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Report year 2011Data year 2011
Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary (%)Higher is better — rank 1 leadsPublished by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
52 editions (1971–2024), 60 to 148 countries. The number of people enrolled in tertiary education as a share of the population of the standard tertiary age group. Female and male ratios are stored beside the headline figure. ⚠ A GROSS RATIO, SO IT CAN EXCEED 100%. It counts everyone enrolled, at any age, against the population of the five-year age band that would normally be studying — so mature students, repeaters and inbound foreign students all push it up. Macau leads 2024 at 142%, which is not an error and does not mean everyone is enrolled. ⚠ Editions reporting fewer than 50 countries are not written — that drops UIS’s trailing stub year, which opens with a handful of early reporters, and any thin historical year. ⚠ UIS ranks nobody, so no rank is stored; the POSITION on the statistics page is derived here by ordering the score and labelled as ours.
Tertiary Enrolment Ratio 2011 — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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| Country | ISO Code | Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary (%) | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | GRC | 105.813 | 107.028 | 104.657 |
| South Korea | KOR | 100.820 | 85.342 | 114.445 |
| Singapore | SGP | 95.982 | 98.374 | 93.742 |
| Finland | FIN | 93.288 | 103.084 | 83.930 |
| Puerto Rico | PRI | 91.798 | 108.992 | 74.922 |
| Belarus | BLR | 87.337 | 103.173 | 72.390 |
| Slovenia | SVN | 87.189 | 109.785 | 66.206 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 84.798 | 92.028 | 77.907 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 84.056 | 101.428 | 67.441 |
| Spain | ESP | 80.724 | 89.177 | 72.676 |
| Russia | RUS | 80.163 | 91.691 | 69.007 |
| Iceland | ISL | 79.919 | 101.638 | 59.110 |
| Cuba | CUB | 78.479 | 98.249 | 59.775 |
| Austria | AUT | 77.263 | — | — |
| Argentina | ARG | 77.010 | 94.929 | 59.860 |
| Denmark | DNK | 75.930 | 89.383 | 63.029 |
| Poland | POL | 75.802 | 92.713 | 59.589 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 75.519 | 79.524 | 71.637 |
| Sweden | SWE | 71.918 | 87.071 | 57.465 |
| Norway | NOR | 71.061 | 87.424 | 55.312 |
| Estonia | EST | 71.024 | 87.673 | 55.412 |
| Chile | CHL | 70.824 | 74.249 | 67.507 |
| Macau | MAC | 70.346 | 74.679 | 66.265 |
| Latvia | LVA | 67.953 | 84.825 | 51.792 |
| Ireland | IRL | 67.799 | 70.455 | 65.165 |
| Belgium | BEL | 67.703 | 75.897 | 59.736 |
| Barbados | BRB | 66.946 | 89.561 | 41.427 |
| Czechia | CZE | 66.797 | 78.234 | 55.880 |
| Romania | ROU | 66.787 | 77.392 | 56.876 |
| San Marino | SMR | 64.296 | 77.305 | 51.952 |
| Italy | ITA | 64.249 | 75.859 | 53.174 |
| Canada | CAN | 63.159 | 72.517 | 54.119 |
| Israel | ISR | 62.760 | 71.701 | 54.175 |
| Türkiye | TUR | 61.516 | 56.914 | 65.904 |
| Hong Kong | HKG | 60.221 | 61.898 | 58.541 |
| Hungary | HUN | 59.998 | 68.634 | 51.758 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 59.825 | 67.909 | 52.196 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 59.343 | 67.869 | 51.061 |
| Croatia | HRV | 59.339 | 69.602 | 49.528 |
| Montenegro | MNE | 59.012 | 65.429 | 52.939 |
| Slovakia | SVK | 57.152 | 69.442 | 45.312 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 56.748 | 68.163 | 45.565 |
| France | FRA | 55.626 | 61.977 | 49.473 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 53.135 | 53.140 | 53.130 |
| Thailand | THA | 52.733 | 58.983 | 46.530 |
| Uruguay | URY | 52.556 | — | — |
| Serbia | SRB | 51.594 | 59.502 | 44.222 |
| Armenia | ARM | 51.295 | 54.929 | 47.327 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 50.428 | 56.106 | 44.675 |
| Albania | ALB | 49.400 | 56.269 | 42.896 |
| Iran | IRN | 48.060 | 48.449 | 47.684 |
| Palestine | PSE | 47.509 | 54.283 | 40.763 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 46.540 | 47.299 | 45.811 |
| Bahrain | BHR | 46.308 | 59.888 | 35.700 |
| Lebanon | LBN | 45.535 | 49.195 | 42.032 |
| Colombia | COL | 45.287 | 47.056 | 43.545 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 44.671 | 49.876 | 39.681 |
| Liechtenstein | LIE | 43.675 | 29.935 | 56.303 |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 42.437 | 46.800 | 38.057 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 41.977 | 48.387 | 35.986 |
