Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in South Asia
Gross tertiary enrolment in South Asia was 32.8% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024
32.8%
Change from 2023
+0.3percentage points
World, 2024
43.6%
Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in South Asia 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 | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32.8% | 43.6% |
| 2023 | 32.4% | 43.2% |
| 2022 | 30.9% | 42.0% |
| 2021 | 29.8% | 41.1% |
| 2020 | 28.2% | 39.7% |
| 2019 | 27.7% | 38.7% |
| 2018 | 26.9% | 37.9% |
| 2017 | 26.1% | 37.5% |
| 2016 | 25.5% | 37.1% |
| 2015 | 25.4% | 36.6% |
| 2014 | 24.0% | 35.6% |
| 2013 | 22.7% | 33.1% |
| 2012 | 23.1% | 32.3% |
| 2011 | 21.8% | 31.1% |
| 2010 | 17.6% | 29.6% |
| 2009 | 15.8% | 28.3% |
| 2008 | 14.7% | 27.4% |
| 2007 | 12.9% | 26.3% |
| 2006 | 11.3% | 25.7% |
| 2005 | 10.5% | 24.3% |
| 2004 | 10.6% | 23.6% |
| 2003 | 10.3% | 22.8% |
| 2002 | 9.9% | 21.6% |
| 2001 | 9.4% | 20.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 32.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 24.0%, the figure has changed by +8.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.