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Tertiary enrolment (% gross)
Students in universities and colleges as a share of the age group after secondary school. Higher is better.
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SE.TER.ENRR
Top 5 over time
Dashed line: world median| # | Country | Region | Tertiary enrolment% gross | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Greece |
Europe & Central Asia | 165.1% gross | 2023 |
| 2 |  Macao |
East Asia & Pacific | 141.9% gross | 2024 |
| 3 |  Cyprus |
Europe & Central Asia | 120.9% gross | 2024 |
| 4 |  Hong Kong |
East Asia & Pacific | 120.1% gross | 2024 |
| 5 |  South Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 111.9% gross | 2024 |
| 6 |  Finland |
Europe & Central Asia | 110.3% gross | 2024 |
| 7 |  Chile |
Latin America & Caribbean | 110.2% gross | 2024 |
| 8 |  Australia |
East Asia & Pacific | 108.4% gross | 2024 |
| 9 |  Argentina |
Latin America & Caribbean | 107.8% gross | 2023 |
| 10 |  Türkiye |
Europe & Central Asia | 105.9% gross | 2023 |
| 11 |  Singapore |
East Asia & Pacific | 97.3% gross | 2023 |
| 12 |  Norway |
Europe & Central Asia | 95.5% gross | 2024 |
| 13 |  Spain |
Europe & Central Asia | 93.8% gross | 2024 |
| 14 |  Austria |
Europe & Central Asia | 92.6% gross | 2024 |
| 15 |  Georgia |
Europe & Central Asia | 89.5% gross | 2025 |
| 16 |  Ukraine |
Europe & Central Asia | 87.2% gross | 2024 |
| 17 |  Netherlands |
Europe & Central Asia | 86.6% gross | 2023 |
| 18 |  Albania |
Europe & Central Asia | 84.1% gross | 2024 |
| 19 |  Sweden |
Europe & Central Asia | 84.0% gross | 2024 |
| 20 |  Saudi Arabia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 83.9% gross | 2024 |
| 21 |  Latvia |
Europe & Central Asia | 82.9% gross | 2024 |
| 22 |  Belgium |
Europe & Central Asia | 82.1% gross | 2023 |
| 23 |  Croatia |
Europe & Central Asia | 81.2% gross | 2023 |
| 24 |  Poland |
Europe & Central Asia | 80.9% gross | 2024 |
| 25 |  Malta |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 80.5% gross | 2023 |
| 26 |  United Kingdom |
Europe & Central Asia | 80.4% gross | 2023 |
| 27 |  Slovenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 80.1% gross | 2023 |
| 28 |  Uruguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 80.0% gross | 2023 |
| 29 |  United States |
North America | 79.4% gross | 2022 |
| 30 |  Denmark |
Europe & Central Asia | 79.0% gross | 2024 |
| 31 |  Puerto Rico (US) |
Latin America & Caribbean | 77.9% gross | 2023 |
| 32 |  Portugal |
Europe & Central Asia | 77.7% gross | 2023 |
| 33 |  Ireland |
Europe & Central Asia | 77.6% gross | 2022 |
| 34 |  Monaco |
Europe & Central Asia | 77.5% gross | 2024 |
| 35 |  New Zealand |
East Asia & Pacific | 77.2% gross | 2024 |
| 36 |  China |
East Asia & Pacific | 76.9% gross | 2024 |
| 37 |  Germany |
Europe & Central Asia | 76.7% gross | 2024 |
| 38 |  Iceland |
Europe & Central Asia | 76.5% gross | 2023 |
| 39 |  Canada |
North America | 76.3% gross | 2023 |
| 40 |  Italy |
Europe & Central Asia | 75.9% gross | 2023 |
| 41 |  Lithuania |
Europe & Central Asia | 75.6% gross | 2024 |
| 42 |  Fiji |
East Asia & Pacific | 75.0% gross | 2024 |
| 43 |  Moldova |
Europe & Central Asia | 74.7% gross | 2024 |
| 44 |  Switzerland |
Europe & Central Asia | 73.5% gross | 2024 |
| 45 |  Palau |
East Asia & Pacific | 71.8% gross | 2024 |
| 46 |  France |
Europe & Central Asia | 71.5% gross | 2024 |
| 47 |  Serbia |
Europe & Central Asia | 70.6% gross | 2024 |
| 48 |  Belarus |
Europe & Central Asia | 70.1% gross | 2024 |
| 49 |  Brazil |
Latin America & Caribbean | 69.7% gross | 2024 |
| 50 |  Bulgaria |
Europe & Central Asia | 69.5% gross | 2024 |
| 51 |  Mongolia |
East Asia & Pacific | 69.0% gross | 2024 |
| 52 |  Ecuador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 67.9% gross | 2023 |
| 53 |  Andorra |
Europe & Central Asia | 67.7% gross | 2024 |
| 54 |  Czechia |
Europe & Central Asia | 66.7% gross | 2023 |
| 55 |  Estonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 65.7% gross | 2024 |
| 56 |  Japan |
East Asia & Pacific | 64.5% gross | 2023 |
| 57 |  United Arab Emirates |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 63.7% gross | 2024 |
| 58 |  Hungary |
Europe & Central Asia | 60.5% gross | 2024 |
| 59 |  Russia |
Europe & Central Asia | 60.4% gross | 2024 |
| 60 |  Uzbekistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 59.8% gross | 2025 |
| 61 |  Colombia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 59.3% gross | 2022 |
| 62 |  Iran |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 58.7% gross | 2022 |
| 63 |  Bahrain |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 58.4% gross | 2024 |
| 64 |  Dominican Republic |
Latin America & Caribbean | 57.7% gross | 2024 |
| 65 |  San Marino |
Europe & Central Asia | 57.5% gross | 2024 |
| 66 |  Israel |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 56.3% gross | 2024 |
| 67 |  Montenegro |
Europe & Central Asia | 55.2% gross | 2023 |
| 68 |  Romania |
Europe & Central Asia | 55.2% gross | 2023 |
| 69 |  North Macedonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 55.0% gross | 2023 |
| 70 |  Slovakia |
Europe & Central Asia | 54.5% gross | 2024 |
| 71 |  Algeria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 54.4% gross | 2024 |
| 72 |  Lebanon |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 54.4% gross | 2023 |
| 73 |  Kyrgyzstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 53.9% gross | 2025 |
| 74 |  Panama |
Latin America & Caribbean | 53.7% gross | 2023 |
| 75 |  Kazakhstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 52.9% gross | 2025 |
| 76 |  Armenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 52.8% gross | 2024 |
| 77 |  Kuwait |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 51.9% gross | 2021 |
| 78 |  Barbados |
Latin America & Caribbean | 50.8% gross | 2025 |
| 79 |  Thailand |
East Asia & Pacific | 49.1% gross | 2025 |
| 80 |  Maldives |
South Asia | 48.5% gross | 2022 |
| 81 |  Mexico |
Latin America & Caribbean | 48.2% gross | 2024 |
| 82 |  Morocco |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 48.2% gross | 2024 |
| 83 |  Philippines |
East Asia & Pacific | 47.4% gross | 2024 |
| 84 |  Liechtenstein |
Europe & Central Asia | 46.0% gross | 2021 |
| 85 |  Mauritius |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 45.8% gross | 2024 |
| 86 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Europe & Central Asia | 45.5% gross | 2023 |
| 87 |  Indonesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 44.9% gross | 2023 |
| 88 |  Palestine |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 44.5% gross | 2023 |
| 89 |  Cuba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 43.1% gross | 2024 |
| 90 |  Qatar |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 43.0% gross | 2024 |
| 91 |  Tonga |
East Asia & Pacific | 42.9% gross | 2023 |
| 92 |  Oman |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 42.2% gross | 2024 |
| 93 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Latin America & Caribbean | 41.5% gross | 2022 |
| 94 |  Azerbaijan |
Europe & Central Asia | 41.3% gross | 2024 |
| 95 |  Malaysia |
East Asia & Pacific | 38.5% gross | 2024 |
| 96 |  Tunisia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 38.1% gross | 2023 |
| 97 |  Egypt |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 38.0% gross | 2025 |
| 98 |  Marshall Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 37.7% gross | 2024 |
| 99 |  Vietnam |
East Asia & Pacific | 37.6% gross | 2024 |
| 100 |  Brunei |
East Asia & Pacific | 36.4% gross | 2023 |
| 101 |  Jordan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 35.9% gross | 2024 |
| 102 |  Tajikistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 35.6% gross | 2024 |
| 103 |  India |
South Asia | 34.4% gross | 2025 |
| 104 |  El Salvador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 32.8% gross | 2024 |
| 105 |  Timor-Leste |
East Asia & Pacific | 31.0% gross | 2023 |
| 106 |  Nicaragua |
Latin America & Caribbean | 30.4% gross | 2023 |
| 107 |  British Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 29.6% gross | 2024 |
| 108 |  Guatemala |
Latin America & Caribbean | 27.3% gross | 2023 |
| 109 |  Guyana |
Latin America & Caribbean | 26.4% gross | 2024 |
| 110 |  Namibia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.1% gross | 2022 |
| 111 |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 25.3% gross | 2023 |
| 112 |  Belize |
Latin America & Caribbean | 24.8% gross | 2024 |
| 113 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Latin America & Caribbean | 23.8% gross | 2024 |
| 114 |  Bangladesh |
South Asia | 23.7% gross | 2024 |
| 115 |  South Africa |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.5% gross | 2023 |
| 116 |  Honduras |
Latin America & Caribbean | 23.3% gross | 2024 |
| 117 |  Luxembourg |
Europe & Central Asia | 22.4% gross | 2024 |
| 118 |  Cambodia |
East Asia & Pacific | 21.4% gross | 2024 |
| 119 |  Botswana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.4% gross | 2024 |
| 120 |  Ghana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.3% gross | 2024 |
| 121 |  Nepal |
South Asia | 21.3% gross | 2024 |
| 122 |  Sri Lanka |
South Asia | 20.7% gross | 2023 |
| 123 |  Turkmenistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 20.4% gross | 2024 |
| 124 |  Tuvalu |
East Asia & Pacific | 19.4% gross | 2023 |
| 125 |  Bermuda |
North America | 17.3% gross | 2023 |
| 126 |  Cameroon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.7% gross | 2024 |
| 127 |  Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 16.0% gross | 2024 |
| 128 |  Senegal |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 15.3% gross | 2024 |
| 129 |  Saint Lucia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 15.0% gross | 2023 |
| 130 |  Laos |
East Asia & Pacific | 14.9% gross | 2023 |
| 131 |  Seychelles |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.5% gross | 2024 |
| 132 |  Aruba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 14.1% gross | 2024 |
| 133 |  Gambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.5% gross | 2024 |
| 134 |  Bhutan |
South Asia | 13.0% gross | 2024 |
| 135 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.3% gross | 2024 |
| 136 |  Pakistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 10.9% gross | 2024 |
| 137 |  Kenya |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.4% gross | 2024 |
| 138 |  Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.4% gross | 2023 |
| 139 |  Benin |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.2% gross | 2022 |