| Panama | PAN | 41.886 | 51.189 | 32.906 |
| Malta | MLT | 39.449 | 45.667 | 33.519 |
| Moldova | MDA | 39.448 | 45.413 | 33.667 |
| Aruba | ABW | 37.865 | 43.231 | 32.319 |
| Bermuda | BMU | 37.828 | 51.694 | 24.332 |
| Jordan | JOR | 37.422 | 42.986 | 32.699 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 35.943 | 44.214 | 27.753 |
| Georgia | GEO | 35.921 | 38.389 | 33.370 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 35.566 | 41.359 | 30.228 |
| Mauritius | MUS | 34.227 | 39.105 | 29.509 |
| Algeria | DZA | 32.387 | 39.314 | 25.954 |
| Oman | OMN | 31.556 | 34.899 | 28.754 |
| North Korea | PRK | 29.818 | — | — |
| Philippines | PHL | 29.071 | 32.684 | 25.671 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 28.942 | 40.725 | 22.188 |
| Mexico | MEX | 28.036 | 27.794 | 28.280 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 27.325 | 29.111 | 25.515 |
| China | CHN | 26.788 | 28.337 | 25.390 |
| Vietnam | VNM | 25.867 | 25.413 | 26.328 |
| Egypt | EGY | 25.590 | 24.421 | 26.703 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 25.027 | 23.662 | 26.326 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 24.768 | 34.780 | 15.101 |
| Syria | SYR | 24.528 | 24.387 | 24.665 |
| India | IND | 23.825 | 20.772 | 26.633 |
| Tajikistan | TJK | 22.320 | 14.667 | 30.544 |
| Belize | BLZ | 21.546 | 26.837 | 16.211 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | VCT | 20.602 | 30.648 | 11.254 |
| Cabo Verde | CPV | 19.817 | 23.399 | 16.499 |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | 19.647 | 19.808 | 19.491 |
| Botswana | BWA | 17.513 | — | — |
| Laos | LAO | 17.495 | 14.895 | 20.035 |
| Brunei | BRN | 17.424 | 23.157 | 12.439 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 16.434 | 16.553 | 16.318 |
| Saint Lucia | LCA | 16.269 | 21.270 | 11.543 |
| Morocco | MAR | 15.854 | 15.520 | 16.174 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | ATG | 15.106 | 20.183 | 9.847 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 14.673 | 18.315 | 10.880 |
| Sudan | SDN | 14.512 | 14.573 | 14.450 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 14.325 | 16.803 | 11.939 |
| Nepal | NPL | 13.287 | 10.625 | 16.179 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 13.266 | 10.777 | 15.735 |
| Qatar | QAT | 12.601 | 34.020 | 5.920 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 12.510 | 10.578 | 14.437 |
| Benin | BEN | 11.809 | 5.060 | 18.446 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 11.490 | 9.238 | 13.689 |
| Ghana | GHA | 11.282 | 8.480 | 14.026 |
| Guyana | GUY | 11.269 | 15.599 | 6.909 |
| Guinea | GIN | 10.618 | 5.481 | 15.765 |
| Senegal | SEN | 10.121 | 7.413 | 12.890 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 9.742 | 7.960 | 11.468 |
| Togo | TGO | 9.670 | 4.989 | 14.259 |
| Comoros | COM | 9.482 | 8.533 | 10.448 |
| Yemen | YEM | 8.807 | 5.383 | 12.093 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 8.585 | 6.705 | 10.413 |
| Republic of the Congo | COG | 7.959 | 5.860 | 10.053 |
| Bhutan | BTN | 7.705 | 6.673 | 8.601 |
| DR Congo | COD | 7.559 | 4.650 | 10.471 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 7.317 | 7.051 | 7.568 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 7.276 | 4.468 | 9.998 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | 7.111 | 5.862 | 8.523 |
| Eswatini | SWZ | 7.028 | 6.870 | 7.199 |
| Rwanda | RWA | 6.837 | 5.816 | 7.890 |
| Angola | AGO | 6.440 | 3.512 | 9.394 |
| Djibouti | DJI | 5.160 | 4.142 | 6.166 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 5.066 | 2.823 | 7.453 |
| Mali | MLI | 4.969 | 2.951 | 6.931 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 4.904 | 3.746 | 6.090 |
| Uganda | UGA | 4.377 | 3.803 | 4.958 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 3.992 | 3.887 | 4.096 |
| Zambia | ZMB | 3.991 | 2.196 | 5.800 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 3.919 | 2.577 | 5.239 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | 3.687 | 1.825 | 5.477 |
| Central African Republic | CAF | 2.955 | — | — |
| Côte d’Ivoire | CIV | 2.921 | 2.311 | 3.546 |
| Seychelles | SYC | 2.918 | 4.645 | 1.415 |
| Gambia | GMB | 2.797 | 2.148 | 3.446 |
| Chad | TCD | 2.213 | 0.852 | 3.559 |
| Malawi | MWI | 1.552 | 1.208 | 1.933 |
| Niger | NER | 1.348 | 0.838 | 1.836 |