Tertiary enrolment, gross
% of the five-year age group after secondary school
- Published value. Native scale: percent; can exceed 100 (mature and repeat students).
- Transform: min(100, value) — values above 100 are treated as 100.
- Goalposts (fixed for all years; 2.5th and 97.5th percentiles of all observed country-years): worst = 1.89 scores 0, best = 97.2 scores 100.
- Direction: higher is better, no flip.
- Clip and scale: anything below the worst goalpost scores 0 and anything above the best scores 100; multiply by 100.
Where the numbers come from
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) data browser produces the series — Enrolment counts reported by ministries of education to UIS, divided by UN population estimates for the relevant age group.
Source statement as published by the data provider (verbatim)
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Detailed documentation is available at: https://api.uis.unesco.org/api/public/documentation/, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), type: Bulk file (csv), date accessed: 2026-03-19, date published: 2026-02
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.
Every country row below has a “verify” link to this series filtered to that country, so each value can be checked against the source.
History
Countries ranked on this indicator
155 countries have a usable value for 2024 (61 carried forward from an earlier year); 62 have none within 4 years.
| # | Country | Value | Observed | Score | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | 165 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 2 | Macao SAR, China | 142 | 2024 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 3 | Cyprus | 121 | 2024 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 4 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 120 | 2024 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 5 | Korea, Rep. | 112 | 2024 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 6 | Finland | 110 | 2024 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 7 | Chile | 110 | 2024 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 8 | Australia | 108 | 2024 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 9 | Argentina | 108 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 10 | Turkiye | 106 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 11 | Singapore | 97.3 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 12 | Norway | 95.5 | 2024 | 98 | source ↗ |
| 13 | Spain | 93.8 | 2024 | 97 | source ↗ |
| 14 | Austria | 92.6 | 2024 | 95 | source ↗ |
| 15 | Ukraine | 87.2 | 2024 | 90 | source ↗ |
| 16 | Netherlands | 86.6 | carried from 2023 | 89 | source ↗ |
| 17 | Albania | 84.2 | 2024 | 86 | source ↗ |
| 18 | Sweden | 84.0 | 2024 | 86 | source ↗ |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 83.9 | 2024 | 86 | source ↗ |
| 20 | Latvia | 82.9 | 2024 | 85 | source ↗ |
| 21 | Belgium | 82.1 | carried from 2023 | 84 | source ↗ |
| 22 | Croatia | 81.2 | carried from 2023 | 83 | source ↗ |
| 23 | Poland | 80.9 | 2024 | 83 | source ↗ |
| 24 | Malta | 80.5 | carried from 2023 | 83 | source ↗ |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 80.4 | carried from 2023 | 82 | source ↗ |
| 26 | Slovenia | 80.1 | carried from 2023 | 82 | source ↗ |
| 27 | Uruguay | 80.0 | carried from 2023 | 82 | source ↗ |
| 28 | United States | 79.4 | carried from 2022 | 81 | source ↗ |
| 29 | Denmark | 79.0 | 2024 | 81 | source ↗ |
| 30 | Georgia | 78.3 | carried from 2023 | 80 | source ↗ |
| 31 | Puerto Rico (US) | 77.9 | carried from 2023 | 80 | source ↗ |
| 32 | Portugal | 77.7 | carried from 2023 | 80 | source ↗ |
| 33 | Ireland | 77.6 | carried from 2022 | 80 | source ↗ |
| 34 | Monaco | 77.5 | 2024 | 79 | source ↗ |
| 35 | New Zealand | 77.2 | 2024 | 79 | source ↗ |
| 36 | China | 76.9 | 2024 | 79 | source ↗ |
| 37 | Germany | 76.7 | 2024 | 79 | source ↗ |
