Data for 2009

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2009

Name: Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2009
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2009, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2009 covers 131 countries on 3 measures. Cuba is highest, at 113.827; Niger is lowest, at 1.256. The middle country reads 32.924. Against 2008, 117 values changed (88 up, 29 down), 14 countries joined, 11 left.

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · Data for 2009

HighestCuba

113.827

LowestNiger

1.256

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

131countries
3measures per country
2009the year it describes
131distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	113.827	143.36	85.794
2	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	102.658	84.70	118.642
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	92.015	101.73	82.734
4	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	89.252	107.21	71.784
5	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	87.965	106.72	70.810
6	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	86.697	105.44	68.236
7	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	82.499	92.61	72.865
8	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	81.533	94.94	68.991
9	Venezuela`VEN`South America	78.270	—	—
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	77.869	89.30	66.714
11	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	75.368	90.49	61.124
12	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	74.206	101.67	46.620
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73.111	87.08	59.744
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	73.067	91.30	55.639
15	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	73.055	95.32	51.840
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	72.679	85.71	60.114
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	72.468	95.31	50.632
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	71.431	79.27	63.972
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	71.012	87.44	55.332
20	Argentina`ARG`South America	70.693	86.00	56.034
21	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	70.489	85.95	53.036
22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	67.992	—	—
23	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	67.849	86.68	50.139
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	66.952	78.97	55.445
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	64.980	72.07	58.051
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	63.624	73.94	53.700
27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	61.977	71.88	52.469
28	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	61.428	64.70	58.257
29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	61.412	71.34	52.018
30	Chile`CHL`South America	59.991	61.81	58.224
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	59.530	67.63	51.747
32	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	59.101	67.71	50.585
33	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	56.855	66.59	47.604
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	56.770	70.00	44.041
35	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	56.581	55.60	57.593
36	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	56.504	60.39	52.549
37	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	56.215	56.24	56.188
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	55.008	63.05	47.432
39	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	53.181	64.87	41.627
40	France`FRA`Western Europe	52.773	59.16	46.570
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	51.958	58.42	45.767
42	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	51.660	58.53	45.123
43	Uruguay`URY`South America	50.944	—	—
44	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	50.303	50.59	50.021
45	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	49.850	56.78	43.324
46	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	49.090	53.78	44.038
47	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	47.696	45.65	49.653
48	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.940	41.82	51.851
49	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	46.202	51.31	41.316
50	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	43.433	49.57	37.292
51	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	43.409	48.48	38.380
52	Panama`PAN`Central America	43.028	52.27	34.123
53	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	42.063	47.02	37.860
54	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	41.896	45.97	37.995
55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.838	43.35	36.502
56	Paraguay`PRY`South America	39.772	47.21	32.607
57	Colombia`COL`South America	39.509	40.10	38.922
58	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	38.371	55.76	21.515
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	36.958	42.42	31.765
60	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.483	38.01	35.016
61	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	35.788	41.75	30.183
62	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	35.308	42.27	28.432
63	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	35.060	40.73	29.860
64	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	34.492	22.55	45.737
65	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	34.431	40.49	28.469
66	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	32.924	38.13	27.965
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	31.399	34.20	28.659
68	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30.501	36.69	24.722
69	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	30.125	20.13	39.700
70	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	29.269	27.70	30.767
71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	28.667	30.76	26.466
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	26.606	29.74	23.640
73	Mexico`MEX`Central America	26.211	25.98	26.448
74	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	25.922	27.47	24.288
75	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	25.035	36.29	18.215
76	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	23.289	24.04	22.604
77	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22.903	21.82	23.952
78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.693	22.54	22.838
79	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	22.524	14.88	30.774
80	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	22.232	31.16	13.614
81	Belize`BLZ`Central America	22.056	27.40	16.629
82	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21.987	—	—
83	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	21.968	25.84	19.132
84	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	21.501	20.71	22.318
85	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	19.858	32.86	7.042
86	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	19.058	18.93	19.184
87	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	17.470	25.71	9.493
88	India`IND`Southern Asia	16.678	13.68	19.439
89	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	16.566	22.38	11.555
90	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	16.516	13.44	19.486
91	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	16.212	14.41	17.971
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15.097	15.60	14.605
93	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	14.893	20.54	8.971
94	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14.610	15.15	14.045
95	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	14.585	17.17	12.221
96	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	13.099	12.52	13.658
97	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10.675	7.67	13.664
98	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.494	7.79	13.174
99	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.447	7.98	13.108
100	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	10.165	34.46	4.494
101	Guyana`GUY`South America	10.079	13.53	6.611
102	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.816	8.04	11.556
103	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	9.698	—	—
104	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9.404	8.28	10.524
105	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	9.349	4.64	14.103
106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.346	5.25	13.400
107	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.298	6.25	10.304
108	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.915	5.80	10.072
109	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.257	5.03	9.439
110	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	6.297	4.96	7.458
111	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	6.262	2.96	9.569
112	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	6.195	4.89	7.603
113	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.973	5.48	6.439
114	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.880	2.04	9.700
115	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.296	3.11	7.417
116	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.092	3.17	6.955
117	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5.072	4.33	5.847
118	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.192	3.69	4.702
119	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	4.124	2.28	6.030
120	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3.992	3.29	4.700
121	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.938	1.45	6.334
122	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3.927	3.78	4.075
123	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.821	2.90	4.763
124	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3.678	1.80	5.572
125	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3.634	2.97	4.289
126	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.449	3.31	3.585
127	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.267	2.12	4.390
128	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.678	—	—
129	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.308	1.42	3.185
130	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.017	0.59	3.430
131	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.256	0.75	1.745

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

1Cuba113.827
2South Korea102.658
3Finland92.015
4Lithuania89.252
5Slovenia87.965

Lowest

131Niger1.256
130Chad2.017
129Central African Republic2.308
128Burundi2.678
127Burkina Faso3.267

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 32.924. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestCuba143.36
LowestChad0.59
Middle country: 36.69
Male
HighestSouth Korea118.642
LowestNiger1.745
Middle country: 28.659

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+14 / −11countries joined / left
117values changed, of 117 in both
88 · 29rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bermuda29.992 → 38.371+8.379
Montenegro43.557 → 51.660+8.103
Romania73.447 → 81.533+8.086
Macau48.170 → 56.215+8.044
Botswana14.266 → 21.987+7.721

Fell most

Georgia38.641 → 28.667−9.974
Finland95.867 → 92.015−3.851
Cuba117.163 → 113.827−3.336
Liechtenstein36.731 → 34.492−2.239
Kyrgyzstan45.584 → 43.433−2.151

+ Afghanistan

+ Antigua and Barbuda

+ Barbados

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Comoros

+ Algeria

+ Eritrea

+ Grenada

+ Guatemala

+ Kenya

+ North Korea

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Timor-Leste

+ British Virgin Islands

− Anguilla

− Andorra

− Cayman Islands

− Ecuador

− Honduras

− Saint Kitts and Nevis

− Luxembourg

− Maldives

− Namibia

− San Marino

− Turks and Caicos Islands

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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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2009). Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tertiary-enrolment/2009

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