Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Madagascar

Gross tertiary enrolment in Madagascar was 6.1% in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1971.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1971 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Madagascar, 2023 6.1% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2022 +0.3percentage points 2022: 5.9%
World, 2023 43.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 125th of 128 See the full ranking

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Madagascar 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 MadagascarWorld
2024 – 43.6%
2023 6.1% 43.2%
2022 5.9% 42.0%
2021 5.3% 41.1%
2020 5.2% 39.7%
2019 5.3% 38.7%
2018 5.1% 37.9%
2017 5.1% 37.5%
2016 4.7% 37.1%
2015 4.7% 36.6%
2014 4.7% 35.6%
2013 4.2% 33.1%
2012 4.0% 32.3%
2011 4.0% 31.1%
2010 3.6% 29.6%
2009 3.4% 28.3%
2008 3.2% 27.4%
2007 3.1% 26.3%
2006 2.7% 25.7%
2005 2.5% 24.3%
2004 2.4% 23.6%
2003 2.1% 22.8%
2002 1.9% 21.6%
2001 1.9% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 5.9% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 4.2%, the figure has changed by +2.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 128 countries with data for 2023, Madagascar has the 125th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 43.2%.

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 2023 for Madagascar
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