Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male (number) by country

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private tertiary education institutions in programmes on the doctoral or equivalent (ISCED 8) level.

Countries reporting

127

Highest

243,612 number

China

Lowest

4 number

Lesotho

Median

2,451 number

Years covered

1997–2020

Data points

2,868

What the numbers show

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male (number) is currently reported for 127 countries. The highest value is 243,612 number in China; the lowest is 4 number in Lesotho.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,451 number, and the mean is 12,743 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 60,903.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 12,500.0%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 98.2%).

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	243,612 number	2019	up 32.2%	rising
2	United States	166,168 number	2018	—	falling
3	Germany	111,400 number	2018	down 6.2%	falling
4	India	97,082 number	2019	up 70.8%	rising
5	Iran	79,302 number	2018	up 333.7%	volatile
6	United Kingdom	57,206 number	2018	up 31.9%	rising
7	Turkey	54,613 number	2018	up 172.5%	volatile
8	Japan	53,526 number	2018	up 3.1%	rising
9	Brazil	53,032 number	2018	up 104.0%	rising
10	Russia	50,140 number	2018	down 42.1%	falling
11	South Korea	44,703 number	2018	up 40.9%	rising
12	Spain	42,836 number	2018	up 34.1%	falling
13	France	35,005 number	2018	down 6.6%	falling
14	Indonesia	27,840 number	2018	down 38.7%	falling
15	Australia	27,526 number	2018	up 32.4%	rising
16	Canada	27,469 number	2018	up 23.9%	rising
17	Malaysia	24,041 number	2019	up 132.7%	volatile
18	Egypt	23,887 number	2017	up 31.3%	rising
20	Morocco	21,504 number	2019	—	rising
21	Poland	18,632 number	2018	up 19.9%	rising
22	Greece	14,949 number	2018	up 19.8%	rising
23	Italy	14,160 number	2018	down 24.0%	rising
24	Switzerland	13,481 number	2018	up 29.0%	rising
25	Pakistan	13,363 number	2018	up 48.4%	rising
26	South Africa	12,934 number	2018	up 64.0%	rising
27	Czechia	12,430 number	2018	down 15.4%	rising
28	Ukraine	12,349 number	2019	down 14.4%	rising
29	Thailand	11,966 number	2016	up 126.4%	volatile
30	Argentina	11,526 number	2017	up 117.5%	volatile
31	Austria	11,111 number	2018	down 18.1%	falling
32	Sweden	10,195 number	2018	down 0.1%	falling
33	Romania	10,077 number	2018	down 34.7%	volatile
34	Portugal	9,666 number	2018	up 39.9%	rising
35	Philippines	9,286 number	2017	up 163.1%	rising
36	Belgium	9,284 number	2018	up 68.6%	rising
37	Finland	8,796 number	2018	down 14.0%	falling
38	Bangladesh	8,583 number	2018	up 72.1%	volatile
39	Vietnam	8,534 number	2018	up 153.2%	rising
40	Netherlands	7,988 number	2018	up 86.6%	rising
41	Nigeria	7,245 number	2011	—	rising
42	Saudi Arabia	6,153 number	2019	up 311.8%	volatile
44	Kenya	5,867 number	2019	up 37.6%	volatile
45	Senegal	5,486 number	2019	up 180.6%	rising
46	Israel	5,465 number	2018	up 13.8%	rising
47	Libya	5,188 number	2003	—	falling
48	Peru	5,181 number	2017	—	volatile
49	Cote d'Ivoire	4,962 number	2017	up 157.1%	rising
50	Serbia	4,873 number	2019	up 258.3%	volatile
51	New Zealand	4,669 number	2018	up 13.7%	rising
52	Denmark	4,554 number	2018	up 40.2%	rising
53	Ireland	4,049 number	2018	up 29.2%	rising
54	Hungary	4,037 number	2018	up 10.1%	rising
55	Norway	4,022 number	2018	up 25.5%	rising
56	Colombia	3,745 number	2018	up 284.5%	volatile
57	Tunisia	3,744 number	2019	up 8.4%	falling
58	Slovakia	3,667 number	2018	down 36.4%	flat
59	Chile	3,328 number	2018	up 58.7%	flat
60	Bulgaria	3,131 number	2018	up 44.2%	rising
61	Belarus	2,811 number	2018	up 34.9%	falling
62	Sri Lanka	2,678 number	2019	up 59.6%	volatile
63	Cameroon	2,654 number	2018	up 566.8%	volatile
64	Cuba	2,646 number	2018	down 8.7%	rising
