Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in OECD members
Gross tertiary enrolment in OECD member countries was 78.6% in 2024.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2024
78.6%
Change from 2023
−0.9percentage points
World, 2024
43.6%
Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in OECD members 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.
| Period | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 78.6% | 43.6% |
| 2023 | 79.5% | 43.2% |
| 2022 | 78.4% | 42.0% |
| 2021 | 78.9% | 41.1% |
| 2020 | 77.3% | 39.7% |
| 2019 | 76.4% | 38.7% |
| 2018 | 75.5% | 37.9% |
| 2017 | 74.8% | 37.5% |
| 2016 | 73.9% | 37.1% |
| 2015 | 72.0% | 36.6% |
| 2014 | 70.9% | 35.6% |
| 2013 | 69.9% | 33.1% |
| 2012 | 68.9% | 32.3% |
| 2011 | 67.9% | 31.1% |
| 2010 | 66.8% | 29.6% |
| 2009 | 65.3% | 28.3% |
| 2008 | 63.7% | 27.4% |
| 2007 | 63.1% | 26.3% |
| 2006 | 62.3% | 25.7% |
| 2005 | 60.9% | 24.3% |
| 2004 | 60.0% | 23.6% |
| 2003 | 58.8% | 22.8% |
| 2002 | 57.1% | 21.6% |
| 2001 | 54.7% | 20.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.9 percentage points from 79.5% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 70.9%, the figure has changed by +7.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.