Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Jordan

Gross tertiary enrolment in Jordan was 35.9% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2015.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1971 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Jordan, 2024 35.9% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 +2.9percentage points 2023: 33.1%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Jordan 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 JordanWorld
2024 35.9% 43.6%
2023 33.1% 43.2%
2022 32.5% 42.0%
2021 30.5% 41.1%
2020 30.3% 39.7%
2019 30.1% 38.7%
2018 31.6% 37.9%
2017 28.6% 37.5%
2016 34.1% 37.1%
2015 36.6% 36.6%
2014 – 35.6%
2013 – 33.1%
2012 43.9% 32.3%
2011 37.4% 31.1%
2010 37.8% 29.6%
2009 42.1% 28.3%
2008 41.4% 27.4%
2007 38.7% 26.3%
2006 37.9% 25.7%
2005 39.7% 24.3%
2004 40.5% 23.6%
2003 36.1% 22.8%
2002 32.3% 21.6%
2001 – 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.9 percentage points from 33.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2012, when it was 43.9%, the figure has changed by −8.0 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
1971 to 2024 for Jordan
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