* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Tertiary school enrollment, percent of all eligible children, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 119 countries was 55.47 percent. The highest value was in Greece: 166.67 percent and the lowest value was in Tanzania: 5.43 percent. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: UNESCO
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Tertiary school enrollment, 2022 Global rank Available data
Greece 166.67 1 1971 - 2022
Turkey 127.58 2 1971 - 2022
Macao 116.23 3 1988 - 2023
Argentina 107.05 4 1970 - 2022
Australia 106.24 5 1970 - 2022
Finland 104.94 6 1971 - 2022
South Korea 103.28 7 1971 - 2022
Chile 99.34 8 1970 - 2022
Cyprus 98.3 9 2000 - 2022
Singapore 98.02 10 2016 - 2022
Norway 97.64 11 1971 - 2022
Hong Kong 97.35 12 1971 - 2023
Austria 94.51 13 1971 - 2022
Spain 94.51 14 1971 - 2022
Latvia 91.33 15 1981 - 2022
Iceland 84.99 16 1971 - 2022
Denmark 84.59 17 1971 - 2022
Bulgaria 84.13 18 1971 - 2022
Sweden 83.9 19 1971 - 2022
Belgium 83.57 20 1971 - 2022
Slovenia 82.39 21 1981 - 2022
Croatia 80.76 22 1981 - 2022
UK 80.15 23 1971 - 2022
USA 79.36 24 1971 - 2022
Georgia 78.94 25 1981 - 2023
Malta 78.62 26 1970 - 2022
Germany 77.37 27 1991 - 2022
Canada 77.31 28 1976 - 2022
Bahrain 77.24 29 1971 - 2023
New Zealand 77.01 30 1970 - 2022
Lithuania 76.92 31 1981 - 2022
Ireland 76.6 32 1971 - 2022
Uruguay 76.4 33 1974 - 2022
Portugal 75.56 34 1971 - 2022
Poland 75.29 35 1971 - 2022
Switzerland 74.15 36 1971 - 2022
Italy 73.9 37 1971 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 73.75 38 1971 - 2022
Serbia 72.03 39 2001 - 2023
China 71.98 40 1970 - 2023
Estonia 71.43 41 1981 - 2022
France 71.42 42 1971 - 2022
Belarus 70.87 43 1971 - 2023
Czechia 70.81 44 1971 - 2022
Fiji 68.41 45 1970 - 2023
Japan 64.63 46 1971 - 2022
Mongolia 64.32 47 1970 - 2023
Albania 62.65 48 1971 - 2023
Lebanon 61.6 49 1971 - 2023
Iran 60.69 50 1971 - 2022
Brazil 60.39 51 1970 - 2022
Ecuador 59.88 52 1971 - 2022
Armenia 59.81 53 1986 - 2023
Colombia 59.29 54 1970 - 2022
Kazakhstan 58.94 55 1981 - 2023
Romania 58.24 56 1971 - 2022
Panama 58.17 57 1970 - 2022
Hungary 58.07 58 1971 - 2022
Israel 57.64 59 1971 - 2022
Montenegro 57.43 60 2000 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 55.92 61 1986 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 55.17 62 1971 - 2022
Russia 53.92 63 1970 - 2022
San Marino 53.8 64 2000 - 2023
Algeria 53.4 65 1987 - 2023
North Macedonia 53.16 66 1971 - 2022
Slovakia 52.5 67 1993 - 2022
Maldives 49.95 68 2003 - 2022
Mexico 46.41 69 1971 - 2022
Morocco 46.18 70 1971 - 2023
Palestine 44.98 71 1996 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 44.63 72 2000 - 2023
Mauritius 44.2 73 1970 - 2022
Thailand 43.96 74 1971 - 2023
Indonesia 42.63 75 1970 - 2023
Vietnam 42.22 76 1976 - 2022
Azerbaijan 41 77 2006 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 40.99 78 1979 - 2022
Palau 40.54 79 2000 - 2023
Malaysia 40.27 80 1979 - 2023
Philippines 39.59 81 1971 - 2023
Tajikistan 38.34 82 1981 - 2023
Egypt 37.82 83 1971 - 2023
Tunisia 37.8 84 1971 - 2023
Qatar 35.09 85 1971 - 2022
Andorra 34.48 86 2002 - 2023
Brunei 33.51 87 1977 - 2023
India 32.67 88 1971 - 2023
Jordan 32.51 89 1971 - 2023
Uzbekistan 31.3 90 1986 - 2023
El Salvador 31.28 91 1970 - 2023
Namibia 28.89 92 1991 - 2022
South Africa 27.17 93 1970 - 2022
Belize 23.78 94 1971 - 2023
Sri Lanka 22.96 95 1970 - 2022
Bangladesh 22.84 96 1970 - 2023
Botswana 22.38 97 1970 - 2023
Honduras 22.17 98 1974 - 2022
Luxembourg 21.03 99 1971 - 2022
Ghana 20.39 100 1971 - 2023
Nicaragua 19.33 101 1970 - 2023
Turkmenistan 18.25 102 1981 - 2022
Bhutan 17.53 103 1978 - 2023
Samoa 17.03 104 1970 - 2023
Senegal 16.81 105 1971 - 2023
Saint Lucia 16.26 106 1977 - 2022
Cameroon 16.19 107 1971 - 2023
Cambodia 15 108 1971 - 2023
Nepal 14 109 1981 - 2023
Seychelles 13.93 110 2011 - 2023
Laos 13.7 111 1971 - 2023
Benin 10.65 112 1971 - 2022
Ivory Coast 10.63 113 1971 - 2023
Pakistan 10.62 114 1971 - 2023
Burkina Faso 9.73 115 1971 - 2023
Rwanda 7.41 116 1971 - 2023
Madagascar 6.15 117 1971 - 2023
Suriname 5.95 118 1981 - 2022
Tanzania 5.43 119 1970 - 2023



Definition: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.

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55.92
55.17
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53.16
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46.41
46.18
44.98
44.63
44.20
43.96
42.63
42.22
41.00
40.99
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40.27
39.59
38.34
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35.09
34.48
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17.03
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