Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Tertiary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment)
This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.
- Grenada was up 5.3points of Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Tertiary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment) in 2018, from a year earlier.
- Since 2014 Latvia Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Tertiary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment) rose 4.9points year on year at 106.27 Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age.
- In 2019 Argentina was number 4 in Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Tertiary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment).
- In 2017 Maldives was number 62 in Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Tertiary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment) close to 59.78 Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age, moving from 134 in 2016.
Top Countries in Female Gross Enrollment Ratio in Tertiary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment)
| # | 146 Countries | Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
#1
Greece
|
140.11 % | 2019 | +1.5 % | +2.3 % | View data |
| 2 |
#2
Australia
|
133.34 % | 2017 | -6.8 % | NA | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Puerto Rico
|
120.03 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +1.7 % | View data |
| 4 |
#4
Argentina
|
116.88 % | 2019 | +2.1 % | +3.1 % | View data |
| 5 |
#5
Grenada
|
116.22 % | 2018 | +5.3 % | NA | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
115.88 % | 2015 | +34.6 % | NA | View data |
| 7 |
#7
Latvia
|
106.27 % | 2019 | +1.7 % | +4.9 % | View data |
| 8 |
#8
United States
|
101.06 % | 2019 | -0.4 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 9 |
#9
Chile
|
100.52 % | 2019 | +2.8 % | +2.8 % | View data |
| 10 |
#10
Norway
|
100.03 % | 2019 | +1.0 % | +1.6 % | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Spain
|
99.99 % | 2019 | +1.6 % | +1.4 % | View data |
| 12 |
#12
New Zealand
|
97.55 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 13 |
#13
Belarus
|
97.27 % | 2019 | +2.3 % | -1.5 % | View data |
| 14 |
#14
Iceland
|
96.86 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | -1.4 % | View data |
| 15 |
#15
Denmark
|
95.96 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 16 |
#16
Finland
|
95.49 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 17 |
#17
Slovenia
|
93.75 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | -0.9 % | View data |
| 18 |
#18
Austria
|
92.68 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +1.4 % | View data |
| 19 |
#19
Belgium
|
92.30 % | 2019 | +1.6 % | +2.2 % | View data |
| 20 |
#20
Singapore
|
91.20 % | 2017 | +0.7 % | NA | View data |
| 21 |
#21
Netherlands
|
90.92 % | 2017 | +6.5 % | +2.5 % | View data |
| 22 |
#22
Russia
|
89.87 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | +0.9 % | View data |
| 23 |
#23
Ukraine
|
88.81 % | 2014 | +1.6 % | -0.7 % | View data |
| 24 |
#24
Cyprus
|
86.94 % | 2019 | +4.0 % | +6.8 % | View data |
| 25 |
#25
Estonia
|
86.77 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 26 |
#26
Ireland
|
85.58 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | +2.4 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
South Korea
|
84.50 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 28 |
#28
Lithuania
|
83.02 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 29 |
#29
Croatia
|
82.93 % | 2019 | +2.3 % | +1.2 % | View data |
| 30 |
#30
Bulgaria
|
82.82 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | +1.9 % | View data |
| 31 |
#31
Poland
|
82.80 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 32 |
#32
Sweden
|
80.30 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +1.2 % | View data |
| 33 |
#33
Serbia
|
79.77 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | +3.9 % | View data |
| 34 |
#34
Canada
|
79.16 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 35 |
#35
Czech Republic
|
78.45 % | 2019 | +1.6 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 36 |
#36
Mongolia
|
78.24 % | 2019 | +2.1 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 37 |
#37
Kuwait
|
