Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Rwanda

Gross tertiary enrolment in Rwanda was 9.4% 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
Rwanda, 2024 9.4% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 +0.5percentage points 2023: 8.9%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Rwanda 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 RwandaWorld
2024 9.4% 43.6%
2023 8.9% 43.2%
2022 7.4% 42.0%
2021 – 41.1%
2020 7.6% 39.7%
2019 6.3% 38.7%
2018 6.8% 37.9%
2017 7.3% 37.5%
2016 7.6% 37.1%
2015 7.5% 36.6%
2014 7.4% 35.6%
2013 6.2% 33.1%
2012 6.7% 32.3%
2011 6.8% 31.1%
2010 5.8% 29.6%
2009 5.1% 28.3%
2008 4.2% 27.4%
2007 3.9% 26.3%
2006 3.6% 25.7%
2005 2.9% 24.3%
2004 2.7% 23.6%
2003 2.3% 22.8%
2002 1.9% 21.6%
2001 1.5% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 8.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2013, when it was 6.2%, the figure has changed by +3.2 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
1971 to 2024 for Rwanda
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