Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Tunisia

Gross tertiary enrolment in Tunisia was 38.1% in 2023. The value for 2023 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 2023 Source: World Bank
Tunisia, 2023 38.1% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2022 +1.0percentage points 2022: 37.1%
World, 2023 43.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 83rd of 128 See the full ranking

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Tunisia 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 TunisiaWorld
2024 – 43.6%
2023 38.1% 43.2%
2022 37.1% 42.0%
2021 33.3% 41.1%
2020 32.5% 39.7%
2019 31.4% 38.7%
2018 31.0% 37.9%
2017 30.9% 37.5%
2016 31.2% 37.1%
2015 33.4% 36.6%
2014 33.7% 35.6%
2013 34.2% 33.1%
2012 36.1% 32.3%
2011 35.9% 31.1%
2010 36.0% 29.6%
2009 35.3% 28.3%
2008 33.6% 27.4%
2007 32.1% 26.3%
2006 31.6% 25.7%
2005 30.4% 24.3%
2004 28.3% 23.6%
2003 26.0% 22.8%
2002 22.1% 21.6%
2001 20.6% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 37.1% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 34.2%, the figure has changed by +3.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 128 countries with data for 2023, Tunisia has the 83rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 43.2%.

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 2023 for Tunisia
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