Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Philippines

Gross tertiary enrolment in Philippines was 47.4% in 2024. The value for 2024 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 2024 Source: World Bank
Philippines, 2024 47.4% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 +3.2percentage points 2023: 44.2%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Philippines 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 PhilippinesWorld
2024 47.4% 43.6%
2023 44.2% 43.2%
2022 38.4% 42.0%
2021 33.6% 41.1%
2020 31.6% 39.7%
2019 30.1% 38.7%
2018 28.1% 37.9%
2017 33.7% 37.5%
2016 38.3% 37.1%
2015 35.9% 36.6%
2014 33.9% 35.6%
2013 31.9% 33.1%
2012 29.6% 32.3%
2011 29.1% 31.1%
2010 27.8% 29.6%
2009 26.6% 28.3%
2008 27.1% 27.4%
2007 – 26.3%
2006 26.2% 25.7%
2005 25.8% 24.3%
2004 26.5% 23.6%
2003 27.2% 22.8%
2002 28.3% 21.6%
2001 28.6% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.2 percentage points from 44.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 33.9%, the figure has changed by +13.5 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.

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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 Philippines
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