Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Cayman Islands

Gross tertiary enrolment in Cayman Islands was 33.0% in 2008. The value for 2008 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1999 to 2008 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Cayman Islands is for 2008. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Cayman Islands, 2008 33.0% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2007 +10.9percentage points 2007: 22.1%
World, 2008 27.4% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Cayman Islands over time

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% 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.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period Cayman IslandsWorld
2024 – 43.6%
2023 – 43.2%
2022 – 42.0%
2021 – 41.1%
2020 – 39.7%
2019 – 38.7%
2018 – 37.9%
2017 – 37.5%
2016 – 37.1%
2015 – 36.6%
2014 – 35.6%
2013 – 33.1%
2012 – 32.3%
2011 – 31.1%
2010 – 29.6%
2009 – 28.3%
2008 33.0% 27.4%
2007 22.1% 26.3%
2006 19.5% 25.7%
2005 – 24.3%
2004 – 23.6%
2003 19.8% 22.8%
2002 19.2% 21.6%
2001 21.8% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +10.9 percentage points from 22.1% in 2007.
  • Since 1999, when it was 15.8%, the figure has changed by +17.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2008 was 27.4%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1999 to 2008 for Cayman Islands
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics