Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Israel

Gross tertiary enrolment in Israel was 56.3% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2006.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Israel, 2024 56.3% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 −0.9percentage points 2023: 57.1%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 78.1% Middle value of 22 countries

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Israel 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 IsraelWorld
2024 56.3% 43.6%
2023 57.1% 43.2%
2022 59.0% 42.0%
2021 60.3% 41.1%
2020 57.6% 39.7%
2019 57.5% 38.7%
2018 58.6% 37.9%
2017 60.3% 37.5%
2016 61.4% 37.1%
2015 61.6% 36.6%
2014 62.6% 35.6%
2013 62.7% 33.1%
2012 64.2% 32.3%
2011 62.8% 31.1%
2010 62.1% 29.6%
2009 59.5% 28.3%
2008 56.8% 27.4%
2007 57.3% 26.3%
2006 54.7% 25.7%
2005 55.6% 24.3%
2004 54.5% 23.6%
2003 55.2% 22.8%
2002 55.8% 21.6%
2001 51.1% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.9 percentage points from 57.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 62.6%, the figure has changed by −6.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.

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
2001 to 2024 for Israel
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