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Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male (%) by country

Total male enrollment in primary and lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the male population of official primary and lower secondary 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...

Countries reporting
188
Highest
127.8%
Algeria
Lowest
51.9%
Equatorial Guinea
Median
101.3%
Years covered
40
1981–2020
Data points
4,500

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male (%) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 127.8% in Algeria; the lowest is 51.9% in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 101.3%, and the mean is 99.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 133.8%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 32.5%).

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Algeria 127.8% 2011 up 22.2% rising
2 Nepal 126.2% 2019 up 14.1% rising
3 Sweden 125.1% 2018 up 26.9% rising
4 Costa Rica 123.5% 2019 up 5.6% rising
5 Sierra Leone 122.7% 2019 up 24.3% rising
6 Namibia 120.3% 2017 up 14.3% rising
7 Belgium 118.0% 2018 up 7.8% flat
8 Brazil 117.1% 2011 down 15.1% falling
9 Argentina 116.8% 2017 up 0.9% flat
10 Palau 116.4% 2014 up 7.7% rising
11 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 116.0% 2018 up 1.1% flat
12 Netherlands 115.9% 2018 down 0.0% flat
13 Angola 115.3% 2011 up 133.8% rising
14 Peru 115.3% 2019 up 7.7% flat
15 Benin 114.9% 2016 up 25.0% rising
16 Fiji 114.9% 2019 up 12.3% rising
17 Tonga 114.7% 2015 up 3.6% flat
18 Morocco 113.0% 2019 up 10.6% rising
19 Tunisia 112.8% 2018 up 2.5% rising
20 Uruguay 112.8% 2018 up 0.6% rising
21 Eswatini 112.5% 2016 up 6.3% rising
22 Togo 112.5% 2017 up 10.3% rising
23 Afghanistan 112.3% 2018 up 3.8% rising
24 Samoa 112.0% 2019 up 4.0% rising
25 Grenada 111.9% 2018 down 2.8% flat
26 Portugal 111.7% 2018 down 6.2% falling
27 Colombia 111.5% 2018 down 0.1% rising
28 Antigua and Barbuda 111.1% 2018 down 12.0% falling
29 Saint Kitts and Nevis 110.3% 2016 up 3.1% rising
30 Naoero 109.9% 2019 up 38.4% rising
31 Mexico 109.7% 2018 down 0.1% rising
32 Luxembourg 109.6% 2018 up 6.1% rising
33 Thailand 109.2% 2019 up 11.3% rising
34 Libya 108.7% 2006 up 1.9% flat
35 Malawi 108.4% 2019 up 9.3% rising
36 United Arab Emirates 108.4% 2017 up 13.0% rising
37 Spain 108.2% 2018 up 0.3% flat
38 Nicaragua 108.0% 2010 up 23.2% rising
39 Viet Nam 108.0% 2019 up 13.4% rising
40 Hong Kong (China) 107.8% 2019 up 4.9% rising
41 Belize 107.5% 2019 up 4.5% flat
42 Rwanda 107.4% 2019 down 4.7% rising
43 Dominican Republic 107.3% 2019 down 4.8% rising
44 Malta 107.3% 2018 up 7.0% flat
45 Kazakhstan 107.3% 2019 up 3.1% rising
46 United Kingdom 107.0% 2018 up 2.1% rising
47 Denmark 107.0% 2018 up 2.4% flat
48 Timor-Leste 106.8% 2019 down 2.6% flat
49 Aruba 106.6% 2012 down 7.1% flat
50 Cape Verde 106.5% 2018 down 4.8% flat
51 Lithuania 106.3% 2018 up 2.1% rising
52 Dominica 106.1% 2019 up 5.0% flat
53 Ireland 106.1% 2018 up 3.4% rising
