.9% rising
172 Sao Tome and Principe 12,126 number 2017 up 191.3% volatile
173 Maldives 10,993 number 2019 down 20.8% rising
174 Vanuatu 10,498 number 2015 up 37.2% volatile
175 French Polynesia 10,125 number 1993 up 29.8% rising
176 Barbados 9,600 number 2019 down 3.7% falling
177 Tonga 8,072 number 2015 up 12.2% rising
178 Guam 7,648 number 1980 up 44.2% rising
179 Micronesia (country) 6,910 number 2005 — falling
180 United States Virgin Islands 6,550 number 1997 down 3.7% rising
181 Saint Lucia 5,814 number 2019 down 27.7% rising
182 Kiribati 5,652 number 2008 up 134.6% volatile
183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5,010 number 2018 down 9.8% rising
184 Grenada 4,588 number 2018 down 30.1% rising
185 Aruba 4,222 number 2012 up 28.8% rising
186 Antigua and Barbuda 4,044 number 2018 up 5.6% rising
187 Seychelles 3,623 number 2019 down 6.8% rising
188 Marshall Islands 2,838 number 2019 up 8.6% falling
189 Dominica 2,449 number 2019 down 30.9% rising
190 Andorra 2,400 number 2019 up 19.9% rising
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,029 number 2016 up 4.5% flat
192 American Samoa 1,963 number 1992 up 26.2% rising
193 Bermuda 1,941 number 2015 down 14.2% falling
194 Cayman Islands 1,749 number 2018 up 13.8% rising
195 Monaco 1,728 number 2020 up 13.6% rising
196 Liechtenstein 1,694 number 2018 down 2.2% flat
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,166 number 2018 up 15.4% volatile
198 Gibraltar 1,121 number 2019 up 28.0% rising
199 San Marino 907 number 2019 down 22.6% rising
200 British Virgin Islands 851 number 2018 down 4.2% rising
201 Nauru 592 number 2019 up 49.5% rising
202 Tuvalu 301 number 2019 down 46.7% rising

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 secondary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
247 places, 8,155 data points, 1970–2020
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Total number of male students enrolled at public and private secondary education institutions regardless of age.