Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Sudan

Gross tertiary enrolment in Sudan was 15.9% in 2015.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1999 to 2015 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Sudan is for 2015. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Sudan, 2015 15.9% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2014 −0.1percentage points 2014: 16.0%
World, 2015 36.6% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Sudan 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 SudanWorld
2024 – 43.6%
2023 – 43.2%
2022 – 42.0%
2021 – 41.1%
2020 – 39.7%
2019 – 38.7%
2018 – 37.9%
2017 – 37.5%
2016 – 37.1%
2015 15.9% 36.6%
2014 16.0% 35.6%
2013 16.7% 33.1%
2012 14.8% 32.3%
2011 14.5% 31.1%
2010 14.8% 29.6%
2009 14.6% 28.3%
2008 14.4% 27.4%
2007 13.0% 26.3%
2006 13.3% 25.7%
2005 11.8% 24.3%
2004 10.5% 23.6%
2003 8.7% 22.8%
2002 9.3% 21.6%
2001 8.3% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 16.0% in 2014.
  • Since 2005, when it was 11.8%, the figure has changed by +4.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2015 was 36.6%.

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
1999 to 2015 for Sudan
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