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Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) by country

The total number of male students enrolled at public and private tertiary education institutions.

Countries reporting
183
Highest
22.61 million number
China
Lowest
126 number
British Virgin Islands
Median
95,141 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
7,125

What the numbers show

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 22.61 million number in China; the lowest is 126 number in British Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 95,141 number, and the mean is 596,610 number.

Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Dominica (up 3,112.5%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 70.6%).

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 22.61 million number 2019 up 52.1% volatile
2 India 17.65 million number 2019 up 57.2% volatile
3 United States 8.22 million number 2018 — flat
4 Turkey 4.05 million number 2018 up 180.7% volatile
5 Indonesia 3.82 million number 2018 up 64.6% volatile
6 Brazil 3.77 million number 2018 up 43.0% volatile
7 Russia 2.71 million number 2018 down 33.5% rising
8 Mexico 2.25 million number 2018 up 72.7% rising
9 Bangladesh 2.18 million number 2019 up 119.0% volatile
10 Japan 2.01 million number 2018 down 5.8% rising
11 Iran 1.93 million number 2018 up 21.0% volatile
12 South Korea 1.78 million number 2018 down 9.7% volatile
13 Germany 1.60 million number 2018 up 8.9% rising
14 Philippines 1.60 million number 2017 up 41.2% rising
15 Egypt 1.46 million number 2017 up 10.8% volatile
16 Argentina 1.20 million number 2017 up 34.9% volatile
17 France 1.19 million number 2018 up 22.9% rising
18 Colombia 1.13 million number 2018 up 49.5% volatile
19 United Kingdom 1.06 million number 2018 up 6.9% rising
20 Vietnam 1.06 million number 2016 up 43.2% volatile
21 Pakistan 1.04 million number 2018 up 91.7% volatile
22 Thailand 1.02 million number 2016 down 11.0% rising
23 Spain 952,614 number 2018 up 16.4% rising
24 Peru 905,151 number 2017 up 93.7% volatile
25 Nigeria 904,852 number 2011 up 127.9% volatile
26 Italy 844,334 number 2018 down 1.5% rising
27 Saudi Arabia 828,918 number 2019 up 141.4% volatile
28 Venezuela 798,887 number 2008 up 189.0% volatile
29 Ukraine 773,204 number 2019 down 38.9% flat
30 Australia 728,736 number 2018 — volatile
31 Canada 713,876 number 2018 up 14.3% falling
32 Algeria 617,367 number 2018 up 60.7% rising
33 Poland 608,140 number 2018 down 33.8% volatile
34 Chile 589,843 number 2018 up 46.3% volatile
35 Morocco 565,139 number 2019 up 154.5% volatile
36 Malaysia 549,378 number 2019 up 23.6% volatile
37 Ethiopia 513,766 number 2014 up 298.9% volatile
38 South Africa 482,205 number 2018 up 14.2% rising
39 Netherlands 426,322 number 2018 up 46.4% rising
40 Greece 393,095 number 2018 up 31.5% volatile
41 Myanmar 386,298 number 2018 up 80.9% volatile
42 Syria 335,992 number 2016 up 47.8% volatile
43 Sudan 327,599 number 2015 up 89.7% rising
44 Kenya 323,690 number 2017 up 354.5% volatile
45 Kazakhstan 314,896 number 2019 down 5.0% rising
46 Ecuador 314,867 number 2015 up 25.0% volatile
47 Democratic Republic of Congo 298,646 number 2016 up 69.4% volatile
48 Afghanistan 279,393 number 2018 up 258.1% volatile
49 Ghana 274,129 number 2019 up 114.8% volatile
50 Iraq 271,197 number 2005 up 51.8% volatile
51 Romania 247,028 number 2018 down 46.4% volatile
