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.

  1. 165.1%  ·  observed 2023

  2. 120.9%  ·  observed 2024

  3. 111.9%  ·  observed 2024

  4. 110.3%  ·  observed 2024

  5. 110.2%  ·  observed 2024

  6. 108.4%  ·  observed 2024

  7. 107.8%  ·  observed 2023

  8. 105.9%  ·  observed 2023

  9. 95.5%  ·  observed 2024

  10. 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. 1🇬🇷Greece165.1% · 2023
  2. 2🇨🇾Cyprus120.9% · 2024
  3. 3🇰🇷South Korea111.9% · 2024
  4. 4🇫🇮Finland110.3% · 2024
  5. 5🇨🇱Chile110.2% · 2024
  6. 6🇦🇺Australia108.4% · 2024
  7. 7🇦🇷Argentina107.8% · 2023
  8. 8🇹🇷Türkiye105.9% · 2023
  9. 9🇳🇴Norway95.5% · 2024
  10. 10🇪🇸Spain93.8% · 2024
  11. 11🇦🇹Austria92.6% · 2024
  12. 12🇬🇪Georgia89.5% · 2025
  13. 13🇺🇦Ukraine87.2% · 2024
  14. 14🇳🇱Netherlands86.6% · 2023
  15. 15🇦🇱Albania84.1% · 2024
  16. 16🇸🇪Sweden84.0% · 2024
  17. 17🇸🇦Saudi Arabia83.9% · 2024
  18. 18🇱🇻Latvia82.9% · 2024
  19. 19🇧🇪Belgium82.1% · 2023
  20. 20🇭🇷Croatia81.2% · 2023
  21. 21🇵🇱Poland80.9% · 2024
  22. 22🇲🇹Malta80.5% · 2023
  23. 23🇬🇧United Kingdom80.4% · 2023
  24. 24🇸🇮Slovenia80.1% · 2023
  25. 25🇺🇾Uruguay80.0% · 2023
  26. 26🇺🇸United States79.4% · 2022
  27. 27🇩🇰Denmark79.0% · 2024
  28. 28🇻🇪Venezuela78.3% · 2009
  29. 29🇵🇷Puerto Rico77.9% · 2023
  30. 30🇵🇹Portugal77.7% · 2023
  31. 31🇮🇪Ireland77.6% · 2022
  32. 32🇲🇨Monaco77.5% · 2024
  33. 33🇳🇿New Zealand77.2% · 2024
  34. 34🇨🇳China76.9% · 2024
  35. 35🇩🇪Germany76.7% · 2024
  36. 36🇮🇸Iceland76.5% · 2023
  37. 37🇨🇦Canada76.3% · 2023
  38. 38🇮🇹Italy75.9% · 2023
  39. 39🇱🇹Lithuania75.6% · 2024
  40. 40🇫🇯Fiji75.0% · 2024
  41. 41🇲🇩Moldova74.7% · 2024
  42. 42🇨🇭Switzerland73.5% · 2024
  43. 43🇫🇷France71.5% · 2024
  44. 44🇵🇪Peru71.2% · 2017
  45. 45🇷🇸Serbia70.6% · 2024
  46. 46🇧🇾Belarus70.1% · 2024
  47. 47🇧🇷Brazil69.7% · 2024
  48. 48🇧🇬Bulgaria69.5% · 2024
  49. 49🇲🇳Mongolia69.0% · 2024
  50. 50🇪🇨Ecuador67.9% · 2023
  51. 51🇦🇩Andorra67.7% · 2024
  52. 52🇨🇿Czechia66.7% · 2023
  53. 53🇪🇪Estonia65.7% · 2024
  54. 54🇯🇵Japan64.5% · 2023
  55. 55🇦🇪United Arab Emirates63.7% · 2024
  56. 56🇭🇺Hungary60.5% · 2024
  57. 57🇷🇺Russia60.4% · 2024
  58. 58🇺🇿Uzbekistan59.8% · 2025
  59. 59🇨🇴Colombia59.3% · 2022
  60. 60🇮🇷Iran58.7% · 2022
  61. 61🇱🇾Libya58.5% · 2003
  62. 62🇩🇴Dominican Republic57.7% · 2024
  63. 63🇸🇲San Marino57.5% · 2024
  64. 64🇲🇪Montenegro55.2% · 2023
  65. 65🇷🇴Romania55.2% · 2023
  66. 66🇨🇷Costa Rica55.0% · 2019
  67. 67🇲🇰North Macedonia55.0% · 2023
  68. 68🇸🇰Slovakia54.5% · 2024
  69. 69🇩🇿Algeria54.4% · 2024
  70. 70🇱🇧Lebanon54.4% · 2023
  71. 71🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan53.9% · 2025
  72. 72🇵🇦Panama53.7% · 2023
  73. 73🇰🇿Kazakhstan52.9% · 2025
  74. 74🇦🇲Armenia52.8% · 2024
  75. 75🇰🇼Kuwait51.9% · 2021
  76. 76🇹🇭Thailand49.1% · 2025
  77. 77🇲🇽Mexico48.2% · 2024
  78. 78🇲🇦Morocco48.2% · 2024
  79. 79🇵🇭Philippines47.4% · 2024
  80. 80🇱🇮Liechtenstein46.0% · 2021
  81. 81🇲🇺Mauritius45.8% · 2024
  82. 82🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina45.5% · 2023
