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Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male (number) by country

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private short-cycle tertiary education programmes (ISCED 5).

Countries reporting
137
Highest
10.13 million number
China
Lowest
0 number
Malawi
Median
7,071 number
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,819

What the numbers show

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male (number) is currently reported for 137 countries. The highest value is 10.13 million number in China; the lowest is 0 number in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 7,071 number, and the mean is 155,416 number.

Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 3,373.6%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 10.13 million number 2019 up 58.7% rising
2 United States 2.89 million number 2018 — falling
3 Turkey 1.42 million number 2018 up 223.6% volatile
4 Russia 696,482 number 2018 down 20.5% falling
5 Iran 440,443 number 2018 down 2.0% rising
6 Indonesia 413,907 number 2018 down 15.4% rising
7 South Korea 409,279 number 2018 down 12.2% falling
8 Colombia 357,202 number 2018 up 29.8% rising
9 Nigeria 305,735 number 2011 up 108.1% rising
10 Japan 290,820 number 2018 down 12.3% falling
11 France 263,471 number 2018 up 8.8% rising
12 Argentina 238,362 number 2017 up 5.7% rising
13 Spain 216,462 number 2018 up 87.3% rising
14 Ukraine 203,355 number 2019 up 9.2% falling
15 Malaysia 194,966 number 2019 down 1.9% rising
16 Thailand 193,324 number 2016 down 5.8% falling
17 Saudi Arabia 180,458 number 2019 up 79.8% rising
18 Vietnam 177,944 number 2016 down 38.8% rising
19 Canada 167,515 number 2018 down 13.6% falling
20 Chile 158,116 number 2018 down 9.1% rising
21 South Africa 151,500 number 2018 up 2.6% flat
22 Greece 128,019 number 2012 up 46.7% rising
23 United Kingdom 115,432 number 2018 down 36.1% falling
24 Bangladesh 113,628 number 2019 up 24.1% rising
25 Mexico 104,452 number 2018 up 115.4% volatile
26 Philippines 99,480 number 2017 down 17.8% flat
27 Morocco 92,979 number 2019 — rising
28 Ghana 82,244 number 2019 up 64.8% rising
29 Uzbekistan 55,541 number 2004 down 11.7% falling
30 Pakistan 52,035 number 2015 up 444.2% volatile
31 Libya 48,553 number 2003 — flat
32 Kazakhstan 45,352 number 2019 down 40.9% rising
33 Belarus 42,122 number 2018 down 24.7% falling
34 Hong Kong 40,114 number 2019 down 8.0% rising
35 Benin 39,379 number 2010 up 1,213.1% volatile
36 Cote d'Ivoire 38,693 number 2017 up 5.1% rising
37 Austria 35,029 number 2018 down 1.5% rising
38 Algeria 34,467 number 2018 down 24.7% volatile
39 Singapore 32,474 number 2018 down 29.7% falling
40 Tajikistan 31,734 number 2017 up 129.4% rising
41 Israel 30,195 number 2018 up 19.8% rising
42 Laos 24,171 number 2019 down 42.1% volatile
43 New Zealand 23,771 number 2018 down 6.5% falling
44 Lithuania 22,319 number 2012 up 45.0% rising
45 Kyrgyzstan 19,678 number 2019 up 225.9% rising
46 Zambia 19,240 number 2012 up 5.9% rising
47 Denmark 19,114 number 2018 up 34.0% falling
48 Cameroon 18,929 number 2018 up 36.8% volatile
49 Kuwait 18,051 number 2019 up 18.8% rising
50 Sri Lanka 15,394 number 2019 up 187.1% rising
51 Syria 14,896 number 2016 down 9.1% rising
52 Myanmar 14,417 number 2018 up 2,743.6% volatile
53 Kenya 14,190 number 2017 down 31.5% falling
54 Palestine 13,375 number 2019 down 0.4% volatile
55 Sweden 12,995 number 2018 up 15.2% rising
56 Netherlands 11,352 number 2018 — volatile
57 Azerbaijan 11,201 number 2019 up 6.6% flat
58 Costa Rica 10,874 number 2019 up 11.0% rising
59 Dominican Republic 10,024 number 2017 down 44.4% volatile
60 El Salvador 9,997 number 2018 up 4.0% flat
61 Niger 9,884 number 2019 up 525.2% volatile
63 Italy 9,726 number 2018 up 180.5% volatile
64 Cambodia 9,284 number 2019 down 22.3% falling
