Tertiary education enrolment (gross)
Total enrolment in tertiary education, regardless of age, as a percentage of the population in the five-year age group following the official secondary school leaving age.
128 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
Trend 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 | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | – | 34.4% |
| 2024 | 43.6% | – | 76.9% | 34.4% |
| 2023 | 43.2% | – | 74.6% | 34.2% |
| 2022 | 42.0% | 79.4% | 71.6% | 32.7% |
| 2021 | 41.1% | 84.9% | 66.8% | 31.6% |
| 2020 | 39.7% | 87.6% | 61.6% | 29.8% |
| 2019 | 38.7% | 87.9% | 56.6% | 29.0% |
| 2018 | 37.9% | 88.3% | 53.4% | 28.5% |
| 2017 | 37.5% | 88.2% | 51.1% | 27.9% |
| 2016 | 37.1% | 88.8% | 49.3% | 27.3% |
| 2015 | 36.6% | 88.9% | 47.1% | 27.3% |
| 2014 | 35.6% | 88.6% | 43.7% | 26.0% |
| 2013 | 33.1% | 88.7% | 32.7% | 24.4% |
| 2012 | 32.3% | – | 29.3% | 24.9% |
| 2011 | 31.1% | – | 26.8% | 23.8% |
| 2010 | 29.6% | – | 25.3% | 18.7% |
| 2009 | 28.3% | – | 23.3% | 16.7% |
| 2008 | 27.4% | – | 21.9% | 15.6% |
| 2007 | 26.3% | – | 21.5% | 13.7% |
| 2006 | 25.7% | – | 20.6% | 12.0% |
| 2005 | 24.3% | 80.6% | 18.7% | 11.1% |
| 2004 | 23.6% | – | 16.9% | 11.4% |
| 2003 | 22.8% | – | 14.5% | 11.1% |
| 2002 | 21.6% | – | 11.8% | 10.6% |
| 2001 | 20.4% | – | 9.3% | 10.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 128 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Greece (165.1%) and the lowest Suriname (4.9%).
- Half of the countries are above 54.0% and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 16 countries and fell in 19.
- The figure for the world was 43.2% in 2023, against 37.9% in 2018 (+5.3 percentage points).
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All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Greece 165.1%
- 2 Macao SAR, China 129.2%
- 3 Finland 108.1%
- 4 Argentina 107.8%
- 5 Cyprus 107.3%
- 6 South Korea 106.7%
- 7 Türkiye 105.9%
- 8 Hong Kong SAR, China 105.5%
- 9 Chile 104.7%
- 10 Australia 104.6%
- 11 Singapore 97.3%
- 12 Norway 95.1%
- 13 Spain 93.7%
- 14 Russia 93.7%
- 15 Austria 91.7%
- 16 Netherlands 86.6%
- 17 Latvia 85.7%
- 18 Ukraine 82.6%
- 19 Belgium 82.1%
- 20 Sweden 81.4%
- 21 Denmark 81.2%
- 22 Croatia 81.2%
- 23 Malta 80.5%
- 24 United Kingdom 80.4%
- 25 Slovenia 80.1%
- 26 Uruguay 80.0%
- 27 Bulgaria 79.9%
- 28 Germany 78.6%
- 29 Georgia 78.3%
- 30 Puerto Rico (US) 77.9%
- 31 Portugal 77.7%
- 32 Lithuania 77.0%
- 33 Poland 76.9%
- 34 Iceland 76.5%
- 35 New Zealand 76.4%
- 36 Canada 76.3%
- 37 Italy 75.9%
- 38 China 74.6%
- 39 Switzerland 74.0%
- 40 Serbia 73.2%
- 41 Belarus 72.8%
- 42 Moldova 71.2%
- 43 France 70.5%
- 44 Mongolia 67.9%
- 45 Ecuador 67.9%
- 46 Estonia 67.6%
- 47 Czechia 66.7%
- 48 Albania 64.7%
- 49 Japan 64.5%
- 50 Andorra 62.4%
- 51 United Arab Emirates 61.3%
- 52 Fiji 61.0%
- 53 Dominican Republic 58.2%
- 54 Israel 57.1%
- 55 Bahrain 57.1%
- 56 Hungary 56.6%
- 57 Armenia 56.3%
- 58 Algeria 55.5%
- 59 Montenegro 55.2%
- 60 Romania 55.2%
- 61 North Macedonia 55.0%
- 62 Kazakhstan 54.7%
- 63 Lebanon 54.4%
- 64 Barbados 54.3%
- 65 Panama 53.7%
- 66 Kyrgyzstan 53.6%
- 67 Slovakia 53.4%
- 68 San Marino 51.1%
- 69 Cuba 49.7%
- 70 Mexico 47.5%
- 71 Morocco 47.5%
- 72 Uzbekistan 45.8%
- 73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.5%
- 74 Thailand 45.4%
- 75 Indonesia 44.9%
- 76 West Bank and Gaza 44.5%
- 77 Philippines 44.2%
- 78 Mauritius 43.3%
- 79 Tonga 42.9%
- 80 Azerbaijan 41.4%
- 81 Palau 41.1%
- 82 Qatar 38.2%
- 83 Tunisia 38.1%
- 84 Egypt 37.9%
- 85 Malaysia 37.3%
- 86 Brunei 36.4%
- 87 Tajikistan 35.0%
- 88 India 34.2%
- 89 Jordan 33.1%
- 90 Viet Nam 32.8%
- 91 El Salvador 32.4%
- 92 Timor-Leste 31.0%
- 93 Nicaragua 30.4%
- 94 Guatemala 27.3%
- 95 British Virgin Islands 26.6%
- 96 Turks and Caicos Islands 25.3%
- 97 Guyana 25.2%
- 98 Bangladesh 24.2%
- 99 South Africa 23.5%
- 100 Belize 22.4%
- 101 Ghana 22.1%
- 102 Luxembourg 21.5%
- 103 Sri Lanka 20.7%
- 104 Botswana 20.6%
- 105 Tuvalu 19.4%
- 106 Nepal 19.0%
- 107 Turkmenistan 18.8%
- 108 Cambodia 17.4%
- 109 Bermuda 17.3%
- 110 Senegal 16.1%
- 111 Cameroon 16.0%
- 112 Saint Lucia 15.0%
- 113 Bhutan 15.0%
- 114 Laos 14.9%
- 115 Samoa 14.6%
- 116 Seychelles 14.0%
- 117 Côte d'Ivoire 11.6%
- 118 Pakistan 10.5%
- 119 Republic of the Congo 10.4%
- 120 Burkina Faso 10.1%
- 121 Angola 10.0%
- 122 Rwanda 8.9%
- 123 Kenya 8.7%
- 124 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 7.7%
- 125 Madagascar 6.1%
- 126 Burundi 6.0%
- 127 Tanzania 5.2%
- 128 Suriname 4.9%
- East Asia and Pacific 61.9%
- Euro area 81.9%
- Europe and Central Asia 81.5%
- European Union 79.5%
- Latin America and Caribbean 60.6%
- Middle East and North Africa 28.7%
- North America 82.2%
- OECD members 79.5%
- South Asia 32.4%
- World 43.2%
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Grey: no value for 2023. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.