Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Sub-Saharan Africa
Gross tertiary enrolment in Sub-Saharan Africa was 9.3% in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2021
9.3%
Change from 2020
+0.1percentage points
World, 2021
41.1%
Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 43.6% |
| 2023 | – | 43.2% |
| 2022 | – | 42.0% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | 41.1% |
| 2020 | 9.2% | 39.7% |
| 2019 | 9.1% | 38.7% |
| 2018 | 9.1% | 37.9% |
| 2017 | 9.0% | 37.5% |
| 2016 | 8.8% | 37.1% |
| 2015 | 8.8% | 36.6% |
| 2014 | 8.7% | 35.6% |
| 2013 | 8.6% | 33.1% |
| 2012 | 8.2% | 32.3% |
| 2011 | 7.9% | 31.1% |
| 2010 | 7.6% | 29.6% |
| 2009 | 7.1% | 28.3% |
| 2008 | 6.7% | 27.4% |
| 2007 | 6.4% | 26.3% |
| 2006 | 6.2% | 25.7% |
| 2005 | 6.1% | 24.3% |
| 2004 | 5.7% | 23.6% |
| 2003 | 5.5% | 22.8% |
| 2002 | 5.1% | 21.6% |
| 2001 | 4.7% | 20.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 9.2% in 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 7.9%, the figure has changed by +1.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 41.1%.