77.60 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | +2.4 % | View data |
| 38 |
#38
Dominican Republic
|
77.46 % | 2019 | +1.8 % | +4.9 % | View data |
| 39 |
#39
Israel
|
76.04 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 40 |
#40
France
|
74.76 % | 2019 | +1.4 % | +1.8 % | View data |
| 41 |
#41
Saudi Arabia
|
72.91 % | 2019 | +4.3 % | +4.7 % | View data |
| 42 |
#42
Peru
|
72.67 % | 2017 | -1.2 % | NA | View data |
| 43 |
#43
Germany
|
72.10 % | 2019 | +1.3 % | +2.4 % | View data |
| 44 |
#44
Italy
|
71.64 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 45 |
#45
Albania
|
70.95 % | 2019 | +5.0 % | -2.0 % | View data |
| 46 |
#46
United Kingdom
|
69.52 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | +1.5 % | View data |
| 47 |
#47
Kazakhstan
|
68.44 % | 2019 | +14.0 % | +4.7 % | View data |
| 48 |
#48
Georgia
|
68.12 % | 2019 | +6.9 % | +7.4 % | View data |
| 49 |
#49
Iran
|
68.12 % | 2019 | +2.9 % | +1.3 % | View data |
| 50 |
#50
Portugal
|
68.10 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | -0.6 % | View data |
| 51 |
#51
Bahrain
|
67.53 % | 2019 | -0.5 % | +3.3 % | View data |
| 52 |
#52
Malta
|
65.46 % | 2019 | +3.0 % | +5.3 % | View data |
| 53 |
#53
Algeria
|
65.13 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +9.2 % | View data |
| 54 |
#54
Montenegro
|
64.91 % | 2018 | -1.8 % | NA | View data |
| 55 |
#55
Brazil
|
63.24 % | 2019 | +2.6 % | +1.9 % | View data |
| 56 |
#56
Switzerland
|
62.58 % | 2019 | +1.8 % | +1.6 % | View data |
| 57 |
#57
Armenia
|
62.51 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | +4.5 % | View data |
| 58 |
#58
Colombia
|
62.28 % | 2019 | +4.3 % | +2.4 % | View data |
| 59 |
#59
Costa Rica
|
61.85 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | +1.3 % | View data |
| 60 |
#60
Thailand
|
60.00 % | 2019 | +1.0 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 61 |
#61
Panama
|
59.97 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +1.8 % | View data |
| 62 |
#62
Maldives
|
59.78 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 63 |
#63
Oman
|
58.66 % | 2019 | +5.6 % | +3.7 % | View data |
| 64 |
#64
China
|
58.47 % | 2019 | +4.6 % | +5.0 % | View data |
| 65 |
#65
Slovakia
|
58.00 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | -2.0 % | View data |
| 66 |
#66
Qatar
|
55.83 % | 2019 | +1.8 % | +6.8 % | View data |
| 67 |
#67
Palestine
|
55.30 % | 2019 | +1.7 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 68 |
#68
Romania
|
55.26 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 69 |
#69
Hungary
|
52.22 % | 2019 | -1.4 % | -2.4 % | View data |
| 70 |
#70
Malaysia
|
50.60 % | 2019 | +1.5 % | +2.2 % | View data |
| 71 |
#71
Macedonia
|
50.28 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | +3.3 % | View data |
| 72 |
#72
Mauritius
|
49.64 % | 2019 | +2.9 % | +2.8 % | View data |
| 73 |
#73
Syria
|
49.17 % | 2019 | +3.8 % | +3.2 % | View data |
| 74 |
#74
Ecuador
|
48.40 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
| 75 |
#75
Kyrgyzstan
|
47.40 % | 2019 | +1.4 % | -1.9 % | View data |
| 76 |
#76
Cuba
|
46.89 % | 2019 | -8.1 % | NA | View data |
| 77 |
#77
Moldova
|
46.39 % | 2019 | +1.5 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 78 |
#78
Mexico
|
42.33 % | 2019 | +3.1 % | +6.5 % | View data |
| 79 |
#79
Tunisia
|
42.03 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | -1.0 % | View data |
| 80 |
#80
Brunei
|
41.37 % | 2019 | +6.8 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 81 |
#81
Indonesia
|
40.66 % | 2019 | +4.3 % | +4.5 % | View data |
| 82 |
#82
Philippines
|
40.42 % | 2017 | NA | +3.2 % | View data |
| 83 |
#83
Jordan
|
37.37 % | 2018 | +12.4 % | NA | View data |
| 84 |
#84
Morocco
|
36.91 % | 2019 | +3.4 % | +8.2 % | View data |
| 85 |
#85
Egypt
|
36.77 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | +4.7 % | View data |
| 86 |
#86
San Marino
|
35.95 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 87 |
#87
Jamaica
|
35.58 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 88 |
#88
Vietnam
|
34.83 % | 2019 | +3.3 % | +2.0 % | View data |
| 89 |
#89
Belize
|
31.39 % | 2019 | +1.5 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 90 |
#90
El Salvador
|
31.30 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +1.4 % | View data |
| 91 |
#91