52 Belgium 229,059 number 2018 up 26.8% rising
53 Nepal 206,617 number 2019 up 18.4% volatile
54 Austria 202,439 number 2018 up 2.8% rising
55 Uzbekistan 201,940 number 2019 up 12.8% flat
56 Dominican Republic 200,577 number 2017 up 80.7% volatile
57 Yemen 187,439 number 2011 up 28.6% rising
58 Belarus 183,424 number 2018 down 19.2% rising
59 Libya 182,307 number 2003 up 360.8% volatile
60 Cameroon 175,938 number 2018 up 113.0% volatile
61 Sweden 171,979 number 2018 up 6.4% rising
62 Guatemala 170,244 number 2015 up 48.0% volatile
63 Portugal 165,804 number 2018 down 5.4% volatile
64 Israel 159,340 number 2018 up 10.4% rising
65 Switzerland 153,919 number 2018 up 35.2% rising
66 Tajikistan 153,891 number 2017 up 27.5% rising
67 Jordan 148,164 number 2018 up 19.5% volatile
68 Hong Kong 144,281 number 2019 up 13.6% volatile
69 Czechia 141,241 number 2018 down 19.2% rising
70 Finland 138,199 number 2018 down 2.5% rising
71 Angola 137,403 number 2016 up 1,718.2% volatile
72 Denmark 135,170 number 2018 up 39.5% rising
73 Hungary 130,710 number 2018 down 24.8% volatile
74 Cote d'Ivoire 128,484 number 2017 up 22.9% volatile
75 Sri Lanka 124,829 number 2019 up 35.4% volatile
76 Norway 121,099 number 2018 up 45.4% rising
77 Cuba 118,762 number 2018 down 68.9% volatile
78 Mozambique 117,340 number 2018 up 153.2% volatile
79 Cambodia 115,927 number 2019 up 7.5% volatile
80 Honduras 115,089 number 2018 up 94.7% volatile
81 New Zealand 112,443 number 2018 up 4.5% rising
82 Senegal 111,424 number 2019 up 87.3% volatile
84 Bulgaria 109,464 number 2018 down 7.3% rising
85 Serbia 108,092 number 2019 up 2.4% rising
86 Lebanon 107,417 number 2019 up 16.1% rising
87 Azerbaijan 106,842 number 2019 up 17.6% rising
88 Costa Rica 102,057 number 2019 up 15.5% volatile
89 United Arab Emirates 101,884 number 2017 up 218.9% volatile
90 Kyrgyzstan 98,420 number 2019 down 14.1% rising
91 Tunisia 98,058 number 2019 down 34.4% volatile
92 Singapore 96,490 number 2018 down 4.6% volatile
93 Paraguay 95,141 number 2010 up 165.8% volatile
94 Uganda 93,213 number 2014 up 71.2% volatile
95 Tanzania 93,146 number 2019 up 99.4% volatile
96 Benin 90,798 number 2018 up 97.6% volatile
97 Puerto Rico 90,171 number 2018 down 0.0% rising
98 El Salvador 88,006 number 2018 up 39.8% rising
99 Burkina Faso 85,834 number 2019 up 165.8% volatile
100 Palestine 84,421 number 2019 up 4.2% rising
101 Guinea 82,000 number 2014 up 464.5% volatile
102 Georgia 75,171 number 2019 up 75.2% falling
103 Madagascar 73,574 number 2018 up 124.6% volatile
104 Croatia 70,805 number 2018 up 8.8% rising
105 Zimbabwe 70,642 number 2015 up 35.7% volatile
106 Togo 66,383 number 2019 up 28.7% volatile
107 Mongolia 65,154 number 2018 up 9.9% rising
108 Panama 63,752 number 2016 up 24.7% volatile
109 Slovakia 59,241 number 2018 down 35.0% rising
110 Mali 58,904 number 2015 up 288.5% volatile
111 Albania 56,100 number 2019 up 38.4% volatile
112 Lithuania 51,541 number 2018 down 37.2% rising
113 Oman 50,952 number 2019 up 33.9% volatile
114 Niger 49,907 number 2019 up 339.4% volatile
115 Laos 48,361 number 2019 down 24.1% volatile
116 Nicaragua 48,014 number 2002 up 167.7% volatile
117 Uruguay 43,162 number 2006 up 27.3% rising
118 Kuwait 42,779 number 2019 up 9.1% volatile
119 Armenia 41,944 number 2019 down 33.6% rising
120 Rwanda 38,955 number 2019 up 25.0% volatile
121 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37,007 number 2019 down 22.3% flat
