Data for 2004
Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2004
Figures for 2004, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2004 covers 126 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 90.138; Malawi is lowest, at 0.463. The middle country reads 24.155. Against 2003, 113 values changed (94 up, 19 down), 13 countries joined, 14 left.
Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · Data for 2004
HighestFinland
90.138LowestMalawi
0.463Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2004, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 126 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FINNorthern Europe | 90.138 | 98.510 | 82.142 |
| 2 | KOREastern Asia | 89.801 | 69.049 | 108.896 |
| 3 | SWENorthern Europe | 83.035 | 101.149 | 65.709 |
| 4 | GRCSouthern Europe | 80.415 | 87.650 | 73.885 |
| 5 | NORNorthern Europe | 78.613 | 95.398 | 62.421 |
| 6 | DNKNorthern Europe | 74.967 | 87.905 | 62.364 |
| 7 | LTUNorthern Europe | 74.901 | 91.510 | 58.874 |
| 8 | LVANorthern Europe | 74.609 | 94.593 | 55.329 |
| 9 | SVNSouthern Europe | 73.349 | 85.568 | 61.728 |
| 10 | RUSEastern Europe | 69.819 | 80.513 | 59.357 |
| 11 | MACEastern Asia | 69.073 | 54.621 | 84.257 |
| 12 | ESPSouthern Europe | 67.474 | 74.449 | 60.830 |
| 13 | ISLNorthern Europe | 66.582 | 87.370 | 46.474 |
| 14 | ESTNorthern Europe | 65.777 | 83.453 | 49.006 |
| 15 | VGBCaribbean | 65.438 | 89.354 | 40.680 |
| 16 | ARGSouth America | 64.589 | 76.436 | 53.149 |
| 17 | UKREastern Europe | 63.441 | 69.968 | 57.198 |
| 18 | ITASouthern Europe | 63.333 | 72.696 | 54.348 |
| 19 | BLREastern Europe | 62.959 | 73.343 | 52.988 |
| 20 | BELWestern Europe | 62.041 | 67.673 | 56.558 |
| 21 | POLEastern Europe | 61.744 | 72.320 | 51.527 |
| 22 | HUNEastern Europe | 61.507 | 71.922 | 51.512 |
| 23 | GBRNorthern Europe | 59.453 | 68.748 | 50.403 |
| 24 | IRLNorthern Europe | 58.922 | 65.535 | 52.407 |
| 25 | NLDWestern Europe | 56.771 | 58.867 | 54.751 |
| 26 | ISRWestern Asia | 54.503 | 62.155 | 47.167 |
| 27 | FRAWestern Europe | 53.458 | 59.241 | 47.750 |
| 28 | CUBCaribbean | 52.441 | 67.228 | 38.458 |
| 29 | CZEEastern Europe | 45.424 | 47.574 | 43.365 |
| 30 | CHEWestern Europe | 44.881 | 40.538 | 49.182 |
| 31 | GEOWestern Asia | 44.499 | 44.020 | 44.999 |
| 32 | CHLSouth America | 44.328 | 43.183 | 45.441 |
| 33 | HRVSouthern Europe | 44.076 | 48.457 | 39.894 |
| 34 | BGREastern Europe | 43.694 | 47.404 | 40.218 |
| 35 | PANCentral America | 43.045 | 53.996 | 32.473 |
| 36 | URYSouth America | 42.766 | 57.199 | 28.639 |
| 37 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 42.145 | 46.148 | 38.298 |
| 38 | ROUEastern Europe | 41.800 | 46.726 | 37.064 |
| 39 | VENSouth America | 41.206 | — | — |
| 40 | SRBSouthern Europe | 40.934 | 46.599 | 35.474 |
| 41 | JORWestern Asia | 40.468 | 45.162 | 36.484 |
| 42 | MNGEastern Asia | 39.600 | 48.972 | 30.243 |
| 43 | KGZCentral Asia | 39.111 | 40.993 | 37.109 |
| 44 | SVKEastern Europe | 36.660 | 40.537 | 32.951 |
| 45 | CYPWestern Asia | 36.020 | 35.397 | 36.614 |
| 46 | ARMWestern Asia | 35.836 | 41.122 | 30.095 |