65 Lebanon 8,873 number 2014 down 27.3% flat
66 Belgium 8,870 number 2018 down 89.4% volatile
67 Portugal 8,024 number 2018 up 3,373.6% volatile
68 Bulgaria 7,699 number 2012 up 12.1% rising
69 Norway 7,137 number 2018 up 1,054.8% volatile
70 Oman 7,071 number 2019 up 15.3% rising
71 Moldova 6,746 number 2019 down 10.2% falling
72 Guinea 6,612 number 2014 up 1.3% rising
73 Slovenia 6,219 number 2018 down 69.7% falling
74 Congo 6,033 number 2017 down 33.8% volatile
75 Togo 6,025 number 2018 down 37.0% rising
76 Latvia 5,993 number 2018 down 18.5% rising
77 Tanzania 5,692 number 2016 down 1.2% falling
78 United Arab Emirates 5,230 number 2017 down 20.6% falling
79 Botswana 5,159 number 2019 down 50.8% falling
80 Hungary 4,696 number 2018 down 45.2% volatile
81 Lesotho 4,592 number 2018 up 738.0% volatile
82 Namibia 4,500 number 2017 up 83.4% rising
83 Uruguay 4,464 number 2006 down 27.4% flat
84 Armenia 4,438 number 2019 down 31.9% falling
85 Jordan 4,399 number 2018 down 64.0% falling
86 Panama 4,152 number 2015 down 31.0% falling
87 Honduras 3,954 number 2018 up 6.5% rising
88 Peru 3,732 number 2019 up 0.1% volatile
89 Qatar 3,521 number 2019 up 82.3% volatile
90 Cyprus 3,112 number 2018 down 57.7% volatile
91 Eswatini 3,021 number 2015 — volatile
92 Albania 2,919 number 2019 up 167.8% volatile
92 Trinidad and Tobago 2,919 number 2004 up 525.1% volatile
94 Central African Republic 2,257 number 2012 up 356.9% volatile
95 Paraguay 2,148 number 2012 down 77.4% falling
96 Guyana 1,880 number 2012 down 5.6% falling
97 Rwanda 1,859 number 2019 up 42.5% volatile
98 Eritrea 1,834 number 2016 up 102.7% rising
99 Belize 1,800 number 2019 up 38.0% rising
100 Burkina Faso 1,766 number 2019 down 64.2% falling
101 Switzerland 1,577 number 2018 down 93.2% volatile
102 Brunei 1,412 number 2019 up 53.1% rising
103 Mauritius 1,384 number 2017 down 69.1% falling
104 Georgia 1,301 number 2019 down 68.1% volatile
105 Madagascar 1,228 number 2018 down 76.3% falling
106 Bahrain 1,200 number 2019 up 57.7% rising
107 Barbados 1,110 number 2011 up 36.2% rising
108 Slovakia 913 number 2018 up 17.8% falling
109 Mali 796 number 2015 down 84.1% volatile
110 Bhutan 770 number 2020 up 19.2% rising
111 Grenada 659 number 2018 up 36.4% rising
113 North Macedonia 540 number 2012 down 69.5% falling
114 Saint Lucia 536 number 2019 up 382.9% volatile
115 Djibouti 398 number 2009 up 586.2% volatile
116 Czechia 351 number 2018 down 96.5% volatile
117 Brazil 347 number 2018 down 99.9% volatile
119 Iceland 318 number 2018 up 38.9% falling
120 Mauritania 299 number 2017 up 6.0% rising
120 Senegal 299 number 2019 — volatile
122 Bermuda 291 number 2018 down 18.7% falling
123 San Marino 267 number 2012 down 22.2% falling
124 Samoa 169 number 2018 — volatile
125 Aruba 144 number 2016 down 78.1% falling
126 British Virgin Islands 126 number 2018 up 48.2% volatile
127 Germany 123 number 2018 up 24.2% volatile
128 Romania 105 number 2011 down 99.4% volatile
129 Mongolia 103 number 2018 down 85.1% volatile
130 Cape Verde 73 number 2018 down 79.6% falling
131 Monaco 71 number 2020 up 14.5% rising
132 Macao 58 number 2019 down 95.1% volatile
133 Croatia 40 number 2018 — rising
134 Poland 38 number 2018 down 99.2% volatile
135 Seychelles 31 number 2019 up 29.2% volatile
136 Finland 16 number 2014 down 81.6% volatile
137 Andorra 13 number 2019 down 7.1% falling
138 Burundi 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
138 Egypt 0 number 2017 down 100.0% volatile
138 Malawi 0 number 2007 — 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, ISCED 5 programmes, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
185 places, 2,819 data points, 1997–2020
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Total number of male students enrolled in public and private short-cycle tertiary education programmes (ISCED 5).