Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in World
Gross tertiary enrolment in the world was 43.6% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
43.6%
Change from 2023
+0.4percentage points
European Union, 2024
79.5%
Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43.6% | 79.5% |
| 2023 | 43.2% | 79.5% |
| 2022 | 42.0% | 79.6% |
| 2021 | 41.1% | 77.9% |
| 2020 | 39.7% | 75.0% |
| 2019 | 38.7% | 74.0% |
| 2018 | 37.9% | 72.9% |
| 2017 | 37.5% | 71.8% |
| 2016 | 37.1% | 70.5% |
| 2015 | 36.6% | 69.8% |
| 2014 | 35.6% | 68.7% |
| 2013 | 33.1% | 67.6% |
| 2012 | 32.3% | 67.4% |
| 2011 | 31.1% | 67.5% |
| 2010 | 29.6% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 28.3% | 65.6% |
| 2008 | 27.4% | 64.5% |
| 2007 | 26.3% | 63.5% |
| 2006 | 25.7% | 62.8% |
| 2005 | 24.3% | 61.6% |
| 2004 | 23.6% | 60.0% |
| 2003 | 22.8% | 58.0% |
| 2002 | 21.6% | 55.7% |
| 2001 | 20.4% | 53.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 43.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 35.6%, the figure has changed by +8.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 79.5%.
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Adult literacy rate
87.7%
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Primary school completion rate
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Secondary school enrolment (gross)
77.3%
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