Rankings · Education
Tertiary enrolment
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
The ten highest
Bars are drawn to the highest value in the table. Highest, not best: this page orders figures, it does not grade nations.
165.1% · observed 2023
120.9% · observed 2024
111.9% · observed 2024
110.3% · observed 2024
110.2% · observed 2024
108.4% · observed 2024
107.8% · observed 2023
105.9% · observed 2023
95.5% · observed 2024
- 10🇪🇸Spain
93.8% · observed 2024
Every nation with data
Figures are gross enrolment ratios — repeaters and over-age pupils can push a figure above 100%. 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.
- 1🇬🇷Greece165.1% · 2023
- 2🇨🇾Cyprus120.9% · 2024
- 3🇰🇷South Korea111.9% · 2024
- 4🇫🇮Finland110.3% · 2024
- 5🇨🇱Chile110.2% · 2024
- 6🇦🇺Australia108.4% · 2024
- 7🇦🇷Argentina107.8% · 2023
- 8🇹🇷Türkiye105.9% · 2023
- 9🇳🇴Norway95.5% · 2024
- 10🇪🇸Spain93.8% · 2024
- 11🇦🇹Austria92.6% · 2024
- 12🇬🇪Georgia89.5% · 2025
- 13🇺🇦Ukraine87.2% · 2024
- 14🇳🇱Netherlands86.6% · 2023
- 15🇦🇱Albania84.1% · 2024
- 16🇸🇪Sweden84.0% · 2024
- 17🇸🇦Saudi Arabia83.9% · 2024
- 18🇱🇻Latvia82.9% · 2024
- 19🇧🇪Belgium82.1% · 2023
- 20🇭🇷Croatia81.2% · 2023
- 21🇵🇱Poland80.9% · 2024
- 22🇲🇹Malta80.5% · 2023
- 23🇬🇧United Kingdom80.4% · 2023
- 24🇸🇮Slovenia80.1% · 2023
- 25🇺🇾Uruguay80.0% · 2023
- 26🇺🇸United States79.4% · 2022
- 27🇩🇰Denmark79.0% · 2024
- 28🇻🇪Venezuela78.3% · 2009
- 29🇵🇷Puerto Rico77.9% · 2023
- 30🇵🇹Portugal77.7% · 2023
- 31🇮🇪Ireland77.6% · 2022
- 32🇲🇨Monaco77.5% · 2024
- 33🇳🇿New Zealand77.2% · 2024
- 34🇨🇳China76.9% · 2024
- 35🇩🇪Germany76.7% · 2024
- 36🇮🇸Iceland76.5% · 2023
- 37🇨🇦Canada76.3% · 2023
- 38🇮🇹Italy75.9% · 2023
- 39🇱🇹Lithuania75.6% · 2024
- 40🇫🇯Fiji75.0% · 2024
- 41🇲🇩Moldova74.7% · 2024
- 42🇨🇭Switzerland73.5% · 2024
- 43🇫🇷France71.5% · 2024
- 44🇵🇪Peru71.2% · 2017
- 45🇷🇸Serbia70.6% · 2024
- 46🇧🇾Belarus70.1% · 2024
- 47🇧🇷Brazil69.7% · 2024
- 48🇧🇬Bulgaria69.5% · 2024
- 49🇲🇳Mongolia69.0% · 2024
- 50🇪🇨Ecuador67.9% · 2023
- 51🇦🇩Andorra67.7% · 2024
- 52🇨🇿Czechia66.7% · 2023
- 53🇪🇪Estonia65.7% · 2024
- 54🇯🇵Japan64.5% · 2023
- 55🇦🇪United Arab Emirates63.7% · 2024
- 56🇭🇺Hungary60.5% · 2024
- 57🇷🇺Russia60.4% · 2024
- 58🇺🇿Uzbekistan59.8% · 2025
- 59🇨🇴Colombia59.3% · 2022
- 60🇮🇷Iran58.7% · 2022
- 61🇱🇾Libya58.5% · 2003
- 62🇩🇴Dominican Republic57.7% · 2024
- 63🇸🇲San Marino57.5% · 2024
- 64🇲🇪Montenegro55.2% · 2023
- 65🇷🇴Romania55.2% · 2023
- 66🇨🇷Costa Rica55.0% · 2019
- 67🇲🇰North Macedonia55.0% · 2023
- 68🇸🇰Slovakia54.5% · 2024
- 69🇩🇿Algeria54.4% · 2024
- 70🇱🇧Lebanon54.4% · 2023
- 71🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan53.9% · 2025
- 72🇵🇦Panama53.7% · 2023
- 73🇰🇿Kazakhstan52.9% · 2025
- 74🇦🇲Armenia52.8% · 2024
- 75🇰🇼Kuwait51.9% · 2021
- 76🇹🇭Thailand49.1% · 2025
- 77🇲🇽Mexico48.2% · 2024
- 78🇲🇦Morocco48.2% · 2024
- 79🇵🇭Philippines47.4% · 2024
- 80🇱🇮Liechtenstein46.0% · 2021
- 81🇲🇺Mauritius45.8% · 2024
- 82🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina45.5% · 2023
- 83🇮🇩Indonesia44.9% · 2023
- 84🇵🇸Palestine44.5% · 2023
- 85🇸🇾Syria43.8% · 2016
- 86🇨🇺Cuba43.1% · 2024
- 87🇶🇦Qatar43.0% · 2024
