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Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Uruguay

Gross tertiary enrolment in Uruguay was 80.0% in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1974.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1974 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Uruguay, 2023 80.0% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2022 +3.6percentage points 2022: 76.4%
World, 2023 43.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 26th of 128 See the full ranking

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Uruguay 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 UruguayWorld
2024 – 43.6%
2023 80.0% 43.2%
2022 76.4% 42.0%
2021 75.2% 41.1%
2020 64.9% 39.7%
2019 62.0% 38.7%
2018 60.3% 37.9%
2017 59.8% 37.5%
2016 59.6% 37.1%
2015 57.8% 36.6%
2014 59.8% 35.6%
2013 60.0% 33.1%
2012 54.7% 32.3%
2011 52.6% 31.1%
2010 51.9% 29.6%
2009 50.9% 28.3%
2008 51.1% 27.4%
2007 50.4% 26.3%
2006 45.3% 25.7%
2005 44.4% 24.3%
2004 42.8% 23.6%
2003 41.8% 22.8%
2002 39.6% 21.6%
2001 37.8% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of +3.6 percentage points from 76.4% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 60.0%, the figure has changed by +20.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 128 countries with data for 2023, Uruguay has the 26th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 43.2%.

More for Uruguay

All statistics for Uruguay
Primary school enrolment (gross) 104.5% 2023 · World Bank ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 15.1% 2025 · ILOSTAT Primary completion (UIS) 99.4% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Lower secondary completion 88.7% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Upper secondary completion 55.5% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 0.0% 2023 · UNESCO UIS

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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
1974 to 2023 for Uruguay
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