54 Sao Tome and Principe 105.9% 2017 up 3.4% flat
55 Lesotho 105.7% 2017 up 3.2% rising
56 Mauritius 105.7% 2019 up 3.5% rising
57 Switzerland 105.5% 2018 up 0.6% flat
58 Australia 105.3% 2018 — flat
59 Liechtenstein 105.3% 2018 down 1.3% flat
60 Iraq 105.2% 2007 up 15.4% rising
61 Oman 105.2% 2019 down 2.5% rising
62 Trinidad and Tobago 105.2% 2009 up 10.9% rising
63 Cameroon 104.9% 2016 up 28.0% rising
64 Israel 104.8% 2018 up 3.8% flat
65 Egypt 104.6% 2019 up 6.8% rising
66 Kyrgyzstan 104.5% 2019 up 9.3% rising
67 Indonesia 104.3% 2018 up 4.3% rising
68 Canada 104.3% 2018 up 5.3% flat
69 Turks and Caicos Islands 104.2% 2018 up 8.6% flat
70 Iran 104.1% 2017 up 1.9% flat
71 Gibraltar 103.9% 2019 down 0.9% rising
72 Macau (China) 103.8% 2019 up 3.1% flat
73 Italy 103.7% 2018 down 1.3% flat
74 Chile 103.6% 2018 down 4.3% flat
75 Russia 103.4% 2018 up 17.3% rising
76 Zimbabwe 103.2% 2013 up 7.9% rising
77 Ecuador 103.2% 2018 up 4.5% rising
78 Qatar 103.0% 2019 down 6.1% flat
79 Austria 102.8% 2018 up 0.9% flat
80 Mongolia 102.6% 2018 up 2.7% rising
81 France 102.6% 2018 down 1.8% falling
82 Saudi Arabia 102.3% 2019 down 4.1% flat
83 Cuba 102.1% 2019 up 2.3% flat
84 Brunei Darussalam 102.0% 2019 down 8.6% falling
85 Kuwait 102.0% 2012 up 3.9% flat
86 United States 101.8% 2018 down 0.9% flat
87 Finland 101.7% 2018 up 2.3% flat
88 Botswana 101.7% 2015 down 3.9% flat
89 Norway 101.7% 2018 up 3.3% flat
90 Georgia 101.7% 2019 up 0.6% flat
91 New Zealand 101.6% 2018 down 0.3% flat
92 Maldives 101.6% 2019 down 9.8% falling
93 Barbados 101.4% 2019 up 0.8% flat
94 Guyana 101.4% 2012 down 6.3% flat
95 San Marino 101.3% 2019 down 8.3% rising
96 Uzbekistan 101.3% 2019 up 7.2% flat
97 Croatia 101.2% 2018 up 0.9% rising
98 Germany 101.2% 2018 down 1.4% flat
99 Slovenia 100.9% 2018 up 2.2% flat
100 Latvia 100.8% 2018 down 6.4% rising
101 Sri Lanka 100.7% 2018 up 3.3% flat
102 Tajikistan 100.7% 2017 up 1.2% rising
103 Greece 100.6% 2018 up 0.6% rising
104 Cyprus 100.6% 2018 down 2.3% flat
105 Kenya 100.5% 2016 up 5.3% rising
106 Iceland 100.5% 2018 up 2.4% flat
107 Poland 100.4% 2018 up 4.9% flat
108 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 100.3% 2015 up 7.3% rising
109 South Africa 100.3% 2018 down 4.6% flat
110 Bangladesh 100.2% 2018 up 23.2% rising
111 Suriname 99.8% 2019 up 0.9% rising
112 Serbia 99.8% 2019 up 1.0% flat
113 Seychelles 99.8% 2019 down 6.7% falling
114 Azerbaijan 99.8% 2019 up 5.4% rising
115 Albania 99.7% 2019 up 6.9% flat
116 Türkiye 99.4% 2018 down 4.1% flat
117 Hungary 99.4% 2018 up 0.4% flat
118 Estonia 99.3% 2018 down 4.5% flat
119 Bhutan 99.3% 2020 up 6.0% rising
120 Czechia 99.1% 2018 down 2.5% flat
121 China (People’s Republic of) 99.0% 2019 down 2.0% falling
122 Belarus 98.9% 2018 down 12.6% flat
123 Saint Lucia 98.8% 2019 down 1.9% rising
124 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 98.7% 2018 down 9.0% falling
125 Korea 98.7% 2018 down 2.8% flat
126 Malaysia 98.5% 2017 up 3.3% flat
127 Philippines 98.1% 2018 down 1.3% flat