| 47 | PSEWestern Asia | 35.172 | 35.194 | 35.150 |
| 48 | LBNWestern Asia | 34.898 | 37.316 | 32.585 |
| 49 | HKGEastern Asia | 32.296 | 32.825 | 31.759 |
| 50 | PERSouth America | 32.166 | 32.430 | 31.906 |
| 51 | TURWestern Asia | 30.766 | 25.935 | 35.429 |
| 52 | ABWCaribbean | 30.353 | 34.041 | 26.077 |
| 53 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 29.780 | 34.476 | 25.470 |
| 54 | COLSouth America | 29.503 | 30.223 | 28.781 |
| 55 | TUNNorthern Africa | 28.322 | 32.511 | 24.261 |
| 56 | MKDSouthern Europe | 28.250 | 33.155 | 23.616 |
| 57 | EGYNorthern Africa | 27.286 | 24.410 | 30.015 |
| 58 | PRYSouth America | 27.132 | 31.307 | 23.118 |
| 59 | MLTSouthern Europe | 26.624 | 30.584 | 22.871 |
| 60 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 26.546 | 30.165 | 23.130 |
| 61 | SAUWestern Asia | 26.263 | 38.127 | 18.206 |
| 62 | CRICentral America | 25.806 | 28.386 | 23.288 |
| 63 | LIEWestern Europe | 24.607 | 13.259 | 35.747 |
| 64 | MEXCentral America | 23.703 | 23.123 | 24.312 |
| 65 | MNESouthern Europe | 22.110 | 27.471 | 16.925 |
| 66 | SLVCentral America | 21.643 | 22.624 | 20.577 |
| 67 | IRNSouthern Asia | 21.371 | 22.090 | 20.660 |
| 68 | BIHSouthern Europe | 21.127 | — | — |
| 69 | KWTWestern Asia | 19.975 | 28.716 | 12.903 |
| 70 | TJKCentral Asia | 19.584 | 11.580 | 28.310 |
| 71 | ALBSouthern Europe | 19.130 | 23.228 | 14.860 |
| 72 | JAMCaribbean | 18.998 | — | — |
| 73 | DZANorthern Africa | 18.871 | 19.978 | 17.842 |
| 74 | MUSEastern Africa | 17.285 | 17.033 | 17.531 |
| 75 | CHNEastern Asia | 16.900 | 15.919 | 17.818 |
| 76 | QATWestern Asia | 16.892 | 32.031 | 7.744 |
| 77 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 16.177 | 14.463 | 17.824 |
| 78 | HNDCentral America | 15.942 | 18.958 | 13.012 |
| 79 | BLZCentral America | 15.691 | 18.609 | 12.717 |
| 80 | IRQWestern Asia | 15.510 | 11.396 | 19.500 |
| 81 | SYRWestern Asia | 15.242 | 13.804 | 16.650 |
| 82 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 15.171 | 21.383 | 9.695 |
| 83 | OMNWestern Asia | 15.150 | 16.084 | 14.258 |
| 84 | FJIMelanesia | 14.573 | 15.753 | 13.432 |
| 85 | UZBCentral Asia | 13.853 | 12.157 | 15.526 |
| 86 | LCACaribbean | 13.342 | 20.859 | 5.902 |
| 87 | TTOCaribbean | 11.831 | 13.301 | 10.401 |
| 88 | INDSouthern Asia | 11.393 | 9.078 | 13.524 |
| 89 | MARNorthern Africa | 11.136 | 10.172 | 12.099 |
| 90 | SDNNorthern Africa | 10.549 | 10.978 | 10.111 |
| 91 | GUYSouth America | 10.328 | 13.526 | 7.153 |
| 92 | BWASouthern Africa | 9.569 | 8.781 | 10.390 |
| 93 | NGAWestern Africa | 9.520 | 7.843 | 11.159 |
| 94 | ANDSouthern Europe | 8.750 | 8.605 | 8.891 |
| 95 | YEMWestern Asia | 8.359 | 4.478 | 12.080 |
| 96 | CPVWestern Africa | 5.891 | 6.420 | 5.397 |
| 97 | NPLSouthern Asia | 5.695 | 3.136 | 8.261 |
| 98 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 5.579 | 4.310 | 6.806 |
| 99 | BGDSouthern Asia | 5.557 | 3.495 | 7.631 |
| 100 | BENWestern Africa | 5.479 | — | — |
| 101 | SWZSouthern Africa | 5.392 | 5.355 | 5.433 |
| 102 | CMRMiddle Africa | 5.227 | 4.062 | 6.389 |
| 103 | VUTMelanesia | 4.878 | 3.488 | 6.296 |
| 104 | SENWestern Africa | 4.752 | — | — |
| 105 | UGAEastern Africa | 3.659 | 2.786 | 4.547 |
| 106 | MRTWestern Africa | 3.342 | 1.576 | 5.121 |
| 107 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 3.073 | 1.910 | 4.254 |
| 108 | PAKSouthern Asia | 2.979 | 2.611 | 3.328 |
| 109 | KENEastern Africa | 2.963 | 2.221 | 3.703 |
| 110 | RWAEastern Africa | 2.731 | 1.968 | 3.636 |
| 111 | ETHEastern Africa | 2.730 | 1.396 | 4.022 |
| 112 | MDGEastern Africa | 2.441 | 2.330 | 2.549 |
| 113 | GINWestern Africa | 2.298 | 0.710 | 3.926 |
| 114 | AGOMiddle Africa | 2.146 | — | — |
| 115 | BDIEastern Africa | 2.101 | 1.159 | 3.053 |
| 116 | AIACaribbean | 2.043 | 3.250 | 0.792 |
| 117 | ERIEastern Africa | 1.971 | 0.512 | 3.462 |
| 118 | CAFMiddle Africa | 1.668 | — | — |
| 119 | DJIEastern Africa | 1.435 | 1.287 | 1.582 |
| 120 | AFGSouthern Asia | 1.391 | 0.578 | 2.172 |
| 121 | TZAEastern Africa | 1.215 | 0.706 | 1.729 |
| 122 | TCDMiddle Africa | 1.210 | 0.303 | 2.119 |
| 123 | MOZEastern Africa | 1.156 | 0.719 | 1.605 |
| 124 | GMBWestern Africa | 1.074 | 0.412 | 1.735 |
| 125 | NERWestern Africa | 0.796 | 0.448 | 1.127 |
| 126 | MWIEastern Africa | 0.463 | 0.312 | 0.629 |
02In 2004
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Finland90.138
- 2
South Korea89.801
- 3
Sweden83.035
- 4
Greece80.415
- 5
Norway78.613
Lowest
- 126
Malawi0.463
- 125
Niger0.796
- 124
Gambia1.074
- 123
Mozambique1.156
- 122
Chad1.210
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 24.155. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest
Sweden101.149
Lowest
Chad0.303
Middle country: 28.716
Male
Highest
South Korea108.896
Lowest
Malawi0.629
Middle country: 23.288
032003 → 2004
Since 2003
What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +13 / −14countries joined / left
- 113values changed, of 113 in both
- 94 · 19rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
Macau80.227 → 69.073−11.155
Malta30.087 → 26.624−3.463
United Kingdom61.456 → 59.453−2.003
Malaysia31.264 → 29.780−1.484
Panama44.273 → 43.045−1.228
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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14 empty cells
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2004). Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tertiary-enrolment/2004
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07Questions
Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2004: questions and answers
Which country has the highest tertiary enrolment in Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2004?
Finland, at 90.138, of the 126 countries in the file.
What year does Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2004 describe?
2004.
How many countries does Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2004 cover?
126.
Where can I download Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2004?
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Is Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2004 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2024.