Data for 2002

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2002

Name: Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2002
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2002, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2002 covers 126 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 86.789; Malawi is lowest, at 0.385. The middle country reads 22.186. Against 2001, 111 values changed (89 up, 22 down), 15 countries joined, 4 left.

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · Data for 2002

HighestFinland

86.789

LowestMalawi

0.385

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

126countries
3measures per country
2002the year it describes
126distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	86.789	96.08	77.91
2	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	80.716	60.81	99.32
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	74.741	90.63	59.45
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	72.317	87.82	57.35
5	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	67.809	84.93	51.28
6	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	66.891	71.83	62.38
7	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	66.655	79.27	54.83
8	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	66.038	44.49	92.17
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	65.010	74.91	55.41
10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	64.223	74.68	54.02
11	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.740	69.40	58.35
12	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	63.070	77.31	49.22
13	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	61.747	78.10	46.30
14	Argentina`ARG`South America	61.723	74.47	49.40
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.128	68.13	54.24
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	59.536	70.14	49.29
17	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.972	68.39	49.93
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	58.413	67.59	49.69
19	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	58.110	62.65	53.70
20	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.646	61.74	51.76
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	56.315	64.53	48.40
22	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	56.240	60.32	52.49
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	55.836	64.31	47.67
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	54.251	55.99	52.57
25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	53.535	59.80	47.43
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	52.609	67.05	38.40
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	50.252	55.50	45.08
28	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	47.823	67.14	29.16
29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	47.357	53.75	41.29
30	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	44.094	43.04	45.20
31	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	42.228	43.33	41.05
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	41.429	46.04	37.07
33	Panama`PAN`Central America	40.784	51.56	30.37
34	Chile`CHL`South America	40.266	38.81	41.68
35	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	40.126	42.50	37.83
36	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	39.960	34.82	45.03
37	Uruguay`URY`South America	39.583	52.19	27.19
38	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	39.162	42.14	36.33
39	Venezuela`VEN`South America	37.519	39.05	36.03
40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	36.888	38.59	35.25
41	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	36.336	51.60	24.02
42	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	35.664	39.60	31.89
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	34.798	44.02	25.58
44	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	33.962	38.31	29.26
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	33.702	37.49	30.08
46	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	33.240	36.00	30.60
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	32.742	34.79	30.77
48	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	32.278	34.41	30.47
49	Peru`PER`South America	30.256	31.21	29.32
50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28.930	33.04	25.10
51	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	28.918	26.07	31.61
52	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	28.582	34.14	22.89
53	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	28.348	32.44	24.49
54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	28.316	33.23	23.58
55	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	27.504	26.74	28.24
56	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	27.423	30.76	24.28
57	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	26.807	30.37	23.42
58	Colombia`COL`South America	26.513	27.19	25.83
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.933	21.81	29.92
60	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	25.105	32.17	19.65
61	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	25.102	28.04	22.27
62	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	24.256	28.32	20.39
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	22.315	21.40	23.29
64	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	22.057	24.11	20.06
65	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	19.719	20.66	18.71
66	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	19.280	28.43	12.40
67	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	19.219	—	—
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18.276	17.99	18.56
69	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	17.965	18.47	17.45
70	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	17.719	20.63	14.91
71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	17.287	31.07	7.97
72	Belize`BLZ`Central America	17.095	21.02	13.07
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	17.036	—	—
74	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.975	—	—
75	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	16.935	9.65	24.87
76	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	16.849	23.57	10.34
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	16.390	19.59	12.95
78	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	16.048	18.37	13.79
79	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15.124	14.95	15.29
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14.682	13.72	15.61
81	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	14.115	19.15	9.72
82	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	13.738	12.22	15.23
83	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.648	11.57	13.70
84	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	12.616	8.72	16.39
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	11.805	—	—
86	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	11.631	—	—
87	Suriname`SUR`South America	11.260	14.54	8.23
88	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10.617	9.31	11.92
89	India`IND`Southern Asia	10.559	8.61	12.35
90	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	9.557	8.27	10.82
91	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9.502	8.22	10.78
92	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.313	9.97	8.65
93	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	9.184	4.63	13.55
94	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	8.587	10.37	6.85
95	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8.404	9.39	7.52
96	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	7.803	7.58	8.04
97	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	7.311	7.49	7.14
98	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6.129	7.71	4.66
99	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6.050	6.93	5.15
100	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.916	3.78	8.07
101	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.417	3.82	7.03
102	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.156	4.01	6.30
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	4.988	2.08	7.82
104	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.928	—	—
105	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4.417	4.65	4.16
106	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.059	2.95	5.13
107	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.767	3.94	3.60
108	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3.762	1.20	6.27
109	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.544	2.70	4.40
110	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.084	1.31	4.85
111	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2.877	2.01	3.74
112	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.544	0.67	4.46
113	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.337	1.32	3.40
114	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.245	2.54	1.93
115	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.988	1.14	2.84
116	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.929	1.76	2.09
117	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.885	1.27	2.48
118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.872	1.18	2.69
119	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.684	0.90	2.44
120	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.601	0.97	2.24
121	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.341	0.69	1.99
122	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.934	0.83	1.04
123	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.784	0.62	0.95
124	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.697	0.35	1.05
125	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.682	0.40	0.97
126	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.385	0.22	0.56

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

1Finland86.789
2South Korea80.716
3Sweden74.741
4Norway72.317
5Latvia67.809

Lowest

126Malawi0.385
125Mozambique0.682
124Tanzania0.697
123Angola0.784
122Djibouti0.934

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 22.186. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestFinland96.08
LowestMalawi0.22
Middle country: 27.61
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.32
LowestMalawi0.56
Middle country: 23.09

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+15 / −4countries joined / left
111values changed, of 111 in both
89 · 22rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Macau50.431 → 66.038+15.607
Paraguay19.337 → 28.316+8.980
Greece59.925 → 66.891+6.966
Slovenia60.846 → 66.655+5.809
Lithuania57.348 → 63.070+5.722

Fell most

Cayman Islands21.803 → 19.219−2.584
Saudi Arabia27.238 → 25.105−2.133
Serbia37.762 → 35.664−2.098
Qatar18.687 → 17.287−1.400
Namibia7.403 → 6.050−1.353

+ Angola

+ Andorra

+ Canada

+ Chile

+ Guatemala

+ Iraq

+ Jordan

+ Marshall Islands

+ Nicaragua

+ Suriname

+ Eswatini

+ Syria

+ Timor-Leste

+ Venezuela

+ Yemen

− Barbados

− Gabon

− Myanmar

− Chad

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.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2002). Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tertiary-enrolment/2002

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