Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, male (number) by country

Name: Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, 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 tertiary education institutions in programmes on the masters or equivalent (ISCED 7) level.

Countries reporting

103

Highest

1.96 million number

India

Lowest

8 number

Saint Lucia

Median

20,036 number

Years covered

2004–2020

Data points

982

What the numbers show

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, male (number) is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 1.96 million number in India; the lowest is 8 number in Saint Lucia.

The median across all reporting countries is 20,036 number, and the mean is 98,149 number.

Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 221.0%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 66.2%).

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, male: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	India	1.96 million number	2019	down 1.6%	flat
2	China	1.18 million number	2019	up 12.6%	rising
3	United States	1.05 million number	2018	—	rising
4	Russia	567,272 number	2018	down 66.2%	falling
5	Germany	491,490 number	2018	up 14.4%	rising
6	France	460,141 number	2018	up 18.9%	rising
7	Iran	392,129 number	2018	up 46.8%	rising
8	Turkey	339,543 number	2018	up 92.9%	rising
9	Italy	292,694 number	2018	up 1.6%	flat
10	Japan	212,347 number	2018	down 0.9%	flat
11	Indonesia	199,906 number	2018	up 32.3%	rising
12	United Kingdom	177,548 number	2018	down 0.7%	flat
13	Ukraine	172,217 number	2019	down 8.5%	falling
14	Poland	159,903 number	2018	down 20.1%	falling
15	Australia	143,645 number	2018	up 53.7%	rising
16	Spain	141,156 number	2018	down 38.8%	falling
17	Mexico	138,846 number	2018	up 45.2%	rising
18	South Korea	113,715 number	2018	down 11.4%	falling
19	Egypt	105,528 number	2017	—	rising
20	Pakistan	104,575 number	2018	down 42.1%	falling
21	Canada	86,558 number	2018	up 5.8%	flat
22	Philippines	81,185 number	2017	up 128.4%	rising
23	Brazil	80,673 number	2018	up 34.5%	rising
24	Colombia	70,682 number	2018	up 29.4%	rising
25	Romania	68,261 number	2018	down 9.0%	falling
26	Morocco	66,953 number	2019	—	rising
27	Austria	62,356 number	2018	down 1.3%	flat
28	Sweden	62,082 number	2018	up 5.9%	rising
29	Vietnam	59,983 number	2018	up 35.2%	rising
30	Portugal	54,983 number	2018	down 3.9%	falling
31	Belgium	46,871 number	2018	up 20.1%	rising
32	Czechia	45,020 number	2018	down 13.7%	falling
33	Malaysia	42,755 number	2019	up 19.3%	rising
34	Chile	42,386 number	2018	up 9.7%	rising
35	Saudi Arabia	40,485 number	2019	up 12.1%	rising
36	Tunisia	37,794 number	2019	down 16.0%	falling
37	Hungary	34,608 number	2018	up 5.1%	rising
38	Switzerland	34,034 number	2018	up 14.9%	rising
39	Bulgaria	31,716 number	2018	down 8.3%	falling
40	Greece	31,317 number	2018	up 55.0%	rising
41	Norway	30,882 number	2018	up 26.1%	rising
42	Denmark	30,811 number	2018	up 5.8%	rising
43	South Africa	29,506 number	2018	up 8.6%	rising
44	Cuba	28,859 number	2018	down 33.1%	falling
45	Finland	28,715 number	2018	up 19.2%	rising
46	Croatia	23,853 number	2018	up 9.1%	rising
47	Israel	23,816 number	2018	up 2.3%	flat
48	Cote d'Ivoire	22,683 number	2017	up 79.7%	rising
49	Senegal	22,115 number	2019	up 78.7%	rising
50	Hong Kong	21,734 number	2019	down 5.3%	falling
51	Slovakia	21,495 number	2018	down 23.7%	falling
52	Sri Lanka	20,036 number	2019	up 10.0%	flat
53	Ghana	18,222 number	2019	up 27.8%	rising
54	Serbia	18,138 number	2019	up 38.0%	rising
55	Kazakhstan	17,333 number	2019	down 19.1%	falling
56	United Arab Emirates	16,887 number	2017	—	rising
57	Albania	15,916 number	2019	down 7.9%	falling
58	Georgia	15,706 number	2019	up 221.0%	rising
59	Ireland	15,332 number	2018	up 14.3%	rising
60	Mali	12,902 number	2015	—	rising
61	Niger	12,645 number	2019	—	rising
62	Syria	12,187 number	2016	up 7.0%	rising
63	Lithuania	9,843 number	2018	down 9.9%	falling
64	Madagascar	9,755 number	2018	up 13.3%	rising
65	Benin	9,509 number	2018	down 23.0%	falling
66	Costa Rica	8,834 number	2019	up 86.7%	rising
67	Belarus	8,733 number	2018	up 180.6%	rising
68	Azerbaijan	8,078 number	2019	up 69.7%	rising
69	Slovenia	7,755 number	2018	down 16.2%	falling
70	New Zealand	7,657 number	2018	up 33.8%	rising
71	Honduras	7,405 number	2018	up 219.5%	volatile
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7,266 number	2019	up 32.5%	rising
73	Moldova	7,264 number	2019	down 18.2%	falling
74	El Salvador	6,992 number	2018	up 10.5%	rising
75	Latvia	6,657 number	2018	up 57.5%	rising
76	Palestine	6,331 number	2019	up 21.9%	rising
77	Cyprus	6,325 number	2018	up 110.1%	rising
78	Mozambique	5,665 number	2018	up 120.1%	rising
79	Estonia	5,516 number	2018	down 11.0%	falling
80	Tanzania	5,449 number	2019	down 49.5%	falling
81	Dominican Republic	4,901 number	2017	up 99.4%	rising
82	Armenia	3,403 number	2019	down 11.5%	falling
83	Rwanda	2,788 number	2019	up 13.0%	rising
84	Oman	2,558 number	2019	up 47.9%	rising
85	Macao	2,515 number	2019	up 28.8%	rising
86	Malta	1,988 number	2018	up 43.8%	rising
87	Mauritius	1,898 number	2017	—	rising
88	Bahrain	1,658 number	2019	down 7.5%	falling
89	Laos	1,615 number	2019	up 46.3%	rising
90	Iceland	1,361 number	2018	down 1.9%	falling
91	North Macedonia	1,271 number	2018	down 18.7%	falling
92	Qatar	1,197 number	2019	up 174.5%	rising
93	Kuwait	1,150 number	2019	up 201.0%	rising
94	Botswana	996 number	2019	up 30.9%	rising
95	Burundi	942 number	2018	up 77.1%	rising
96	Brunei	306 number	2019	up 7.0%	flat
97	Liechtenstein	193 number	2018	—	rising
98	Lesotho	174 number	2018	up 52.6%	rising
99	Cape Verde	152 number	2018	down 43.9%	falling
100	Monaco	96 number	2020	—	rising
101	Seychelles	53 number	2019	up 140.9%	rising
102	Andorra	17 number	2019	down 10.5%	falling
103	Saint Lucia	8 number	2019	unchanged	rising

