Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in North America
Gross tertiary enrolment in North America was 79.0% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2005.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2024
79.0%
Change from 2023
−3.2percentage points
World, 2024
43.6%
Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in North America over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% 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 | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 79.0% | 43.6% |
| 2023 | 82.2% | 43.2% |
| 2022 | 79.3% | 42.0% |
| 2021 | 84.4% | 41.1% |
| 2020 | 86.3% | 39.7% |
| 2019 | 86.4% | 38.7% |
| 2018 | 86.4% | 37.9% |
| 2017 | 86.4% | 37.5% |
| 2016 | 87.0% | 37.1% |
| 2015 | 86.8% | 36.6% |
| 2014 | 86.6% | 35.6% |
| 2013 | 86.5% | 33.1% |
| 2012 | 86.1% | 32.3% |
| 2011 | 85.8% | 31.1% |
| 2010 | 85.4% | 29.6% |
| 2009 | 85.3% | 28.3% |
| 2008 | 83.0% | 27.4% |
| 2007 | 82.1% | 26.3% |
| 2006 | 81.1% | 25.7% |
| 2005 | 78.8% | 24.3% |
| 2004 | 79.2% | 23.6% |
| 2003 | 77.6% | 22.8% |
| 2002 | 76.0% | 21.6% |
| 2001 | 71.5% | 20.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.2 percentage points from 82.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 86.6%, the figure has changed by −7.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.