Tertiary enrolment
gross enrolment ratios — repeaters and over-age pupils can push a figure above 100% · OBSERVED 2000–2025
University and college enrolment as a share of the population in the five years after secondary school; mature students can push it above 100%.
- Nations ranked
- 169
- Highest
- 165.1%
- Lowest
- 1.8%
- Observed
- 2000–2025
Press any row — its specimen turns over on the readout ledge. No bests, no worsts: observations, ranked.
This table mixes vintages: each publisher carries a nation’s latest available year, so the observations here run from 2000 to 2025 — every row shows its own.
Press a row — the specimen turns over to its label. Bars are drawn to the highest value. Highest, not best: this page orders figures, it does not grade nations.
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank01 Greece165.1% 2023
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank02 Cyprus120.9% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank03 South Korea111.9% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank04 Finland110.3% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank05 Chile110.2% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank06 Australia108.4% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank07 Argentina107.8% 2023
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank08 Türkiye105.9% 2023
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank09 Norway95.5% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank10 Spain93.8% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank11 Austria92.6% 2024
- Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank12 Georgia89.5% 2025
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank13 Ukraine87.2% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank14 Netherlands86.6% 2023
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank15 Albania84.1% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank16 Sweden84.0% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank17 Saudi Arabia83.9% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank18 Latvia82.9% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank19 Belgium82.1% 2023
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank20 Croatia81.2% 2023
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank21 Poland80.9% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank22 Malta80.5% 2023
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank80.4% 2023
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank24 Slovenia80.1% 2023
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank25 Uruguay80.0% 2023
- Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank79.4% 2022
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank27 Denmark79.0% 2024
- Observed 2009 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank28 Venezuela78.3% 2009
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank29 Puerto Rico77.9% 2023
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank30 Portugal77.7% 2023
- Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank31 Ireland77.6% 2022
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank32 Monaco77.5% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank33 New Zealand77.2% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank34 China76.9% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank35 Germany76.7% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank36 Iceland76.5% 2023
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank37 Canada76.3% 2023
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank38 Italy75.9% 2023
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank39 Lithuania75.6% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank40 Fiji75.0% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank41 Moldova74.7% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank42 Switzerland73.5% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank43 France71.5% 2024
- Observed 2017 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank44 Peru71.2% 2017
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank45 Serbia70.6% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank46 Belarus70.1% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank47 Brazil69.7% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank48 Bulgaria69.5% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank49 Mongolia69.0% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank50 Ecuador67.9% 2023
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank51 Andorra67.7% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank52 Czechia66.7% 2023
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank53 Estonia65.7% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank54 Japan64.5% 2023
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank63.7% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank56 Hungary60.5% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank57 Russia60.4% 2024
- Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank58 Uzbekistan59.8% 2025
- Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank59 Colombia59.3% 2022
- Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank60 Iran58.7% 2022
- Observed 2003 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank61 Libya58.5% 2003
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank57.7% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank63 San Marino57.5% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank64 Montenegro55.2% 2023
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank65 Romania55.2% 2023
- Observed 2019 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank66 Costa Rica55.0% 2019
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank55.0% 2023
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank68 Slovakia54.5% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank69 Algeria54.4% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank70 Lebanon54.4% 2023
- Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank71 Kyrgyzstan53.9% 2025
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank72 Panama53.7% 2023
- Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank73 Kazakhstan52.9% 2025
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank74 Armenia52.8% 2024
- Observed 2021 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank75 Kuwait51.9% 2021
- Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank76 Thailand49.1% 2025
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank77 Mexico48.2% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank78 Morocco48.2% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank79 Philippines47.4% 2024
- Observed 2021 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank46.0% 2021
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank81 Mauritius45.8% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank45.5% 2023
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank83 Indonesia44.9% 2023
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank84 Palestine44.5% 2023
- Observed 2016 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank85 Syria43.8% 2016
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank86 Cuba43.1% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank87 Qatar43.0% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank88 Oman42.2% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank89 Azerbaijan41.3% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank90 Malaysia38.5% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank91 Tunisia38.1% 2023
- Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank92 Egypt38.0% 2025
- Observed 2010 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank93 Paraguay37.6% 2010
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank94 Vietnam37.6% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank95 Brunei36.4% 2023
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank96 Jordan35.9% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank97 Tajikistan35.6% 2024
- Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank98 India34.4% 2025
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank99 El Salvador32.8% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank100 Timor-Leste31.0% 2023
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank101 Nicaragua30.4% 2023
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank102 Guatemala27.3% 2023
- Observed 2018 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank103 North Korea26.7% 2018
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank104 Guyana26.4% 2024
- Observed 2015 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank105 Jamaica26.2% 2015
- Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank106 Namibia26.1% 2022
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank107 Belize24.8% 2024
- Observed 2018 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank108 Cape Verde24.3% 2018
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank23.8% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank110 Bangladesh23.7% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank111 South Africa23.5% 2023
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank112 Honduras23.3% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank113 Luxembourg22.4% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank114 Cambodia21.4% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank115 Botswana21.4% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank116 Ghana21.3% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank117 Nepal21.3% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank118 Sri Lanka20.7% 2023
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank119 Turkmenistan20.4% 2024
- Observed 2018 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank120 Myanmar20.4% 2018
- Observed 2017 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank121 Comoros18.8% 2017
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank122 Cameroon16.7% 2024
- Observed 2015 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank123 Sudan15.9% 2015
- Observed 2005 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank124 Iraq15.6% 2005
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank125 Senegal15.3% 2024
- Observed 2020 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank126 Togo14.9% 2020
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank127 Laos14.9% 2023
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank128 Seychelles14.5% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank129 Gambia13.5% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank130 Bhutan13.0% 2024
- Observed 2015 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank12.8% 2015
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank132 Ivory Coast12.3% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank133 Pakistan10.9% 2024
- Observed 2014 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank134 Guinea10.9% 2014
- Observed 2020 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank135 Afghanistan10.9% 2020
- Observed 2012 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank136 Liberia10.8% 2012
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank137 Kenya10.4% 2024
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank138 Congo10.4% 2023
- Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank139 Benin10.2% 2022
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank140 Burkina Faso10.0% 2024
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank141 Angola10.0% 2024
- Observed 2018 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank142 Lesotho9.9% 2018
- Observed 2011 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank143 Nigeria9.7% 2011
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank144 Rwanda9.4% 2024
- Observed 2011 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank145 Yemen8.8% 2011
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank146 Zimbabwe7.7% 2024
- Observed 2003 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank147 Gabon7.7% 2003
- Observed 2018 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank148 Mozambique7.5% 2018
- Observed 2013 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank149 Eswatini6.4% 2013
- Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank150 Burundi6.4% 2025
- Observed 2020 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank151 DR Congo6.4% 2020
- Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank152 Madagascar6.1% 2023
- Observed 2020 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank153 Mauritania6.0% 2020
- Observed 2014 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank154 Ethiopia5.9% 2014
- Observed 2011 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank155 Djibouti5.2% 2011
- Observed 2015 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank156 Mali5.1% 2015
- Observed 2004 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank157 Vanuatu4.9% 2004
- Observed 2014 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank158 Uganda4.6% 2014
- Observed 2020 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank159 Chad4.4% 2020
- Observed 2019 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank160 Niger4.2% 2019
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank161 Tanzania4.0% 2024
- Observed 2012 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank162 Zambia4.0% 2012
- Observed 2016 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank163 Eritrea3.2% 2016
- Observed 2012 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank2.8% 2012
- Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank165 Malawi2.7% 2022
- Observed 2006 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank166 Guinea-Bissau2.6% 2006
- Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank167 Suriname2.6% 2024
- Observed 2002 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank168 Sierra Leone2.0% 2002
- Observed 2000 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank1.8% 2000
Not observed
17 nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world’s statistical apparatus, not a zero — these nations hold their place as hatched gaps, and a gap has no underside to turn over.
- AntarcticaNOT OBSERVED
Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report.
- BahamasNOT OBSERVED
- BoliviaNOT OBSERVED
- Falkland IslandsNOT OBSERVED
The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets.
- French Southern and Antarctic LandsNOT OBSERVED
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets.
- GreenlandNOT OBSERVED
- HaitiNOT OBSERVED
- KosovoNOT OBSERVED
- New CaledoniaNOT OBSERVED
- Northern CyprusNOT OBSERVED
Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from.
- Papua New GuineaNOT OBSERVED
- Solomon IslandsNOT OBSERVED
- SomaliaNOT OBSERVED
- SomalilandNOT OBSERVED
Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's.
- South SudanNOT OBSERVED
- TaiwanNOT OBSERVED
Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively.
- Vatican CityNOT OBSERVED
Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.