Year % of male primary school age 1975 50.889030456543 1976 50.1456184387207 1977 48.3628311157227 1978 46.4610214233398 1979 43.8392486572266 1980 41.7519493103027 1981 39.9065017700195 1982 38.7422103881836 1983 38.3206405639648 1984 38.9165306091309 1985 39.9416084289551 1986 41.494140625 1987 42.4313011169434 1988 43.2938919067383 1989 42.4473686218262 1990 43.1374588012695 1991 42.4306488037109 1992 42.6674118041992 1993 42.2931289672852 1994 41.9288101196289 1995 40.5131187438965 1996 41.3787307739258 1997 38.8285903930664 1998 38.2024192810059 1999 37.8903694152832 2000 35.4610900878906 2001 33.4690093994141 2002 31.5599498748779 2003 29.2392406463623 2004 27.6922492980957 2005 25.5377292633057 2006 23.9474792480469 2007 20.6491298675537 2008 19.9842796325684 2009 19.6421394348145 2010 20.50625 2011 19.08315 2012 18.75962 2013 18.1315 2014 17.87609 2015 17.80493 2016 17.70605 2017 17.38653 2018 17.11744