128 Ghana 98.0% 2019 up 3.8% rising
129 Ukraine 97.5% 2014 down 2.1% falling
130 Paraguay 97.4% 2012 down 7.2% falling
131 Bahrain 97.4% 2019 up 3.1% falling
132 Slovak Republic 97.3% 2018 down 0.7% flat
133 Palestine, State of 96.9% 2019 up 8.6% rising
134 Burundi 96.3% 2019 up 2.7% rising
135 Solomon Islands 96.3% 2018 up 3.1% rising
136 Montenegro 96.1% 2019 down 13.8% falling
137 Bermuda 95.9% 2015 up 4.8% flat
138 Myanmar 95.9% 2018 up 19.6% rising
139 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 95.8% 2017 down 4.3% rising
140 Vanuatu 95.4% 2015 up 1.8% rising
141 Cambodia 95.1% 2019 down 8.1% rising
142 Panama 94.8% 2017 down 6.2% flat
143 Kiribati 94.7% 2017 down 8.2% rising
144 Madagascar 94.6% 2019 down 11.1% rising
145 British Virgin Islands 94.4% 2018 down 18.1% flat
146 North Macedonia 93.8% 2018 up 4.9% falling
147 Micronesia (Federated States of) 93.8% 2019 down 14.1% falling
148 El Salvador 93.6% 2018 down 12.2% flat
149 Côte d'Ivoire 92.9% 2019 up 21.8% rising
150 Mozambique 92.2% 2017 down 1.6% rising
151 Guatemala 91.8% 2019 down 9.1% rising
152 Lao People's Democratic Republic 91.1% 2019 down 11.3% flat
153 India 90.7% 2019 down 5.4% rising
154 Zambia 90.3% 2017 down 14.7% rising
155 Yemen 90.3% 2016 down 1.0% flat
156 Armenia 90.2% 2019 down 13.9% flat
157 Romania 88.5% 2018 down 12.5% flat
158 Republic of Moldova 88.4% 2019 down 3.4% falling
159 Congo 88.4% 2012 up 0.1% rising
160 Comoros 87.8% 2018 down 5.5% flat
161 Pakistan 86.6% 2019 up 15.9% rising
162 Cayman Islands 86.2% 2018 down 7.5% falling
163 Gambia 86.0% 2019 up 19.6% rising
164 Jamaica 86.0% 2019 down 10.8% falling
165 Honduras 84.3% 2019 down 3.1% falling
166 Guinea 83.0% 2014 up 18.8% rising
167 Puerto Rico 82.4% 2018 down 12.2% falling
168 Tuvalu 82.2% 2019 down 14.5% falling
169 Ethiopia 82.2% 2015 up 16.5% rising
170 Bulgaria 82.1% 2018 down 16.4% flat
171 Central African Republic 80.3% 2016 up 48.0% rising
172 Tanzania, United Republic of 79.5% 2019 down 6.9% rising
173 Burkina Faso 78.8% 2019 up 23.9% rising
174 Mauritania 78.2% 2019 up 12.1% rising
175 Jordan 77.9% 2019 down 13.7% falling
176 Bahamas 77.4% 2018 down 21.5% falling
177 Nigeria 75.1% 2016 down 15.9% falling
178 Liberia 75.0% 2017 down 11.5% falling
179 Chad 74.5% 2019 down 1.1% rising
180 Sudan 74.4% 2017 up 10.0% rising
181 Syrian Arab Republic 73.4% 2013 down 28.1% flat
182 Eritrea 72.3% 2018 down 24.7% rising
183 Mali 72.2% 2018 down 7.3% rising
184 Djibouti 69.5% 2020 up 29.4% rising
185 Senegal 66.7% 2019 down 2.4% rising
186 Marshall Islands 65.7% 2019 down 32.5% falling
187 Niger 64.9% 2017 up 44.3% rising
188 Equatorial Guinea 51.9% 2015 down 27.5% falling

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,500 data points, 1981–2020
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Total male enrollment in primary and lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the male population of official primary and lower secondary 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.