Data for 1989

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1989

Name: Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1989
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1989, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1989 covers 80 countries on 3 measures. United States is highest, at 68.583; Tanzania is lowest, at 0.257. The middle country reads 6.344. Against 1988, 64 values changed (37 up, 27 down), 16 countries joined, 10 left.

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · Data for 1989

HighestUnited States

68.583

LowestTanzania

0.257

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

80countries
3measures per country
1989the year it describes
80distinct 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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1	United States`USA`Northern America	68.583	76.23	61.352
2	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	53.548	—	—
3	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	48.535	—	—
4	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	45.805	—	—
5	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	38.132	—	—
6	Peru`PER`South America	29.671	—	—
7	Uruguay`URY`South America	29.252	—	—
8	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	27.117	—	—
9	Venezuela`VEN`South America	25.828	24.57	27.056
10	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.437	—	—
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	22.713	25.73	19.759
12	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	21.231	24.95	17.722
13	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	20.992	—	—
14	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	20.378	—	—
15	Panama`PAN`Central America	20.327	—	—
16	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	20.274	—	—
17	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	19.705	20.11	19.320
18	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	19.620	21.44	17.862
19	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	18.608	18.34	18.865
20	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	18.089	21.58	14.723
21	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	17.254	36.43	7.892
22	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	17.166	12.26	21.957
23	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	15.984	—	—
24	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	15.440	18.19	12.898
25	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	15.119	—	—
26	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	15.084	—	—
27	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	14.774	10.22	19.042
28	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	12.053	9.16	14.951
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11.326	10.66	11.965
30	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	11.311	—	—
31	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	10.639	7.35	13.759
32	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.931	6.98	12.872
33	Honduras`HND`Central America	9.752	7.54	12.028
34	Suriname`SUR`South America	8.750	9.41	8.116
35	Paraguay`PRY`South America	8.341	—	—
36	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7.847	—	—
37	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.764	7.94	7.594
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.661	5.67	7.625
39	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	6.636	5.20	7.978
40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6.584	5.02	8.123
41	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6.103	—	—
42	India`IND`Southern Asia	5.741	3.78	7.563
43	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5.506	2.28	8.583
44	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.484	—	—
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.178	—	—
46	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5.172	3.15	7.222
47	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.641	—	—
48	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.618	1.38	7.914
49	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4.086	1.98	6.198
50	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.818	1.22	6.386
51	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.354	2.90	3.801
52	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.134	0.81	5.442
53	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.017	—	—
54	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.971	—	—
55	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.968	3.06	2.901
56	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2.605	—	—
57	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2.151	—	—
58	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.138	—	—
59	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.061	1.48	2.595
60	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.030	1.13	2.960
61	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.910	—	—
62	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.484	—	—
63	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.443	1.75	1.133
64	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.388	—	—
65	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.189	—	—
66	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.131	0.23	2.028
67	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.924	0.50	1.358
68	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.850	1.33	0.373
69	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.759	0.27	1.267
70	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.737	0.35	1.127
71	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.727	0.39	1.069
72	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.649	—	—
73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.602	0.17	1.031
74	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.575	—	—
75	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.566	—	—
76	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.542	0.18	0.889
77	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.500	0.06	0.967
78	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.459	0.19	0.733
79	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.434	0.16	0.767
80	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.257	—	—

02In 1989

At either end

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

Highest

1United States68.583
2Russia53.548
3Belarus48.535
4Ukraine45.805
5Kazakhstan38.132

Lowest

80Tanzania0.257
79Malawi0.434
78Rwanda0.459
77Guinea-Bissau0.500
76Niger0.542

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6.344. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestUnited States76.23
LowestGuinea-Bissau0.06
Middle country: 3.78
Male
HighestUnited States61.352
LowestDominica0.373
Middle country: 7.625

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+16 / −10countries joined / left
64values changed, of 64 in both
37 · 27rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Jordan17.708 → 19.705+1.998
United States66.824 → 68.583+1.759
Philippines22.835 → 24.437+1.602
Armenia19.547 → 20.992+1.445
Iceland21.321 → 22.713+1.392

Fell most

Ukraine48.808 → 45.805−3.002
Egypt17.413 → 14.774−2.639
Mongolia22.275 → 20.378−1.898
Russia54.975 → 53.548−1.427
North Macedonia19.782 → 18.608−1.174

+ American Samoa

+ Barbados

+ Dominica

+ Fiji

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Jamaica

+ Kenya

+ Cambodia

+ Mali

+ Niger

+ Saudi Arabia

+ Chad

+ Tanzania

+ Uruguay

+ Vietnam

+ Zimbabwe

− Bahrain

− Bahamas

− Algeria

− Guyana

− Saint Kitts and Nevis

− Laos

− Saint Lucia

− Pakistan

− Eswatini

− Thailand

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

The position is ours
UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
70 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1989). Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tertiary-enrolment/1989

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Other years

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1988
74 countries
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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1990
80 countries
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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions