Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in China
Gross tertiary enrolment in China was 76.9% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
China, 2024
76.9%
Change from 2023
+2.3percentage points
World, 2024
43.6%
Median of G20 countries, 2024
74.1%
Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in China 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.
| Period | China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 76.9% | 43.6% |
| 2023 | 74.6% | 43.2% |
| 2022 | 71.6% | 42.0% |
| 2021 | 66.8% | 41.1% |
| 2020 | 61.6% | 39.7% |
| 2019 | 56.6% | 38.7% |
| 2018 | 53.4% | 37.9% |
| 2017 | 51.1% | 37.5% |
| 2016 | 49.3% | 37.1% |
| 2015 | 47.1% | 36.6% |
| 2014 | 43.7% | 35.6% |
| 2013 | 32.7% | 33.1% |
| 2012 | 29.3% | 32.3% |
| 2011 | 26.8% | 31.1% |
| 2010 | 25.3% | 29.6% |
| 2009 | 23.3% | 28.3% |
| 2008 | 21.9% | 27.4% |
| 2007 | 21.5% | 26.3% |
| 2006 | 20.6% | 25.7% |
| 2005 | 18.7% | 24.3% |
| 2004 | 16.9% | 23.6% |
| 2003 | 14.5% | 22.8% |
| 2002 | 11.8% | 21.6% |
| 2001 | 9.3% | 20.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.3 percentage points from 74.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 43.7%, the figure has changed by +33.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.
More for China
All statistics for China
Primary school enrolment (gross)
99.6%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
11.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
99.2%
2020 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
95.7%
2020 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
87.5%
2020 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
6.7%
1997 · UNESCO UIS