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Progression to secondary school, male (%) by country

Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).

Countries reporting
156
Highest
100.0%
Aruba
Lowest
57.2%
Syria
Median
97.4%
Years covered
49
1970–2018
Data points
4,181

What the numbers show

Progression to secondary school, male (%) is currently reported for 156 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Aruba; the lowest is 57.2% in Syria.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.4%, and the mean is 92.5%.

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

Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Vanuatu (up 74.6%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 39.4%).

Progression to secondary school, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Aruba 100.0% 2008 up 0.6% flat
1 United Arab Emirates 100.0% 2013 up 0.5% rising
1 Argentina 100.0% 2016 up 11.0% rising
1 Austria 100.0% 2016 up 0.1% rising
1 Azerbaijan 100.0% 2017 unchanged rising
1 Barbados 100.0% 2008 up 2.3% flat
1 Brunei 100.0% 2017 up 0.1% rising
1 Switzerland 100.0% 2016 up 0.5% flat
1 Czechia 100.0% 2016 up 0.8% flat
1 Germany 100.0% 2016 up 0.5% flat
1 Dominica 100.0% 2014 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 100.0% 2016 up 3.0% flat
1 Algeria 100.0% 2017 up 2.9% rising
1 Finland 100.0% 2016 up 0.2% flat
1 Hong Kong 100.0% 2017 unchanged rising
1 Hungary 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Iceland 100.0% 2011 unchanged flat
1 Italy 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Liechtenstein 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 North Macedonia 100.0% 2014 unchanged flat
1 Malta 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Mauritius 100.0% 2017 up 22.5% rising
1 Norway 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Panama 100.0% 2016 unchanged rising
1 Poland 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 100.0% 1975 — rising
1 Romania 100.0% 2016 up 0.1% flat
1 Singapore 100.0% 2016 up 11.6% rising
1 Slovenia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Uzbekistan 100.0% 2017 up 0.1% flat
32 Spain 99.9% 2016 up 0.3% flat
33 Vietnam 99.9% 2015 up 5.2% flat
34 Saudi Arabia 99.8% 2017 up 7.8% flat
35 Bulgaria 99.8% 2016 up 2.0% flat
36 Turkey 99.8% 2015 up 0.2% rising
37 South Korea 99.8% 2016 up 0.6% rising
38 Kyrgyzstan 99.8% 2017 down 0.2% flat
39 Ukraine 99.7% 2017 up 0.1% flat
40 Tajikistan 99.7% 2016 up 0.4% flat
41 Estonia 99.7% 2016 up 0.4% flat
42 Georgia 99.6% 2017 down 0.1% flat
43 Israel 99.6% 2016 down 0.4% flat
44 Serbia 99.5% 2017 down 0.1% flat
45 Kazakhstan 99.5% 2018 down 0.2% flat
46 Cyprus 99.5% 2016 up 1.2% rising
47 Bahrain 99.4% 2017 up 1.0% rising
48 Ecuador 99.2% 2017 up 22.4% rising
49 Qatar 99.2% 2016 up 1.4% rising
50 Bhutan 99.1% 2016 up 3.7% rising
51 Lithuania 99.1% 2016 down 0.2% flat
52 Slovakia 99.1% 2016 down 0.3% flat
53 Greece 99.0% 2016 down 1.0% rising
54 Sri Lanka 98.9% 2017 down 0.1% rising
55 Mongolia 98.8% 2017 down 0.7% rising
56 Latvia 98.8% 2016 down 1.0% flat
57 Croatia 98.8% 2016 down 0.4% flat
58 Albania 98.6% 2017 up 0.5% flat
59 Venezuela 98.6% 2016 down 1.0% rising
60 Macao 98.5% 2017 up 1.9% rising
61 Colombia 98.5% 2012 up 6.4% rising
62 Kenya 98.4% 2015 — flat
63 Guinea-Bissau 98.2% 1983 up 44.1% rising
64 Eswatini 98.1% 2016 up 0.3% rising
65 Cuba 98.0% 2017 down 0.1% rising
66 Tunisia 97.9% 2016 up 4.4% rising
67 Moldova 97.9% 2017 down 1.0% flat
68 Maldives 97.8% 2016 up 6.0% rising
69 Fiji 97.8% 2015 down 2.2% rising
70 Armenia 97.8% 2017 down 2.2% flat
71 Thailand 97.8% 2017 — rising
72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 97.8% 2017 up 15.6% rising
73 Jordan 97.7% 2017 down 2.3% rising
74 Belarus 97.6% 2017 up 0.2% flat
75 Bolivia 97.5% 2017 up 2.2% flat
76 Seychelles 97.5% 2017 down 2.5% rising
77 Belize 97.4% 2017 up 1.2% flat
78 Chile 97.4% 2016 up 1.8% rising
79 Botswana 97.4% 2012 down 2.6% rising
80 Saint Lucia 97.4% 2017 up 1.4% rising
81 Iran 96.9% 2016 up 0.9% rising
82 Mexico 96.8% 2016 up 1.3% rising
83 Oman 96.8% 2017 down 2.6% rising
84 Kuwait 96.7% 2017 down 3.3% flat
85 Palestine 96.5% 2017 down 3.0% flat
86 Jamaica 96.5% 2017 down 3.5% falling
87 Eritrea 96.2% 2017 up 1.7% flat
88 Philippines 96.2% 2016 down 3.1% flat
89 Kiribati 96.2% 2015 — volatile
90 Peru 95.7% 2017 down 1.6% rising
91 Indonesia 95.4% 2016 down 4.2% rising
92 Lebanon 95.3% 2017 up 2.5% flat
93 El Salvador 95.3% 2017 down 0.8% rising
94 Namibia 95.1% 2012 up 5.3% flat
95 Egypt 95.1% 2017 up 2.9% rising
96 Samoa 94.7% 2017 down 5.3% rising
97 Paraguay 94.5% 2011 up 1.7% flat
98 Guatemala 94.4% 2017 down 0.2% rising
99 Cape Verde 94.2% 2017 up 0.7% rising
100 Afghanistan 94.0% 2017 — rising
101 New Caledonia 94.0% 1989 up 17.2% rising
102 Trinidad and Tobago 94.0% 2009 up 1.9% rising
103 Sao Tome and Principe 93.9% 2016 up 34.0% rising
104 Gambia 93.9% 2013 up 4.8% rising
105 Guyana 93.6% 2009 up 42.0% flat
106 South Africa 93.4% 2015 down 0.3% flat
107 Costa Rica 93.1% 2017 down 6.9% rising
108 Cayman Islands 93.0% 2012 up 4.6% flat
109 Ghana 92.7% 2017 down 7.2% flat
110 Morocco 92.7% 2017 up 5.4% rising
111 East Timor 92.1% 2017 up 3.2% flat
112 Ethiopia 92.0% 2014 down 7.9% rising
113 Malaysia 91.7% 2016 down 7.2% falling
114 Dominican Republic 91.6% 2017 down 6.2% flat
115 Cote d'Ivoire 91.5% 2016 up 27.4% rising
116 India 91.0% 2017 down 0.7% flat
117 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 90.6% 2017 down 0.5% rising
118 Libya 90.1% 1980 up 6.6% rising
119 Sudan 89.9% 2016 down 7.9% falling
120 Vanuatu 89.8% 2009 up 74.6% rising
121 Sierra Leone 89.4% 2017 up 12.6% rising
122 Malawi 88.4% 2011 up 0.1% flat
123 Djibouti 87.9% 2017 down 3.7% rising
124 Laos 87.6% 2017 up 4.4% rising
125 Cambodia 87.4% 2017 up 6.1% falling
126 Pakistan 87.0% 2017 up 13.9% rising
127 Lesotho 86.3% 2015 up 7.0% rising
128 Iraq 85.4% 1999 up 8.7% rising
129 Togo 84.2% 2017 up 2.9% rising
130 Nepal 84.1% 2016 down 4.3% flat
131 Benin 82.5% 2015 up 5.7% rising
132 Burkina Faso 80.8% 2017 up 8.8% rising
133 Central African Republic 80.5% 2011 up 9.2% rising
134 Chad 79.7% 2015 up 8.6% rising
135 Congo 78.1% 2011 down 12.0% falling
136 Mali 77.2% 2016 down 9.6% rising
137 Uruguay 75.7% 2009 down 13.4% flat
138 Burundi 75.5% 2017 up 10.5% volatile
139 Myanmar 75.5% 2006 up 14.2% flat
140 Senegal 75.3% 2016 down 7.8% rising
141 Madagascar 73.9% 2015 up 3.3% rising
142 Guinea 73.8% 2013 down 16.3% rising
143 Rwanda 73.4% 2017 down 6.3% rising
144 Democratic Republic of Congo 73.2% 2012 down 20.1% rising
145 Tanzania 73.0% 2017 up 40.2% rising
146 Mozambique 72.5% 2015 up 24.9% rising
147 Haiti 70.3% 1986 up 20.6% rising
148 Honduras 69.2% 2015 up 1.3% flat
149 Netherlands 68.1% 1984 up 4.7% rising
150 Mauritania 67.6% 2017 up 1.7% falling
151 Zambia 65.6% 2012 up 5.2% rising
152 Cameroon 64.0% 2015 up 43.1% rising
153 Uganda 60.7% 2016 down 7.4% rising
154 Niger 60.0% 2015 down 18.0% rising
155 Suriname 59.9% 2017 up 3.8% falling
156 Syria 57.2% 2012 down 39.4% rising

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
Progression to secondary school, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
198 places, 4,181 data points, 1970–2018
Last refreshed

Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).