Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Egypt

Gross tertiary enrolment in Egypt was 38.0% in 2025.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1971 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Egypt, 2025 38.0% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2024 +0.5percentage points 2024: 37.6%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate Not the same period as Egypt (2025).

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Egypt 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 2025
Period EgyptWorld
2025 38.0% –
2024 37.6% 43.6%
2023 37.9% 43.2%
2022 36.5% 42.0%
2021 35.1% 41.1%
2020 38.8% 39.7%
2019 33.6% 38.7%
2018 36.1% 37.9%
2017 33.1% 37.5%
2016 31.9% 37.1%
2015 32.9% 36.6%
2014 29.1% 35.6%
2013 28.3% 33.1%
2012 26.2% 32.3%
2011 25.6% 31.1%
2010 30.1% 29.6%
2009 29.3% 28.3%
2008 28.7% 27.4%
2007 28.8% 26.3%
2006 28.4% 25.7%
2005 28.4% 24.3%
2004 27.3% 23.6%
2003 26.0% 22.8%
2002 28.9% 21.6%
2001 27.9% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 37.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 32.9%, the figure has changed by +5.2 percentage points.

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
1971 to 2025 for Egypt
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