Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Uganda

Gross tertiary enrolment in Uganda was 4.6% in 2014. The value for 2014 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1970 to 2014 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Uganda is for 2014. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Uganda, 2014 4.6% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2012 +0.9percentage points 2012: 3.7%
World, 2014 35.6% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Uganda 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 UgandaWorld
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 – 36.6%
2014 4.6% 35.6%
2013 – 33.1%
2012 3.7% 32.3%
2011 4.4% 31.1%
2010 3.9% 29.6%
2009 4.2% 28.3%
2008 3.8% 27.4%
2007 – 26.3%
2006 3.6% 25.7%
2005 – 24.3%
2004 3.7% 23.6%
2003 3.8% 22.8%
2002 3.5% 21.6%
2001 2.9% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 3.7% in 2012, a change of +0.9 percentage points.
  • Since 2001, when it was 2.9%, the figure has changed by +1.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2014 was 35.6%.

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
1970 to 2014 for Uganda
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