Data for 1985

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1985

Name: Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1985
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1985, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1985 covers 82 countries on 3 measures. United States is highest, at 59.242; Mozambique is lowest, at 0.140. The middle country reads 5.038. Against 1984, 75 values changed (52 up, 23 down), 7 countries joined, 8 left.

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · Data for 1985

HighestUnited States

59.242

LowestMozambique

0.140

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

82countries
3measures per country
1985the year it describes
82distinct 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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1	United States`USA`Northern America	59.242	62.993	55.64
2	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	54.226	—	—
3	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	45.145	—	—
4	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	45.120	—	—
5	Argentina`ARG`South America	35.667	37.831	33.54
6	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.864	—	—
7	Panama`PAN`Central America	24.027	27.998	20.14
8	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	23.207	—	—
9	Peru`PER`South America	22.870	—	—
10	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.553	—	—
11	Venezuela`VEN`South America	21.608	—	—
12	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.895	16.489	25.19
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	20.887	—	—
14	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.985	19.744	20.22
15	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	19.850	—	—
16	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	19.773	17.972	21.48
17	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	18.146	19.932	16.44
18	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.857	12.177	23.26
19	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	17.083	11.585	22.47
20	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	15.196	30.718	8.61
21	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	14.943	11.823	17.67
22	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.300	—	—
23	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.122	12.400	15.83
24	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	13.056	15.322	11.18
25	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.385	5.480	13.28
26	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.271	—	—
27	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	9.248	12.383	6.98
28	Honduras`HND`Central America	9.125	—	—
29	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.863	—	—
30	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	8.119	5.302	10.74
31	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.042	9.010	7.06
32	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.890	6.296	7.47
33	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6.889	7.919	5.90
34	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.822	—	—
35	Suriname`SUR`South America	6.191	6.542	5.86
36	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.096	3.950	8.22
37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	5.987	5.376	6.59
38	India`IND`Southern Asia	5.831	3.551	7.94
39	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.393	1.640	9.19
40	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.208	2.001	8.35
41	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	5.077	3.784	6.28
42	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.999	—	—
43	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.667	3.563	5.75
44	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4.375	—	—
45	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.932	—	—
46	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.895	3.192	4.58
47	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.419	1.740	5.14
48	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.222	—	—
49	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.970	2.248	3.69
50	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.653	2.570	2.74
51	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.251	0.937	3.57
52	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.225	—	—
53	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.197	—	—
54	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2.194	—	—
55	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.177	2.032	2.32
56	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2.176	1.109	3.26
57	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.908	1.649	2.19
58	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.895	—	—
59	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.820	0.643	3.01
60	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1.774	—	—
61	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.513	0.768	2.14
62	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.423	0.994	1.84
63	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.371	—	—
64	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.244	1.844	0.66
65	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.188	1.219	1.16
66	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.180	0.619	1.74
67	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.043	0.274	1.81
68	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.033	—	—
69	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.987	0.743	1.21
70	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.735	0.336	1.15
71	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.692	0.923	0.46
72	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.664	0.315	1.02
73	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.579	0.302	0.86
74	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.573	0.261	0.89
75	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.456	0.171	0.73
76	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.429	0.178	0.72
77	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.373	0.064	0.68
78	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.343	0.099	0.59
79	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.326	0.270	0.38
80	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.281	—	—
81	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.274	0.076	0.50
82	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.140	0.063	0.22

02In 1985

At either end

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

Highest

1United States59.242
2Russia54.226
3Ukraine45.145
4Belarus45.120
5Argentina35.667

Lowest

82Mozambique0.140
81Tanzania0.274
80Cambodia0.281
79Oman0.326
78Rwanda0.343

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5.038. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestUnited States62.993
LowestMozambique0.063
Middle country: 2.248
Male
HighestUnited States55.64
LowestMozambique0.22
Middle country: 5.14

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+7 / −8countries joined / left
75values changed, of 75 in both
52 · 23rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Argentina28.728 → 35.667+6.939
Russia51.729 → 54.226+2.496
Qatar12.902 → 15.196+2.295
Belarus43.175 → 45.120+1.945
Ukraine43.478 → 45.145+1.667

Fell most

Iceland23.410 → 20.887−2.523
Jordan21.830 → 19.773−2.057
Thailand21.383 → 19.850−1.533
Egypt19.093 → 17.857−1.235
Nicaragua9.021 → 8.042−0.979

+ Bahrain

+ Lebanon

+ Libya

+ Mozambique

+ Mauritania

+ Chad

+ Uganda

− Brunei

− Ethiopia

− Gabon

− Grenada

− Haiti

− Morocco

− Togo

− 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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54 empty cells
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1985). Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tertiary-enrolment/1985

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Other years

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1984
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88 countries
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