Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, male (%) by country
Total male enrollment in early childhood education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total male population of official early childhood education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.
Countries reporting
164
Highest
124.6%
Liberia
Lowest
1.1%
Chad
Median
57.8%
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,633
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, male (%) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 124.6% in Liberia; the lowest is 1.1% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 57.8%, and the mean is 56.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 111.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Algeria (up 2,043.2%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 70.5%).
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberia | 124.6% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 2 | Belgium | 115.3% | 2017 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 3 | Czechia | 111.1% | 2018 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 109.6% | 2018 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 5 | Malta | 108.3% | 2017 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 6 | Aruba | 106.9% | 2014 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 7 | France | 106.4% | 2018 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 8 | Switzerland | 103.8% | 2018 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 9 | Ukraine | 101.8% | 2012 | up 89.1% | rising |
| 10 | Philippines | 101.4% | 2018 | up 125.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100.6% | 2018 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 12 | Liechtenstein | 100.0% | 2016 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 99.3% | 2019 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 14 | Slovakia | 98.4% | 2018 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 15 | Guyana | 97.4% | 2012 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 16 | Malaysia | 96.5% | 2019 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 17 | Cuba | 95.0% | 2019 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 18 | Seychelles | 94.7% | 2019 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 19 | Italy | 94.2% | 2018 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 92.6% | 2018 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 21 | South Korea | 92.1% | 2018 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 22 | Suriname | 91.9% | 2019 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 23 | Macao | 91.8% | 2019 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 24 | Norway | 91.7% | 2018 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 25 | Nepal | 91.5% | 2019 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Portugal | 91.4% | 2018 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 27 | Vanuatu | 91.4% | 2013 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 28 | Belarus | 90.0% | 2018 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 29 | Sweden | 89.2% | 2018 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 30 | China | 89.1% | 2019 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 31 | Netherlands | 88.3% | 2018 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 32 | Poland | 88.0% | 2018 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 33 | Tuvalu | 87.8% | 2019 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 34 | Mongolia | 86.8% | 2018 | up 140.4% | rising |
| 35 | Israel | 86.6% | 2018 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 36 | Pakistan | 86.5% | 2019 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 37 | Algeria | 85.7% | 2010 | up 2,043.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 84.5% | 2016 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 39 | Trinidad and Tobago | 84.2% | 2019 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 40 | Maldives | 83.4% | 2019 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 41 | Solomon Islands | 83.3% | 2018 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 42 | Denmark | 82.2% | 2018 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 43 | Slovenia | 81.0% | 2018 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 44 | Russia | 81.0% | 2018 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 79.7% | 2018 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 46 | Greece | 77.3% | 2012 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 47 | Latvia | 76.9% | 2018 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 48 | Kenya | 76.8% | 2016 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 49 | Albania | 75.8% | 2012 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 50 | Barbados | 75.1% | 2011 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 51 | Hungary | 74.4% | 2018 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 52 | Bermuda | 74.2% | 2015 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 53 | Bolivia | 73.9% | 2018 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 54 | British Virgin Islands | 73.7% | 2018 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 55 | Iceland | 73.5% | 2018 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 56 | Finland | 73.3% | 2018 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 57 | Germany | 73.2% | 2018 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 58 | Australia | 73.0% | 2018 | up 263.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Cape Verde | 73.0% | 2018 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 60 | Spain | 70.5% | 2018 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 61 | Mauritius | 70.1% | 2019 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 62 | San Marino | 69.1% | 2019 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 63 | Thailand | 68.8% | 2019 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 64 | Estonia | 68.5% | 2018 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 65 | Moldova | 67.9% | 2019 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 66 | Uruguay | 67.3% | 2018 | down 22.4% | flat |
| 67 | United Kingdom | 67.1% | 2017 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 68 | Nauru | 66.9% | 2019 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 66.7% | 2018 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 70 | Cayman Islands | 66.4% | 2018 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 71 | Palau | 66.2% | 2014 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 72 | Brazil | 65.8% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 73 | Ecuador | 64.4% | 2018 | up 68.4% | flat |
| 74 | New Zealand | 64.1% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 75 | Brunei | 63.0% | 2019 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 76 | Lithuania | 62.4% | 2018 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 77 | Austria | 62.4% | 2018 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 61.6% | 2019 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 79 | Montenegro | 60.5% | 2019 | up 139.0% | rising |
| 80 | Cyprus | 58.7% | 2018 | down 29.6% | flat |
| 81 | Kuwait | 58.4% | 2019 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 82 | Croatia | 58.1% | 2018 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 83 | Ghana | 57.4% | 2019 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 84 | Serbia | 55.8% | 2019 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 85 | Georgia | 55.3% | 2006 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 86 | Grenada | 55.2% | 2017 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 87 | Chile | 55.1% | 2018 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 88 | Vietnam | 54.8% | 2019 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 89 | Palestine | 54.6% | 2019 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 90 | Ireland | 54.2% | 2018 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 91 | Saint Lucia | 53.8% | 2019 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 92 | Iran | 53.0% | 2016 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 93 | Peru | 52.7% | 2019 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 94 | Venezuela | 50.7% | 2017 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 95 | Romania | 48.1% | 2018 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 96 | Belize | 47.0% | 2019 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 97 | Kazakhstan | 46.6% | 2019 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 98 | Zimbabwe | 46.4% | 2013 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 99 | Sudan | 46.2% | 2017 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 100 | Indonesia | 46.0% | 2018 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 101 | Tonga | 44.4% | 2015 | up 145.9% | rising |
| 102 | Tunisia | 44.2% | 2016 | up 118.1% | rising |
| 103 | Antigua and Barbuda | 43.3% | 2018 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 104 | Colombia | 42.5% | 2007 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 105 | Tanzania | 41.6% | 2019 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 106 | Argentina | 40.3% | 2017 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 107 | Bangladesh | 40.0% | 2018 | up 258.4% | rising |
| 108 | Jamaica | 40.0% | 2019 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 109 | Marshall Islands | 39.8% | 2016 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 110 | Samoa | 39.4% | 2019 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 111 | Honduras | 39.0% | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 112 | Sao Tome and Principe | 38.9% | 2016 | up 94.3% | rising |
| 113 | Armenia | 38.6% | 2019 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 114 | Madagascar | 38.2% | 2019 | up 307.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Lesotho | 38.1% | 2016 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 116 | Mexico | 37.6% | 2018 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 117 | Dominica | 35.8% | 2019 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 35.3% | 2016 | down 56.3% | flat |
| 119 | Cameroon | 35.2% | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 120 | Bahrain | 34.9% | 2019 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 34.5% | 2019 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 122 | Qatar | 34.2% | 2019 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 123 | Uzbekistan | 34.0% | 2019 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 124 | Bahamas | 33.2% | 2018 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 125 | Bhutan | 32.8% | 2020 | up 1,216.1% | volatile |
| 126 | El Salvador | 32.3% | 2018 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 127 | North Macedonia | 31.9% | 2018 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 128 | Ethiopia | 30.2% | 2015 | up 1,355.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Egypt | 29.3% | 2019 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 130 | Jordan | 28.9% | 2019 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.8% | 2019 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 132 | Azerbaijan | 26.7% | 2019 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 133 | Laos | 25.2% | 2019 | up 176.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Togo | 24.6% | 2019 | up 252.2% | volatile |
| 135 | East Timor | 24.6% | 2019 | up 118.8% | rising |
| 136 | Morocco | 24.4% | 2019 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 137 | Benin | 24.1% | 2019 | up 184.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Eritrea | 23.4% | 2018 | up 90.7% | rising |
| 139 | Turkey | 22.5% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 140 | Equatorial Guinea | 21.5% | 2015 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 141 | Guatemala | 21.3% | 2019 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Panama | 21.2% | 2017 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 18.4% | 2019 | up 136.3% | rising |
| 144 | Fiji | 17.2% | 2009 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 145 | Oman | 16.7% | 2019 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Burundi | 16.3% | 2019 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Senegal | 16.0% | 2019 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 148 | Saudi Arabia | 15.7% | 2019 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 149 | Uganda | 14.1% | 2017 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 150 | Congo | 13.4% | 2012 | up 167.8% | rising |
| 151 | Rwanda | 13.3% | 2019 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 152 | Djibouti | 11.3% | 2020 | up 266.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Tajikistan | 10.6% | 2017 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 154 | Guinea | 9.2% | 2011 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 155 | Cambodia | 9.2% | 2012 | up 67.9% | rising |
| 156 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.2% | 2019 | up 136.1% | rising |
| 157 | Niger | 7.2% | 2019 | up 137.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Mali | 6.8% | 2018 | up 121.6% | rising |
| 159 | Iraq | 6.6% | 2007 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 160 | Syria | 5.7% | 2013 | down 42.6% | flat |
| 161 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.5% | 2018 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 162 | Burkina Faso | 5.5% | 2019 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 163 | Central African Republic | 5.0% | 2011 | up 207.4% | rising |
| 164 | Chad | 1.1% | 2019 | down 39.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 79.9%
- European Union 77.4%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 74.3%
- Late-demographic dividend 73.2%
- East Asia & Pacific 69.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 69.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 68.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 62.4%
- Upper middle income 60.3%
- IBRD only 58.5%
- Middle income 54.8%
- Caribbean Small States 52.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 51.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 50.2%
- Low & middle income 49.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean 48.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 48.7%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 48.1%
- Early-demographic dividend 47.4%
- IDA blend 46.1%
- Small states 38.6%
- Other small states 35.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 27.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 27.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 27.1%
- Pre-demographic dividend 25.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 25.5%
- IDA only 23.7%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 23.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 23.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 22.7%
- Least developed countries 21.9%
- Arab World 21.7%
- Low income 18.5%
About this data
Total male enrollment in early childhood education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total male population of official early childhood education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.