65	Jordan	2,587 number	2018	up 51.5%	volatile
66	Costa Rica	2,451 number	2019	up 896.3%	volatile
67	Kazakhstan	1,984 number	2019	up 216.4%	volatile
68	Lebanon	1,841 number	2014	up 65.1%	rising
69	Mongolia	1,802 number	2018	up 108.8%	rising
70	Ghana	1,708 number	2019	up 395.1%	volatile
71	Ethiopia	1,679 number	2014	up 5,896.4%	volatile
72	Benin	1,639 number	2018	up 54.5%	volatile
72	Croatia	1,639 number	2018	up 9.0%	volatile
74	Georgia	1,637 number	2019	up 165.3%	rising
76	Nepal	1,571 number	2019	up 457.1%	volatile
77	Tanzania	1,454 number	2019	up 985.1%	volatile
78	Macao	1,371 number	2019	up 221.8%	volatile
79	Togo	1,349 number	2018	—	volatile
80	Slovenia	1,304 number	2018	up 62.8%	volatile
81	Cambodia	1,271 number	2018	up 56.0%	rising
82	Niger	1,253 number	2019	up 600.0%	volatile
83	Azerbaijan	1,186 number	2019	up 14.8%	rising
84	Lithuania	1,177 number	2018	down 0.8%	rising
85	Tajikistan	1,159 number	2017	up 54.7%	rising
86	Uzbekistan	1,135 number	2019	down 29.5%	falling
87	Burkina Faso	1,083 number	2019	up 88.7%	rising
88	Kyrgyzstan	1,082 number	2019	up 23.7%	rising
89	Estonia	1,070 number	2018	up 1.3%	rising
90	Moldova	913 number	2019	up 3.9%	rising
91	Latvia	905 number	2018	up 13.7%	rising
92	Syria	900 number	2016	up 102.7%	volatile
93	United Arab Emirates	865 number	2017	—	volatile
94	Myanmar	736 number	2017	up 18.7%	volatile
95	Albania	734 number	2019	down 21.9%	volatile
96	Cyprus	619 number	2018	up 220.7%	volatile
97	Congo	574 number	2017	up 90.7%	volatile
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	508 number	2019	up 52.1%	rising
99	Mozambique	440 number	2018	up 1,592.3%	volatile
100	Madagascar	434 number	2018	down 68.1%	falling
101	Armenia	419 number	2019	down 48.1%	falling
102	Luxembourg	407 number	2018	up 97.6%	rising
103	Trinidad and Tobago	393 number	2018	—	volatile
104	Mali	283 number	2015	up 185.9%	rising
105	Iceland	262 number	2018	up 129.8%	volatile
106	Honduras	220 number	2017	up 685.7%	volatile
107	North Macedonia	209 number	2018	up 182.4%	volatile
108	Qatar	207 number	2019	up 10,250.0%	volatile
109	Burundi	206 number	2018	up 267.9%	volatile
110	Mauritius	203 number	2017	up 22.3%	rising
111	Brunei	133 number	2019	up 850.0%	volatile
112	Palestine	126 number	2019	up 12,500.0%	volatile
113	Liechtenstein	121 number	2018	up 218.4%	volatile
114	Malawi	105 number	2010	—	volatile
115	Bahrain	95 number	2019	up 1,800.0%	volatile
116	Namibia	91 number	2017	up 658.3%	volatile
117	Botswana	83 number	2019	up 124.3%	rising
118	Malta	78 number	2018	up 73.3%	volatile
119	Oman	69 number	2019	up 6,800.0%	volatile
120	Barbados	52 number	2011	down 72.6%	volatile
121	El Salvador	40 number	2018	up 122.2%	volatile
123	Rwanda	37 number	2019	up 270.0%	volatile
124	Kuwait	35 number	2019	up 169.2%	volatile
125	Cape Verde	28 number	2018	up 833.3%	volatile
126	Dominican Republic	18 number	2017	down 98.2%	volatile
127	Laos	17 number	2019	—	volatile
128	Monaco	15 number	2020	—	rising
129	Andorra	10 number	2019	up 150.0%	rising
130	Grenada	6 number	2018	up 100.0%	rising
131	Lesotho	4 number	2018	up 100.0%	volatile

Regions and income groups

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

World 1.68 million number
IDA & IBRD total 961,482 number
Low & middle income 930,196 number
Middle income 909,350 number
IBRD only 878,166 number
OECD members 801,127 number
High income 753,036 number
Post-demographic dividend 715,285 number
Upper middle income 654,410 number
Europe & Central Asia 554,036 number
Late-demographic dividend 486,824 number
East Asia & Pacific 450,636 number

About this data

Indicator: Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 2,868 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private tertiary education institutions in programmes on the doctoral or equivalent (ISCED 8) level.