Azerbaijan
|
30.35 % | 2019 | +2.2 % | +4.2 % | View data |
| 92 |
#92
India
|
30.15 % | 2019 | +3.8 % | +3.5 % | View data |
| 93 |
#93
Honduras
|
30.13 % | 2019 | -0.5 % | +5.5 % | View data |
| 94 |
#94
Cape Verde
|
30.00 % | 2019 | +5.8 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 95 |
#95
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
|
29.77 % | 2015 | -11.9 % | NA | View data |
| 96 |
#96
Botswana
|
29.24 % | 2017 | -3.7 % | NA | View data |
| 97 |
#97
Tajikistan
|
28.09 % | 2019 | +3.7 % | +8.6 % | View data |
| 98 |
#98
Liechtenstein
|
27.45 % | 2019 | +1.7 % | +2.6 % | View data |
| 99 |
#99
Seychelles
|
26.43 % | 2019 | +13.4 % | +22.3 % | View data |
| 100 |
#100
South Africa
|
26.38 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +2.6 % | View data |
| 101 |
#101
Guatemala
|
23.56 % | 2015 | +22.8 % | NA | View data |
| 102 |
#102
Sri Lanka
|
23.51 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +1.6 % | View data |
| 103 |
#103
Myanmar
|
21.98 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 104 |
#104
Bermuda
|
21.53 % | 2019 | -6.0 % | -10.2 % | View data |
| 105 |
#105
Saint Lucia
|
21.04 % | 2019 | +12.6 % | -1.1 % | View data |
| 106 |
#106
British Virgin Islands
|
20.94 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 107 |
#107
Luxembourg
|
20.15 % | 2017 | -2.4 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 108 |
#108
Sudan
|
18.65 % | 2019 | +1.6 % | +1.4 % | View data |
| 109 |
#109
North Korea
|
18.18 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 110 |
#110
Bangladesh
|
17.22 % | 2019 | +1.4 % | +8.0 % | View data |
| 111 |
#111
Aruba
|
16.59 % | 2019 | -7.4 % | -6.4 % | View data |
| 112 |
#112
Laos
|
16.32 % | 2019 | +5.2 % | -1.6 % | View data |
| 113 |
#113
Bhutan
|
15.49 % | 2018 | NA | +10.4 % | View data |
| 114 |
#114
Sao Tome and Principe
|
15.15 % | 2019 | +4.7 % | +10.8 % | View data |
| 115 |
#115
Ghana
|
14.18 % | 2019 | +4.5 % | +2.8 % | View data |
| 116 |
#116
Cambodia
|
12.93 % | 2018 | +6.3 % | NA | View data |
| 117 |
#117
Nepal
|
12.91 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | NA | View data |
| 118 |
#118
Lesotho
|
12.54 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 119 |
#119
Cameroon
|
12.48 % | 2019 | +2.0 % | -2.6 % | View data |
| 120 |
#120
Senegal
|
10.22 % | 2019 | -0.8 % | +5.2 % | View data |
| 121 |
#121
Republic of the Congo
|
10.15 % | 2017 | NA | +5.6 % | View data |
| 122 |
#122
Kenya
|
9.73 % | 2017 | +3.5 % | NA | View data |
| 123 |
#123
Togo
|
9.71 % | 2019 | -0.9 % | +9.6 % | View data |
| 124 |
#124
Zimbabwe
|
9.69 % | 2019 | +2.8 % | NA | View data |
| 125 |
#125
Angola
|
9.35 % | 2019 | +3.9 % | NA | View data |
| 126 |
#126
Pakistan
|
8.66 % | 2019 | +4.1 % | -2.8 % | View data |
| 127 |
#127
Comoros
|
8.05 % | 2014 | -1.0 % | +10.4 % | View data |
| 128 |
#128
Benin
|
7.97 % | 2019 | +2.0 % | -1.3 % | View data |
| 129 |
#129
Ivory Coast
|
7.87 % | 2019 | +2.3 % | +5.4 % | View data |
| 130 |
#130
Uzbekistan
|
7.74 % | 2019 | -6.2 % | +4.6 % | View data |
| 131 |
#131
Guinea
|
6.99 % | 2014 | +6.3 % | +8.5 % | View data |
| 132 |
#132
Mozambique
|
6.87 % | 2019 | +5.2 % | +6.0 % | View data |
| 133 |
#133
Rwanda
|
6.39 % | 2019 | +6.3 % | -1.1 % | View data |
| 134 |
#134
Madagascar
|
5.34 % | 2019 | +2.5 % | +3.0 % | View data |
| 135 |
#135
Ethiopia
|
5.26 % | 2014 | NA | +9.9 % | View data |
| 136 |
#136
Afghanistan
|
4.91 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 137 |
#137
Burkina Faso
|
4.80 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | +7.7 % | View data |
| 138 |
#138
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
4.73 % | 2016 | NA | -1.2 % | View data |
| 139 |
#139
Uganda
|
4.10 % | 2014 | NA | +1.8 % | View data |
| 140 |
#140
Burundi
|
3.89 % | 2019 | +3.0 % | +8.9 % | View data |
| 141 |
#141
Mauritania
|
3.65 % | 2019 | +2.5 % | NA | View data |
| 142 |
#142
Tanzania
|
3.02 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | NA | View data |
| 143 |
#143
Eritrea
|
2.79 % | 2016 | +1.8 % | NA | View data |
| 144 |
#144
Niger
|
2.57 % | 2018 | +4.9 % | NA | View data |
| 145 |
#145
Mali
|
2.52 % | 2019 | -2.8 % | -6.3 % | View data |
| 146 |
#146
Chad
|
1.46 % | 2015 | +29.3 % | +18.6 % | View data |
Source: World Bank