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Education Statistics > Tertiary enrollment (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   United States: 72.6% 
#2   Finland: 70.4% 
#3   Norway: 70% 
#4   Sweden: 70% 
#5   New Zealand: 69.2% 
#6   Russia: 64.1% 
#7   Australia: 63.3% 
#8   Latvia: 63.1% 
#9   Slovenia: 60.5% 
#10   Canada: 60% 
#11   United Kingdom: 59.5% 
#12   Spain: 59.4% 
#13   Denmark: 58.9% 
#14   Austria: 57.7% 
#15   Estonia: 57.5% 
#16   Belgium: 57% 
#17   Belarus: 56% 
#18   Poland: 55.5% 
#19   Netherlands: 55% 
#20   France: 53.6% 
#21   Israel: 52.7% 
#22   Lithuania: 52.5% 
#23   Macau: 52.1% 
#24   Portugal: 50.2% 
#25   Italy: 49.9% 
#26   Libya: 48.8% 
#27   Iceland: 48.7% 
#28   Argentina: 48% 
#29   Japan: 47.7% 
#30   Ireland: 47.5% 
#31   Germany: 46.3% 
#32   Ukraine: 43.3% 
#33   Greece: 42.3% 
#34   Lebanon: 42.3% 
#35   Switzerland: 42.1% 
#36   Kyrgyzstan: 41.1% 
#37   Bulgaria: 40.8% 
#38   Hungary: 40% 
#39   Barbados: 38.2% 
#40   Chile: 37.5% 
#41   Uruguay: 36.1% 
#42   Bolivia: 35.7% 
#43   Thailand: 35.3% 
#44   Panama: 34.9% 
#45   Georgia: 34.5% 
#46   Singapore: 33.7% 
#47   Mongolia: 33.3% 
#48   Philippines: 31.2% 
#49   Kazakhstan: 30.9% 
#50   Slovakia: 30.3% 
#51   Czech Republic: 29.8% 
#52   Aruba: 29.5% 
#53   Peru: 28.8% 
#54   Jordan: 28.6% 
#55   Venezuela: 28.5% 
#56   Croatia: 28.3% 
#57   Malaysia: 28.2% 
#58   Moldova: 27.9% 
#59   Romania: 27.3% 
#60   Saint Lucia: 25.4% 
#61   Bahrain: 25.2% 
#62   Qatar: 24.6% 
#63   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 24.4% 
#64   Cuba: 24.2% 
#65   Colombia: 23.3% 
#66   Dominican Republic: 22.9% 
#67   Saudi Arabia: 22.4% 
#68   Azerbaijan: 22.3% 
#69   Netherlands Antilles: 21.8% 
#70   Tunisia: 21.7% 
#71   Malta: 21.5% 
#72   Kuwait: 21.1% 
#73   Mexico: 20.7% 
#74   Armenia: 20.2% 
#75   Cyprus: 20% 
#76   El Salvador: 17.5% 
#77   Brazil: 16.5% 
#78   Jamaica: 16.4% 
#79   Costa Rica: 16% 
#80   South Africa: 15.2% 
#81   Albania: 15.1% 
#82   Algeria: 15% 
#83   Turkey: 15% 
#84   Honduras: 14.7% 
#85   Indonesia: 14.6% 
#86   Brunei: 14.4% 
#87   Tajikistan: 14% 
#88   Iraq: 13.6% 
#89   United Arab Emirates: 12.1% 
#90   Burma: 11.5% 
#91   Nicaragua: 11.5% 
#92   Mauritius: 11.4% 
#93   Samoa: 10.9% 
#94   India: 10.5% 
#95   Morocco: 10.3% 
#96   Paraguay: 10.1% 
#97   Vietnam: 9.7% 
#98   Guyana: 9.7% 
#99   Luxembourg: 9.3% 
#100   Oman: 8.5% 
#101   Guatemala: 8.5% 
#102   Gabon: 8% 
#103   China: 7.5% 
#104   Cote d'Ivoire: 7% 
#105   Suriname: 7% 
#106   Sudan: 6.9% 
#107   Bangladesh: 6.6% 
#108   Trinidad and Tobago: 6.5% 
#109   Syria: 6.1% 
#110   Namibia: 5.9% 
#111   Swaziland: 5.2% 
#112   Sri Lanka: 5.1% 
#113   Cameroon: 4.9% 
#114   Nepal: 4.6% 
#115   Botswana: 4.6% 
#116   Nigeria: 4.3% 
#117   Zimbabwe: 3.9% 
#118   Tonga: 3.8% 
#119   Mauritania: 3.7% 
#120   Togo: 3.7% 
#121   Senegal: 3.7% 
#122   Benin: 3.6% 
#123   Ghana: 3.3% 
#124   Kenya: 3% 
#125   Uganda: 3% 
#126   Cambodia: 2.8% 
#127   Equatorial Guinea: 2.7% 
#128   Lesotho: 2.6% 
#129   Zambia: 2.5% 
#130   Papua New Guinea: 2.3% 
#131   Sierra Leone: 2.2% 
#132   Madagascar: 2.2% 
#133   Mali: 1.9% 
#134   Central African Republic: 1.9% 
#135   Rwanda: 1.7% 
#136   Gambia, The: 1.7% 
#137   Eritrea: 1.7% 
#138   Ethiopia: 1.6% 
#139   Niger: 1.5% 
#140   Guinea: 1.2% 
#141   Burundi: 1.2% 
#142   Comoros: 1.1% 
#143   Burkina Faso: 1% 
#144   Chad: 0.9% 
#145   Djibouti: 0.9% 
#146   Angola: 0.7% 
#147   Tanzania: 0.7% 
#148   Mozambique: 0.6% 
#149   Guinea-Bissau: 0.4% 
#150   Malawi: 0.3% 
#151   Vanuatu: 0.3% 
Weighted average: 23.8%  


DEFINITION: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.

SOURCE: UNESCO

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