Data for 1980

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1980

Name: Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1980
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1980, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1980 covers 77 countries on 3 measures. United States is highest, at 52.878; Oman is lowest, at 0.017. The middle country reads 2.932. Against 1979, 67 values changed (45 up, 22 down), 10 countries joined, 10 left.

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · Data for 1980

HighestUnited States

52.878

LowestOman

0.017

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

77countries
3measures per country
1980the year it describes
77distinct values16 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1980, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1980: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	United States`USA`Northern America	52.878	54.349	51.44
2	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	44.439	—	—
3	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	37.889	—	—
4	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	27.414	20.200	34.39
5	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	22.876	—	—
6	Argentina`ARG`South America	21.565	21.921	21.21
7	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	21.346	23.197	19.59
8	Panama`PAN`Central America	20.632	22.932	18.39
9	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	19.556	—	—
10	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	19.314	—	—
11	Venezuela`VEN`South America	18.969	—	—
12	Peru`PER`South America	17.947	12.642	23.26
13	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	17.586	12.662	22.32
14	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	16.583	15.600	17.54
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	15.996	9.987	21.79
16	Uruguay`URY`South America	15.520	16.454	14.59
17	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.513	12.826	16.12
18	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	14.263	8.329	20.07
19	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	12.175	11.868	12.47
20	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.145	—	—
21	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10.297	—	—
22	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	10.212	6.352	13.99
23	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	9.968	5.248	14.19
24	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.385	—	—
25	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	8.416	11.546	6.19
26	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.263	5.441	9.11
27	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6.262	3.095	9.21
28	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.914	15.790	2.78
29	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	5.446	6.586	4.32
30	India`IND`Southern Asia	4.951	2.658	7.06
31	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.812	2.895	6.67
32	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	4.660	2.406	6.70
33	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.303	3.447	5.15
34	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.230	1.207	7.26
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.229	3.221	5.26
36	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.542	2.542	4.77
37	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3.369	—	—
38	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.250	3.474	3.11
39	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.932	0.819	5.02
40	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.897	2.409	3.40
41	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.875	1.266	4.53
42	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.678	—	—
43	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.523	0.944	4.10
44	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.452	—	—
45	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.427	3.715	1.10
46	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.383	—	—
47	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.172	0.755	3.63
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.985	1.103	2.81
49	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.915	2.592	1.23
50	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.870	—	—
51	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.797	0.893	2.52
52	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.795	—	—
53	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.482	—	—
54	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.436	0.457	2.43
55	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.282	0.632	1.90
56	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.188	0.784	1.63
57	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.132	—	—
58	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.975	—	—
59	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.964	0.606	1.30
60	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.920	0.207	1.65
61	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.904	—	—
62	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.888	—	—
63	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.862	0.385	1.31
64	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.825	0.188	1.46
65	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.805	—	—
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.795	1.104	0.48
67	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.525	0.172	0.89
68	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.486	0.218	0.76
69	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.463	0.184	0.74
70	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.462	0.229	0.71
71	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.370	0.194	0.54
72	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.245	0.045	0.44
73	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.214	0.094	0.34
74	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.173	0.060	0.28
75	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.116	—	—
76	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.081	—	—
77	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.017	0.002	0.03

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1United States52.878
2Russia44.439
3Belarus37.889
4Lebanon27.414
5Mongolia22.876

Lowest

77Oman0.017
76Mozambique0.081
75Cambodia0.116
74Niger0.173
73Burkina Faso0.214

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2.932. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestUnited States54.349
LowestOman0.002
Middle country: 2.567
Male
HighestUnited States51.44
LowestOman0.03
Middle country: 4.42

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+10 / −10countries joined / left
67values changed, of 67 in both
45 · 22rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Jordan10.329 → 14.513+4.184
Grenada1.379 → 5.446+4.067
Bermuda8.890 → 12.175+3.285
Nicaragua8.784 → 11.145+2.361
Thailand8.435 → 10.297+1.861

Fell most

Bahamas25.907 → 19.314−6.593
Micronesia23.243 → 17.586−5.656
Türkiye7.799 → 6.262−1.537
Uruguay16.429 → 15.520−0.910
Syria14.893 → 14.263−0.630

+ Belarus

+ Fiji

+ Honduras

+ Iceland

+ Cambodia

+ Laos

+ Papua New Guinea

+ Paraguay

+ Qatar

+ Senegal

− Afghanistan

− Brunei

− Guinea

− Liberia

− Sri Lanka

− Morocco

− Myanmar

− Tonga

− Tanzania

− Zambia

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

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UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
46 empty cells
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1980). Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tertiary-enrolment/1980

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07Questions