Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Oman

Gross tertiary enrolment in Oman was 42.2% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2014.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1977 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Oman, 2024 42.2% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2021 −1.6percentage points 2021: 43.8%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Oman 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 OmanWorld
2024 42.2% 43.6%
2023 – 43.2%
2022 – 42.0%
2021 43.8% 41.1%
2020 48.4% 39.7%
2019 45.2% 38.7%
2018 45.0% 37.9%
2017 43.6% 37.5%
2016 46.8% 37.1%
2015 45.2% 36.6%
2014 41.2% 35.6%
2013 35.1% 33.1%
2012 – 32.3%
2011 31.6% 31.1%
2010 27.9% 29.6%
2009 22.0% 28.3%
2008 20.4% 27.4%
2007 20.4% 26.3%
2006 19.2% 25.7%
2005 17.1% 24.3%
2004 15.2% 23.6%
2003 14.3% 22.8%
2002 – 21.6%
2001 – 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 43.8% in 2021, a change of −1.6 percentage points.
  • Since 2011, when it was 31.6%, the figure has changed by +10.7 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
1977 to 2024 for Oman
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