| 38 | Iceland | 76.5 | carried from 2023 | 78 | source ↗ |
| 39 | Canada | 76.3 | carried from 2023 | 78 | source ↗ |
| 40 | Italy | 76.0 | carried from 2023 | 78 | source ↗ |
| 41 | Lithuania | 75.6 | 2024 | 77 | source ↗ |
| 42 | Fiji | 75.0 | 2024 | 77 | source ↗ |
| 43 | Moldova | 74.7 | 2024 | 76 | source ↗ |
| 44 | Switzerland | 73.5 | 2024 | 75 | source ↗ |
| 45 | Palau | 71.8 | 2024 | 73 | source ↗ |
| 46 | France | 71.5 | 2024 | 73 | source ↗ |
| 47 | Serbia | 70.6 | 2024 | 72 | source ↗ |
| 48 | Belarus | 70.1 | 2024 | 72 | source ↗ |
| 49 | Brazil | 69.7 | 2024 | 71 | source ↗ |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 69.5 | 2024 | 71 | source ↗ |
| 51 | Mongolia | 69.0 | 2024 | 71 | source ↗ |
| 52 | Ecuador | 67.9 | carried from 2023 | 69 | source ↗ |
| 53 | Andorra | 67.7 | 2024 | 69 | source ↗ |
| 54 | Czechia | 66.7 | carried from 2023 | 68 | source ↗ |
| 55 | Estonia | 65.7 | 2024 | 67 | source ↗ |
| 56 | Japan | 64.5 | carried from 2023 | 66 | source ↗ |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 63.7 | 2024 | 65 | source ↗ |
| 58 | Hungary | 60.5 | 2024 | 62 | source ↗ |
| 59 | Russian Federation | 60.4 | 2024 | 61 | source ↗ |
| 60 | Colombia | 59.3 | carried from 2022 | 60 | source ↗ |
| 61 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 58.7 | carried from 2022 | 60 | source ↗ |
| 62 | Bahrain | 58.4 | 2024 | 59 | source ↗ |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 57.7 | 2024 | 59 | source ↗ |
| 64 | San Marino | 57.5 | 2024 | 58 | source ↗ |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 56.5 | 2024 | 57 | source ↗ |
| 66 | Israel | 56.3 | 2024 | 57 | source ↗ |
| 67 | Montenegro | 55.2 | carried from 2023 | 56 | source ↗ |
| 68 | Romania | 55.2 | carried from 2023 | 56 | source ↗ |
| 69 | North Macedonia | 55.0 | carried from 2023 | 56 | source ↗ |
| 70 | Slovak Republic | 54.5 | 2024 | 55 | source ↗ |
| 71 | Algeria | 54.4 | 2024 | 55 | source ↗ |
| 72 | Lebanon | 54.4 | carried from 2023 | 55 | source ↗ |
| 73 | Panama | 53.7 | carried from 2023 | 54 | source ↗ |
| 74 | Barbados | 53.6 | 2024 | 54 | source ↗ |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 53.5 | 2024 | 54 | source ↗ |
| 76 | Kyrgyz Republic | 53.2 | 2024 | 54 | source ↗ |
| 77 | Armenia | 52.8 | 2024 | 53 | source ↗ |
| 78 | Kuwait | 51.9 | carried from 2021 | 53 | source ↗ |
| 79 | Maldives | 48.5 | carried from 2022 | 49 | source ↗ |
| 80 | Mexico | 48.2 | 2024 | 49 | source ↗ |
| 81 | Morocco | 48.2 | 2024 | 49 | source ↗ |
| 82 | Philippines | 47.4 | 2024 | 48 | source ↗ |
| 83 | Liechtenstein | 46.0 | carried from 2021 | 46 | source ↗ |
| 84 | Mauritius | 45.8 | 2024 | 46 | source ↗ |
| 85 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.5 | carried from 2023 | 46 | source ↗ |
| 86 | Thailand | 45.0 | 2024 | 45 | source ↗ |
| 87 | Indonesia | 44.9 | carried from 2023 | 45 | source ↗ |
| 88 | West Bank and Gaza | 44.5 | carried from 2023 | 45 | source ↗ |
| 89 | Cuba | 43.1 | 2024 | 43 | source ↗ |
| 90 | Qatar | 43.0 | 2024 | 43 | source ↗ |
| 91 | Tonga | 42.9 | carried from 2023 | 43 | source ↗ |
| 92 | Oman | 42.2 | 2024 | 42 | source ↗ |
| 93 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 41.5 | carried from 2022 | 42 | source ↗ |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 41.3 | 2024 | 41 | source ↗ |
| 95 | Malaysia | 38.5 | 2024 | 38 | source ↗ |
| 96 | Tunisia | 38.1 | carried from 2023 | 38 | source ↗ |
| 97 | Marshall Islands | 37.7 | 2024 | 38 | source ↗ |
| 98 | Viet Nam | 37.6 | 2024 | 38 | source ↗ |
| 99 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 37.6 | 2024 | 38 | source ↗ |
| 100 | Brunei Darussalam | 36.4 | carried from 2023 | 36 | source ↗ |
| 101 | Jordan | 35.9 | 2024 | 36 | source ↗ |
| 102 | Tajikistan | 35.6 | 2024 | 35 | source ↗ |
| 103 | India | 34.4 | 2024 | 34 | source ↗ |
| 104 | El Salvador | 32.8 | 2024 | 33 | source ↗ |
| 105 | Timor-Leste | 31.0 | carried from 2023 | 31 | source ↗ |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 30.4 | carried from 2023 | 30 | source ↗ |
| 107 | British Virgin Islands | 29.6 | 2024 | 29 | source ↗ |
| 108 | Guatemala | 27.3 | carried from 2023 | 27 | source ↗ |
| 109 | Guyana | 26.4 | 2024 | 26 | source ↗ |
| 110 | Namibia | 26.1 | carried from 2022 | 25 | source ↗ |
| 111 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 25.3 | carried from 2023 | 25 | source ↗ |
| 112 | Belize | 24.8 | 2024 | 24 | source ↗ |
| 113 | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.8 | 2024 | 23 | source ↗ |
| 114 | Bangladesh | 23.7 | 2024 | 23 | source ↗ |
| 115 | South Africa | 23.5 | carried from 2023 | 23 | source ↗ |
| 116 | Honduras | 23.3 | 2024 | 23 | source ↗ |
| 117 | Luxembourg | 22.4 | 2024 | 22 | source ↗ |
| 118 | Cambodia | 21.4 | 2024 | 21 | source ↗ |
| 119 | Botswana | 21.4 | 2024 | 21 | source ↗ |
| 120 | Ghana | 21.3 | 2024 | 20 | source ↗ |
| 121 | Nepal | 21.3 | 2024 | 20 | source ↗ |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 20.7 | carried from 2023 | 20 | source ↗ |
| 123 | Turkmenistan | 20.4 | 2024 | 20 | source ↗ |
| 124 | Tuvalu | 19.4 | carried from 2023 | 18 | source ↗ |
| 125 | Bermuda | 17.3 | carried from 2023 | 16 | source ↗ |
| 126 | Cameroon | 16.7 | 2024 | 16 | source ↗ |
| 127 | Samoa | 16.0 | 2024 | 15 | source ↗ |
| 128 | Senegal | 15.3 | 2024 | 14 | source ↗ |
| 129 | St. Lucia | 15.0 | carried from 2023 | 14 | source ↗ |
| 130 | Togo | 14.9 | carried from 2020 | 14 | source ↗ |
| 131 | Lao PDR | 14.9 | carried from 2023 | 14 | source ↗ |
| 132 | Seychelles | 14.5 | 2024 | 13 | source ↗ |
| 133 | Aruba | 14.1 | 2024 | 13 | source ↗ |
| 134 | Gambia, The | 13.5 | 2024 | 12 | source ↗ |
| 135 | Bhutan | 13.0 | 2024 | 12 | source ↗ |
| 136 | Cote d'Ivoire | 12.3 | 2024 | 11 | source ↗ |
| 137 | Pakistan | 10.9 | 2024 | 9 | source ↗ |
| 138 | Afghanistan | 10.9 | carried from 2020 | 9 | source ↗ |
| 139 | Kenya | 10.4 | 2024 | 9 | source ↗ |
| 140 | Congo, Rep. | 10.4 | carried from 2023 | 9 | source ↗ |
| 141 | Benin | 10.2 | carried from 2022 | 9 | source ↗ |
| 142 | Burkina Faso | 10.0 | 2024 | 9 | source ↗ |
| 143 | Angola | 9.95 | 2024 | 9 | source ↗ |
| 144 | Rwanda | 9.41 | 2024 | 8 | source ↗ |
| 145 | Zimbabwe | 7.75 | 2024 | 6 | source ↗ |
| 146 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 7.65 | carried from 2023 | 6 | source ↗ |
| 147 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 6.38 | carried from 2020 | 5 | source ↗ |
| 148 | Madagascar | 6.15 | carried from 2023 | 5 | source ↗ |
| 149 | Burundi | 6.03 | carried from 2023 | 4 | source ↗ |
| 150 | Mauritania | 5.97 | carried from 2020 | 4 | source ↗ |
| 151 | Kiribati | 4.96 | 2024 | 3 | source ↗ |
| 152 | Chad | 4.40 | carried from 2020 | 3 | source ↗ |
| 153 | Tanzania | 4.02 | 2024 | 2 | source ↗ |
| 154 | Malawi | 2.71 | carried from 2022 | 1 | source ↗ |
| 155 | Suriname | 2.57 | 2024 | 1 | source ↗ |
No official value for 2024: 62 countries
American Samoa, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, The, Bolivia, Central African Republic, Channel Islands, Comoros, Cabo Verde, Costa Rica, Curacao, Cayman Islands, Djibouti, Dominica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Gabon, Gibraltar, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, Greenland, Guam, Haiti, Isle of Man, Iraq, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Liberia, Libya, Lesotho, St. Martin (French part), Mali, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Naoero, Peru, Papua New Guinea, Korea, Dem. People's Rep., Paraguay, French Polynesia, Sudan, Solomon Islands, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Fed. Rep., South Sudan, Sao Tome and Principe, Eswatini, Syrian Arab Republic, Uganda, Venezuela, RB, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Vanuatu, Kosovo, Yemen, Rep., Zambia