Regions and income groups

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

World 11.47 million number
IDA & IBRD total 7.56 million number
Low & middle income 7.29 million number
Middle income 7.01 million number
IBRD only 6.50 million number
OECD members 4.51 million number
Early-demographic dividend 4.36 million number
High income 4.18 million number
Post-demographic dividend 3.99 million number
Europe & Central Asia 3.71 million number
Upper middle income 3.60 million number
Lower middle income 3.41 million number
Late-demographic dividend 2.70 million number
South Asia 2.48 million number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 2.48 million number
European Union 2.40 million number
East Asia & Pacific 2.11 million number
Euro area 1.77 million number
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1.67 million number
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.65 million number
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.53 million number
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.28 million number
North America 1.14 million number
IDA total 1.07 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 866,378 number
IDA only 805,711 number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 776,640 number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 770,308 number
Least developed countries 720,532 number
Latin America & Caribbean 681,163 number
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 641,827 number
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 617,026 number
Sub-Saharan Africa 482,213 number
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 482,213 number
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 480,262 number
Arab World 462,010 number
Pre-demographic dividend 425,338 number
Central Europe and the Baltics 414,627 number
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 375,827 number
Low income 271,376 number

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Indicator: Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 146 places, 982 data points, 2004–2020
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private tertiary education institutions in programmes on the masters or equivalent (ISCED 7) level.