Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Afghanistan
Gross tertiary enrolment in Afghanistan was 10.9% in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
The latest value for Afghanistan is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Afghanistan, 2020
10.9%
Change from 2018
+0.9percentage points
World, 2020
39.7%
Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Afghanistan over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Afghanistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 43.6% |
| 2023 | – | 43.2% |
| 2022 | – | 42.0% |
| 2021 | – | 41.1% |
| 2020 | 10.9% | 39.7% |
| 2019 | – | 38.7% |
| 2018 | 10.0% | 37.9% |
| 2017 | – | 37.5% |
| 2016 | – | 37.1% |
| 2015 | – | 36.6% |
| 2014 | 8.4% | 35.6% |
| 2013 | – | 33.1% |
| 2012 | – | 32.3% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | 31.1% |
| 2010 | – | 29.6% |
| 2009 | 3.9% | 28.3% |
| 2008 | – | 27.4% |
| 2007 | – | 26.3% |
| 2006 | – | 25.7% |
| 2005 | – | 24.3% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | 23.6% |
| 2003 | 1.4% | 22.8% |
| 2002 | – | 21.6% |
| 2001 | – | 20.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 10.0% in 2018, a change of +0.9 percentage points.
- Since 1982, when it was 2.0%, the figure has changed by +8.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2020 was 39.7%.
More for Afghanistan
All statistics for Afghanistan
Primary school enrolment (gross)
112.2%
2023 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
55.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
44.2%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
31.3%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
26.7%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
68.8%
1993 · UNESCO UIS