122 Moldova 35,653 number 2019 down 38.2% flat
123 Latvia 34,202 number 2018 down 24.8% rising
124 Congo 32,933 number 2017 up 70.2% volatile
125 Slovenia 32,490 number 2018 down 32.8% rising
126 Chad 32,467 number 2015 up 268.1% volatile
127 Zambia 32,186 number 2012 up 103.3% volatile
128 Jamaica 27,890 number 2015 up 97.2% volatile
129 Liberia 27,165 number 2012 down 19.6% volatile
130 North Macedonia 26,752 number 2018 down 12.7% rising
131 Burundi 25,952 number 2018 up 108.1% volatile
132 Cyprus 22,122 number 2018 up 69.0% volatile
133 Botswana 20,717 number 2019 up 72.5% volatile
134 Bahrain 19,341 number 2019 up 11.2% volatile
135 Estonia 18,902 number 2018 down 27.6% rising
136 Namibia 18,492 number 2017 up 163.3% volatile
137 Mauritius 16,351 number 2017 up 53.0% volatile
138 Macao 14,928 number 2019 up 3.9% rising
139 Mauritania 14,681 number 2019 up 63.2% rising
140 Qatar 10,314 number 2019 up 119.1% volatile
141 Montenegro 10,160 number 2019 down 0.2% rising
142 Central African Republic 9,153 number 2012 up 72.8% volatile
143 Lesotho 8,532 number 2018 up 123.9% volatile
144 Trinidad and Tobago 7,466 number 2004 up 55.2% rising
145 Malawi 7,424 number 2011 up 186.0% rising
147 Iceland 6,496 number 2018 up 9.8% volatile
148 Papua New Guinea 6,445 number 1999 up 33.4% rising
149 Sierra Leone 6,439 number 2002 — volatile
150 Gabon 6,414 number 2003 up 124.4% volatile
151 Bhutan 6,285 number 2020 up 80.2% volatile
152 Eritrea 6,033 number 2016 up 50.6% rising
153 Fiji 5,970 number 2005 — volatile
154 Maldives 5,100 number 2017 up 198.8% volatile
155 Cape Verde 4,781 number 2018 up 61.4% volatile
156 Haiti 4,663 number 1986 up 112.9% rising
157 Brunei 4,610 number 2019 up 101.6% volatile
158 Grenada 4,181 number 2018 up 45.6% volatile
159 Eswatini 3,953 number 2013 up 67.6% volatile
160 Barbados 3,833 number 2011 up 63.9% volatile
161 Belize 3,668 number 2019 up 40.6% volatile
162 Comoros 3,635 number 2014 up 274.7% volatile
163 Guam 3,400 number 1989 up 47.8% rising
165 Guyana 2,940 number 2012 up 22.0% rising
166 Gambia 2,930 number 2012 up 136.9% rising
167 Djibouti 2,828 number 2011 up 878.5% volatile
168 Suriname 1,973 number 2002 down 3.4% rising
169 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,173 number 2015 up 317.4% volatile
170 Sao Tome and Principe 1,158 number 2015 up 213.8% rising
171 Samoa 875 number 2018 — volatile
172 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 834 number 2015 — volatile
173 Saint Lucia 759 number 2019 down 1.7% volatile
174 American Samoa 634 number 2007 — rising
175 United States Virgin Islands 588 number 2007 down 22.4% flat
177 San Marino 495 number 2019 up 25.0% rising
178 New Caledonia 425 number 1985 up 266.4% volatile
179 Aruba 414 number 2016 down 50.2% falling
180 Monaco 396 number 2020 — rising
180 Seychelles 396 number 2019 up 708.2% volatile
182 Andorra 310 number 2019 up 59.0% rising
183 Bermuda 291 number 2018 down 18.7% rising
184 Tonga 264 number 2003 — volatile
185 Dominica 257 number 1993 up 3,112.5% volatile
186 French Polynesia 151 number 1992 up 459.3% volatile
187 British Virgin Islands 126 number 2018 down 70.6% flat

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 tertiary education, all programmes, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 7,125 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

The total number of male students enrolled at public and private tertiary education institutions.