Tertiary enrollment statistics - countries compared

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Education Statistics > Tertiary enrollment (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

United States:

72.6%

# 2

Finland:

70.4%

= 3

Norway:

70%

= 3

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

Lebanon:

42.3%

= 33

Greece:

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

Turkey:

15%

= 82

Algeria:

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

Nicaragua:

11.5%

= 90

Burma:

11.5%

# 92

Mauritius:

11.4%

# 93

Samoa:

10.9%

# 94

India:

10.5%

# 95

Morocco:

10.3%

# 96

Paraguay:

10.1%

= 97

Guyana:

9.7%

= 97

Vietnam:

9.7%

# 99

Luxembourg:

9.3%

= 100

Oman:

8.5%

= 100

Guatemala:

8.5%

# 102

Gabon:

# 103

China:

7.5%

= 104

Cote d'Ivoire:

= 104

Suriname:

# 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%

= 114

Botswana:

4.6%

# 116

Nigeria:

4.3%

# 117

Zimbabwe:

3.9%

# 118

Tonga:

3.8%

= 119

Mauritania:

3.7%

= 119

Togo:

3.7%

= 119

Senegal:

3.7%

# 122

Benin:

3.6%

# 123

Ghana:

3.3%

= 124

Uganda:

= 124

Kenya:

# 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%

= 131

Madagascar:

2.2%

= 133

Mali:

1.9%

= 133

Central African Republic:

1.9%

= 135

Eritrea:

1.7%

= 135

Gambia, The:

1.7%

= 135

Rwanda:

1.7%

# 138

Ethiopia:

1.6%

# 139

Niger:

1.5%

= 140

Guinea:

1.2%

= 140

Burundi:

1.2%

# 142

Comoros:

1.1%

# 143

Burkina Faso:

= 144

Chad:

0.9%

= 144

Djibouti:

0.9%

= 146

Angola:

0.7%

= 146

Tanzania:

0.7%

# 148

Mozambique:

0.6%

# 149

Guinea-Bissau:

0.4%

= 150

Malawi:

0.3%

= 150

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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