- 88🇴🇲Oman42.2% · 2024
- 89🇦🇿Azerbaijan41.3% · 2024
- 90🇲🇾Malaysia38.5% · 2024
- 91🇹🇳Tunisia38.1% · 2023
- 92🇪🇬Egypt38.0% · 2025
- 93🇵🇾Paraguay37.6% · 2010
- 94🇻🇳Vietnam37.6% · 2024
- 95🇧🇳Brunei36.4% · 2023
- 96🇯🇴Jordan35.9% · 2024
- 97🇹🇯Tajikistan35.6% · 2024
- 98🇮🇳India34.4% · 2025
- 99🇸🇻El Salvador32.8% · 2024
- 100🇹🇱Timor-Leste31.0% · 2023
- 101🇳🇮Nicaragua30.4% · 2023
- 102🇬🇹Guatemala27.3% · 2023
- 103🇰🇵North Korea26.7% · 2018
- 104🇬🇾Guyana26.4% · 2024
- 105🇯🇲Jamaica26.2% · 2015
- 106🇳🇦Namibia26.1% · 2022
- 107🇧🇿Belize24.8% · 2024
- 108🇨🇻Cape Verde24.3% · 2018
- 109🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago23.8% · 2024
- 110🇧🇩Bangladesh23.7% · 2024
- 111🇿🇦South Africa23.5% · 2023
- 112🇭🇳Honduras23.3% · 2024
- 113🇱🇺Luxembourg22.4% · 2024
- 114🇰🇭Cambodia21.4% · 2024
- 115🇧🇼Botswana21.4% · 2024
- 116🇬🇭Ghana21.3% · 2024
- 117🇳🇵Nepal21.3% · 2024
- 118🇱🇰Sri Lanka20.7% · 2023
- 119🇹🇲Turkmenistan20.4% · 2024
- 120🇲🇲Myanmar20.4% · 2018
- 121🇰🇲Comoros18.8% · 2017
- 122🇨🇲Cameroon16.7% · 2024
- 123🇸🇩Sudan15.9% · 2015
- 124🇮🇶Iraq15.6% · 2005
- 125🇸🇳Senegal15.3% · 2024
- 126🇹🇬Togo14.9% · 2020
- 127🇱🇦Laos14.9% · 2023
- 128🇸🇨Seychelles14.5% · 2024
- 129🇬🇲Gambia13.5% · 2024
- 130🇧🇹Bhutan13.0% · 2024
- 131🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe12.8% · 2015
- 132🇨🇮Ivory Coast12.3% · 2024
- 133🇵🇰Pakistan10.9% · 2024
- 134🇬🇳Guinea10.9% · 2014
- 135🇦🇫Afghanistan10.9% · 2020
- 136🇱🇷Liberia10.8% · 2012
- 137🇰🇪Kenya10.4% · 2024
- 138🇨🇬Congo10.4% · 2023
- 139🇧🇯Benin10.2% · 2022
- 140🇧🇫Burkina Faso10.0% · 2024
- 141🇦🇴Angola10.0% · 2024
- 142🇱🇸Lesotho9.9% · 2018
- 143🇳🇬Nigeria9.7% · 2011
- 144🇷🇼Rwanda9.4% · 2024
- 145🇾🇪Yemen8.8% · 2011
- 146🇿🇼Zimbabwe7.7% · 2024
- 147🇬🇦Gabon7.7% · 2003
- 148🇲🇿Mozambique7.5% · 2018
- 149🇸🇿Eswatini6.4% · 2013
- 150🇧🇮Burundi6.4% · 2025
- 151🇨🇩DR Congo6.4% · 2020
- 152🇲🇬Madagascar6.1% · 2023
- 153🇲🇷Mauritania6.0% · 2020
- 154🇪🇹Ethiopia5.9% · 2014
- 155🇩🇯Djibouti5.2% · 2011
- 156🇲🇱Mali5.1% · 2015
- 157🇻🇺Vanuatu4.9% · 2004
- 158🇺🇬Uganda4.6% · 2014
- 159🇹🇩Chad4.4% · 2020
- 160🇳🇪Niger4.2% · 2019
- 161🇹🇿Tanzania4.0% · 2024
- 162🇿🇲Zambia4.0% · 2012
- 163🇪🇷Eritrea3.2% · 2016
- 164🇨🇫Central African Republic2.8% · 2012
- 165🇲🇼Malawi2.7% · 2022
- 166🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau2.6% · 2006
- 167🇸🇷Suriname2.6% · 2024
- 168🇸🇱Sierra Leone2.0% · 2002
- 169🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea1.8% · 2000
No data
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 are not ranked.
- 🇦🇶Antarctica
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.
- 🇧🇸Bahamas
- 🇧🇴Bolivia
- 🇫🇰Falkland Islands
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 Lands
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.
- 🇬🇱Greenland
- 🇭🇹Haiti
- 🇽🇰Kosovo
- 🇳🇨New Caledonia
- Northern Cyprus
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 Guinea
- 🇸🇧Solomon Islands
- 🇸🇴Somalia
- Somaliland
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 Sudan
- 🇹🇼Taiwan
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 City
Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.