Tertiary education enrolment (gross) by country, 2023
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 places ranked for 2023. Highest: Greece (165.1%). Lowest: Suriname (4.9%). The median is 54.0%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 128. Suriname 4.9%
- 127. Tanzania 5.2%
- 126. Burundi 6.0%
- 125. Madagascar 6.1%
- 124. Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 7.7%
- 123. Kenya 8.7%
- 122. Rwanda 8.9%
- 121. Angola 10.0%
- 120. Burkina Faso 10.1%
- 119. Republic of the Congo 10.4%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 128. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | 165.1% | 2023 | |
| 2 | Macao SAR, China | 129.2% | 2023 | |
| 3 | Finland | 108.1% | 2023 | |
| 4 | Argentina | 107.8% | 2023 | |
| 5 | Cyprus | 107.3% | 2023 | |
| 6 | South Korea | 106.7% | 2023 | |
| 7 | Türkiye | 105.9% | 2023 | |
| 8 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 105.5% | 2023 | |
| 9 | Chile | 104.7% | 2023 | |
| 10 | Australia | 104.6% | 2023 | |
| 11 | Singapore | 97.3% | 2023 | |
| 12 | Norway | 95.1% | 2023 | |
| 13 | Spain | 93.7% | 2023 | |
| 14 | Russia | 93.7% | 2023 | |
| 15 | Austria | 91.7% | 2023 | |
| 16 | Netherlands | 86.6% | 2023 | |
| 17 | Latvia | 85.7% | 2023 | |
| 18 | Ukraine | 82.6% | 2023 | |
| 19 | Belgium | 82.1% | 2023 | |
| 20 | Sweden | 81.4% | 2023 | |
| 21 | Denmark | 81.2% | 2023 | |
| 22 | Croatia | 81.2% | 2023 | |
| 23 | Malta | 80.5% | 2023 | |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 80.4% | 2023 | |
| 25 | Slovenia | 80.1% | 2023 | |
| 26 | Uruguay | 80.0% | 2023 | |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 79.9% | 2023 | |
| 28 | Germany | 78.6% | 2023 | |
| 29 | Georgia | 78.3% | 2023 | |
| 30 | Puerto Rico (US) | 77.9% | 2023 | |
| 31 | Portugal | 77.7% | 2023 | |
| 32 | Lithuania | 77.0% | 2023 | |
| 33 | Poland | 76.9% | 2023 | |
| 34 | Iceland | 76.5% | 2023 | |
| 35 | New Zealand | 76.4% | 2023 | |
| 36 | Canada | 76.3% | 2023 | |
| 37 | Italy | 75.9% | 2023 | |
| 38 | China | 74.6% | 2023 | |
| 39 | Switzerland | 74.0% | 2023 | |
| 40 | Serbia | 73.2% | 2023 | |
| 41 | Belarus | 72.8% | 2023 | |
| 42 | Moldova | 71.2% | 2023 | |
| 43 | France | 70.5% | 2023 | |
| 44 | Mongolia | 67.9% | 2023 | |
| 45 | Ecuador | 67.9% | 2023 | |
| 46 | Estonia | 67.6% | 2023 | |
| 47 | Czechia | 66.7% | 2023 | |
| 48 | Albania | 64.7% | 2023 | |
| 49 | Japan | 64.5% | 2023 | |
| 50 | Andorra | 62.4% | 2023 | |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 61.3% | 2023 | |
| 52 | Fiji | 61.0% | 2023 | |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 58.2% | 2023 | |
| 54 | Israel | 57.1% | 2023 | |
| 55 | Bahrain | 57.1% | 2023 | |
| 56 | Hungary | 56.6% | 2023 | |
| 57 | Armenia | 56.3% | 2023 | |
| 58 | Algeria | 55.5% | 2023 | |
| 59 | Montenegro | 55.2% | 2023 | |
| 60 | Romania | 55.2% | 2023 | |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 55.0% | 2023 | |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 54.7% | 2023 | |
| 63 | Lebanon | 54.4% | 2023 | |
| 64 | Barbados | 54.3% | 2023 | |
| 65 | Panama | 53.7% | 2023 | |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 53.6% | 2023 | |
| 67 | Slovakia | 53.4% | 2023 | |
| 68 | San Marino | 51.1% | 2023 | |
| 69 | Cuba | 49.7% | 2023 | |
| 70 | Mexico | 47.5% | 2023 | |
| 71 | Morocco | 47.5% | 2023 | |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | 45.8% | 2023 | |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.5% | 2023 | |
| 74 | Thailand | 45.4% | 2023 | |
| 75 | Indonesia | 44.9% | 2023 | |
| 76 | West Bank and Gaza | 44.5% | 2023 | |
| 77 | Philippines | 44.2% | 2023 | |
| 78 | Mauritius | 43.3% | 2023 | |
| 79 | Tonga | 42.9% | 2023 | |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 41.4% | 2023 | |
| 81 | Palau | 41.1% | 2023 | |
| 82 | Qatar | 38.2% | 2023 | |
| 83 | Tunisia | 38.1% | 2023 | |
| 84 | Egypt | 37.9% | 2023 | |
| 85 | Malaysia | 37.3% | 2023 | |
| 86 | Brunei | 36.4% | 2023 | |
| 87 | Tajikistan | 35.0% | 2023 | |
| 88 | India | 34.2% | 2023 | |
| 89 | Jordan | 33.1% | 2023 | |
| 90 | Viet Nam | 32.8% | 2023 | |
| 91 | El Salvador | 32.4% | 2023 | |
| 92 | Timor-Leste | 31.0% | 2023 | |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 30.4% | 2023 | |
| 94 | Guatemala | 27.3% | 2023 | |
| 95 | British Virgin Islands | 26.6% | 2023 | |
| 96 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 25.3% | 2023 | |
| 97 | Guyana | 25.2% | 2023 | |
| 98 | Bangladesh | 24.2% | 2023 | |
| 99 | South Africa | 23.5% | 2023 | |
| 100 | Belize | 22.4% | 2023 | |
| 101 | Ghana | 22.1% | 2023 | |
| 102 | Luxembourg | 21.5% | 2023 | |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 20.7% | 2023 | |
| 104 | Botswana | 20.6% | 2023 | |
| 105 | Tuvalu | 19.4% | 2023 | |
| 106 | Nepal | 19.0% | 2023 | |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 18.8% | 2023 | |
| 108 | Cambodia | 17.4% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Bermuda | 17.3% | 2023 | |
| 110 | Senegal | 16.1% | 2023 | |
| 111 | Cameroon | 16.0% | 2023 | |
| 112 | Saint Lucia | 15.0% | 2023 | |
| 113 | Bhutan | 15.0% | 2023 | |
| 114 | Laos | 14.9% | 2023 | |
| 115 | Samoa | 14.6% | 2023 | |
| 116 | Seychelles | 14.0% | 2023 | |
| 117 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.6% | 2023 | |
| 118 | Pakistan | 10.5% | 2023 | |
| 119 | Republic of the Congo | 10.4% | 2023 | |
| 120 | Burkina Faso | 10.1% | 2023 | |
| 121 | Angola | 10.0% | 2023 | |
| 122 | Rwanda | 8.9% | 2023 | |
| 123 | Kenya | 8.7% | 2023 | |
| 124 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 7.7% | 2023 | |
| 125 | Madagascar | 6.1% | 2023 | |
| 126 | Burundi | 6.0% | 2023 | |
| 127 | Tanzania | 5.2% | 2023 | |
| 128 | Suriname | 4.9% | 2023 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2023, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2023 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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