| 140 |  Burkina Faso |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.0% gross | 2024 |
| 141 |  Angola |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.0% gross | 2024 |
| 142 |  Rwanda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.4% gross | 2024 |
| 143 |  Zimbabwe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.7% gross | 2024 |
| 144 |  Sint Maarten |
Latin America & Caribbean | 7.7% gross | 2023 |
| 145 |  Burundi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.4% gross | 2025 |
| 146 |  Madagascar |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.1% gross | 2023 |
| 147 |  Kiribati |
East Asia & Pacific | 5.0% gross | 2024 |
| 148 |  Tanzania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.0% gross | 2024 |
| 149 |  Malawi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.7% gross | 2022 |
| 150 |  Suriname |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.6% gross | 2024 |
| — |  Afghanistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 10.9% gross | 2020 |
| — |  Antigua and Barbuda |
Latin America & Caribbean | 25.1% gross | 2012 |
| — |  Bahamas |
Latin America & Caribbean | 14.8% gross | 1995 |
| — |  Cabo Verde |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.3% gross | 2018 |
| — |  Cayman Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 33.0% gross | 2008 |
| — |  Central African Republic |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.8% gross | 2012 |
| — |  Chad |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.4% gross | 2020 |
| — |  Comoros |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.8% gross | 2017 |
| — |  Costa Rica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 55.0% gross | 2019 |
| — |  Curaçao |
Latin America & Caribbean | 23.1% gross | 2013 |
| — |  DR Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.4% gross | 2020 |
| — |  Djibouti |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.2% gross | 2011 |
| — |  Dominica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 6.9% gross | 1993 |
| — |  Equatorial Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.8% gross | 2000 |
| — |  Eritrea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.2% gross | 2016 |
| — |  Eswatini |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.4% gross | 2013 |
| — |  Ethiopia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.9% gross | 2014 |
| — |  French Polynesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.5% gross | 1992 |
| — |  Gabon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.7% gross | 2003 |
| — |  Grenada |
Latin America & Caribbean | 100.0% gross | 2018 |
| — |  Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.9% gross | 2014 |
| — |  Guinea-Bissau |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.6% gross | 2006 |
| — |  Iraq |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 15.6% gross | 2005 |
| — |  Jamaica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 26.2% gross | 2015 |
| — |  Lesotho |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.9% gross | 2018 |
| — |  Liberia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.8% gross | 2012 |
| — |  Libya |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 58.5% gross | 2003 |
| — |  Mali |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.1% gross | 2015 |
| — |  Mauritania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.0% gross | 2020 |
| — |  Micronesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 13.4% gross | 2000 |
| — |  Mozambique |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.5% gross | 2018 |
| — |  Myanmar |
East Asia & Pacific | 20.4% gross | 2018 |
| — |  Niger |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.2% gross | 2019 |
| — |  Nigeria |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.7% gross | 2011 |
| — |  North Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 26.7% gross | 2018 |
| — |  Papua New Guinea |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.9% gross | 1999 |
| — |  Paraguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 37.6% gross | 2010 |
| — |  Peru |
Latin America & Caribbean | 71.2% gross | 2017 |
| — |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Latin America & Caribbean | 93.9% gross | 2015 |
| — |  Sierra Leone |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.0% gross | 2002 |
| — |  Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 15.9% gross | 2015 |
| — |  Syria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 43.8% gross | 2016 |
| — |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.8% gross | 2015 |
| — |  Togo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.9% gross | 2020 |
| — |  US Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 33.6% gross | 1993 |
| — |  Uganda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.6% gross | 2014 |
| — |  Vanuatu |
East Asia & Pacific | 4.9% gross | 2004 |
| — |  Venezuela |
Latin America & Caribbean | 78.3% gross | 2009 |
| — |  Yemen |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.8% gross | 2011 |
| — |  Zambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.0% gross | 2012 |
Latest value per country. Ranked: countries with data from the last 5 years of the series; older values are listed below without a rank. 150 ranked.