  83. 83🇮🇩Indonesia44.9% · 2023
  84. 84🇵🇸Palestine44.5% · 2023
  85. 85🇸🇾Syria43.8% · 2016
  86. 86🇨🇺Cuba43.1% · 2024
  87. 87🇶🇦Qatar43.0% · 2024
  88. 88🇴🇲Oman42.2% · 2024
  89. 89🇦🇿Azerbaijan41.3% · 2024
  90. 90🇲🇾Malaysia38.5% · 2024
  91. 91🇹🇳Tunisia38.1% · 2023
  92. 92🇪🇬Egypt38.0% · 2025
  93. 93🇵🇾Paraguay37.6% · 2010
  94. 94🇻🇳Vietnam37.6% · 2024
  95. 95🇧🇳Brunei36.4% · 2023
  96. 96🇯🇴Jordan35.9% · 2024
  97. 97🇹🇯Tajikistan35.6% · 2024
  98. 98🇮🇳India34.4% · 2025
  99. 99🇸🇻El Salvador32.8% · 2024
  100. 100🇹🇱Timor-Leste31.0% · 2023
  101. 101🇳🇮Nicaragua30.4% · 2023
  102. 102🇬🇹Guatemala27.3% · 2023
  103. 103🇰🇵North Korea26.7% · 2018
  104. 104🇬🇾Guyana26.4% · 2024
  105. 105🇯🇲Jamaica26.2% · 2015
  106. 106🇳🇦Namibia26.1% · 2022
  107. 107🇧🇿Belize24.8% · 2024
  108. 108🇨🇻Cape Verde24.3% · 2018
  109. 109🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago23.8% · 2024
  110. 110🇧🇩Bangladesh23.7% · 2024
  111. 111🇿🇦South Africa23.5% · 2023
  112. 112🇭🇳Honduras23.3% · 2024
  113. 113🇱🇺Luxembourg22.4% · 2024
  114. 114🇰🇭Cambodia21.4% · 2024
  115. 115🇧🇼Botswana21.4% · 2024
  116. 116🇬🇭Ghana21.3% · 2024
  117. 117🇳🇵Nepal21.3% · 2024
  118. 118🇱🇰Sri Lanka20.7% · 2023
  119. 119🇹🇲Turkmenistan20.4% · 2024
  120. 120🇲🇲Myanmar20.4% · 2018
  121. 121🇰🇲Comoros18.8% · 2017
  122. 122🇨🇲Cameroon16.7% · 2024
  123. 123🇸🇩Sudan15.9% · 2015
  124. 124🇮🇶Iraq15.6% · 2005
  125. 125🇸🇳Senegal15.3% · 2024
  126. 126🇹🇬Togo14.9% · 2020
  127. 127🇱🇦Laos14.9% · 2023
  128. 128🇸🇨Seychelles14.5% · 2024
  129. 129🇬🇲Gambia13.5% · 2024
  130. 130🇧🇹Bhutan13.0% · 2024
  131. 131🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe12.8% · 2015
  132. 132🇨🇮Ivory Coast12.3% · 2024
  133. 133🇵🇰Pakistan10.9% · 2024
  134. 134🇬🇳Guinea10.9% · 2014
  135. 135🇦🇫Afghanistan10.9% · 2020
  136. 136🇱🇷Liberia10.8% · 2012
  137. 137🇰🇪Kenya10.4% · 2024
  138. 138🇨🇬Congo10.4% · 2023
  139. 139🇧🇯Benin10.2% · 2022
  140. 140🇧🇫Burkina Faso10.0% · 2024
  141. 141🇦🇴Angola10.0% · 2024
  142. 142🇱🇸Lesotho9.9% · 2018
  143. 143🇳🇬Nigeria9.7% · 2011
  144. 144🇷🇼Rwanda9.4% · 2024
  145. 145🇾🇪Yemen8.8% · 2011
  146. 146🇿🇼Zimbabwe7.7% · 2024
  147. 147🇬🇦Gabon7.7% · 2003
  148. 148🇲🇿Mozambique7.5% · 2018
  149. 149🇸🇿Eswatini6.4% · 2013
  150. 150🇧🇮Burundi6.4% · 2025
  151. 151🇨🇩DR Congo6.4% · 2020
  152. 152🇲🇬Madagascar6.1% · 2023
  153. 153🇲🇷Mauritania6.0% · 2020
  154. 154🇪🇹Ethiopia5.9% · 2014
  155. 155🇩🇯Djibouti5.2% · 2011
  156. 156🇲🇱Mali5.1% · 2015
  157. 157🇻🇺Vanuatu4.9% · 2004
  158. 158🇺🇬Uganda4.6% · 2014
  159. 159🇹🇩Chad4.4% · 2020
  160. 160🇳🇪Niger4.2% · 2019
  161. 161🇹🇿Tanzania4.0% · 2024
  162. 162🇿🇲Zambia4.0% · 2012
  163. 163🇪🇷Eritrea3.2% · 2016
  164. 164🇨🇫Central African Republic2.8% · 2012
  165. 165🇲🇼Malawi2.7% · 2022
  166. 166🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau2.6% · 2006
  167. 167🇸🇷Suriname2.6% · 2024
  168. 168🇸🇱Sierra Leone2.0% · 2002
  169. 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.