Data for 2011

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2011

Name: Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2011
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Figures for 2011, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2011 covers 139 countries on 3 measures. Greece is highest, at 105.813; Niger is lowest, at 1.348. The middle country reads 34.227. Against 2010, 125 values changed (88 up, 37 down), 14 countries joined, 12 left.

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · Data for 2011

HighestGreece

105.813

LowestNiger

1.348

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

139countries
3measures per country
2011the year it describes
139distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	105.813	107.028	104.657
2	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.820	85.342	114.445
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	95.982	98.374	93.742
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	93.288	103.084	83.930
5	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	91.798	108.992	74.922
6	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	87.337	103.173	72.390
7	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	87.189	109.785	66.206
8	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	84.798	92.028	77.907
9	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	84.056	101.428	67.441
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	80.724	89.177	72.676
11	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	80.163	91.691	69.007
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	79.919	101.638	59.110
13	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	78.479	98.249	59.775
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	77.263	—	—
15	Argentina`ARG`South America	77.010	94.929	59.860
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	75.930	89.383	63.029
17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	75.802	92.713	59.589
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	75.519	79.524	71.637
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	71.918	87.071	57.465
20	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	71.061	87.424	55.312
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	71.024	87.673	55.412
22	Chile`CHL`South America	70.824	74.249	67.507
23	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	70.346	74.679	66.265
24	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	67.953	84.825	51.792
25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	67.799	70.455	65.165
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	67.703	75.897	59.736
27	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	66.946	89.561	41.427
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	66.797	78.234	55.880
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	66.787	77.392	56.876
30	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	64.296	77.305	51.952
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	64.249	75.859	53.174
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	63.159	72.517	54.119
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.760	71.701	54.175
34	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	61.516	56.914	65.904
35	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.221	61.898	58.541
36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	59.998	68.634	51.758
37	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	59.825	67.909	52.196
38	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	59.343	67.869	51.061
39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	59.339	69.602	49.528
40	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	59.012	65.429	52.939
41	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	57.152	69.442	45.312
42	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	56.748	68.163	45.565
43	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.626	61.977	49.473
44	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	53.135	53.140	53.130
45	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	52.733	58.983	46.530
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	52.556	—	—
47	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	51.594	59.502	44.222
48	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	51.295	54.929	47.327
49	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	50.428	56.106	44.675
50	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	49.400	56.269	42.896
51	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	48.060	48.449	47.684
52	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	47.509	54.283	40.763
53	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	46.540	47.299	45.811
54	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	46.308	59.888	35.700
55	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	45.535	49.195	42.032
56	Colombia`COL`South America	45.287	47.056	43.545
57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	44.671	49.876	39.681
58	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	43.675	29.935	56.303
59	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	42.437	46.800	38.057
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.977	48.387	35.986
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	41.886	51.189	32.906
62	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	39.449	45.667	33.519
63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	39.448	45.413	33.667
64	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	37.865	43.231	32.319
65	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	37.828	51.694	24.332
66	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	37.422	42.986	32.699
67	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	35.943	44.214	27.753
68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	35.921	38.389	33.370
69	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	35.566	41.359	30.228
70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	34.227	39.105	29.509
71	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	32.387	39.314	25.954
72	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	31.556	34.899	28.754
73	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	29.818	—	—
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	29.071	32.684	25.671
75	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	28.942	40.725	22.188
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	28.036	27.794	28.280
77	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	27.325	29.111	25.515
78	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	26.788	28.337	25.390
79	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.867	25.413	26.328
80	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	25.590	24.421	26.703
81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	25.027	23.662	26.326
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	24.768	34.780	15.101
83	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24.528	24.387	24.665
84	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.825	20.772	26.633
85	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	22.320	14.667	30.544
86	Belize`BLZ`Central America	21.546	26.837	16.211
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.602	30.648	11.254
88	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	19.817	23.399	16.499
89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	19.647	19.808	19.491
90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	17.513	—	—
91	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	17.495	14.895	20.035
92	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	17.424	23.157	12.439
93	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	16.434	16.553	16.318
94	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.269	21.270	11.543
95	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.854	15.520	16.174
96	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	15.106	20.183	9.847
97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	14.673	18.315	10.880
98	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14.512	14.573	14.450
99	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	14.325	16.803	11.939
100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	13.287	10.625	16.179
101	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13.266	10.777	15.735
102	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	12.601	34.020	5.920
103	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	12.510	10.578	14.437
104	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11.809	5.060	18.446
105	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	11.490	9.238	13.689
106	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	11.282	8.480	14.026
107	Guyana`GUY`South America	11.269	15.599	6.909
108	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	10.618	5.481	15.765
109	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.121	7.413	12.890
110	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.742	7.960	11.468
111	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	9.670	4.989	14.259
112	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9.482	8.533	10.448
113	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	8.807	5.383	12.093
114	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.585	6.705	10.413
115	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7.959	5.860	10.053
116	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	7.705	6.673	8.601
117	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.559	4.650	10.471
118	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	7.317	7.051	7.568
119	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7.276	4.468	9.998
120	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	7.111	5.862	8.523
121	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	7.028	6.870	7.199
122	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.837	5.816	7.890
123	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6.440	3.512	9.394
124	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5.160	4.142	6.166
125	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.066	2.823	7.453
126	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.969	2.951	6.931
127	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.904	3.746	6.090
128	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.377	3.803	4.958
129	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.992	3.887	4.096
130	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.991	2.196	5.800
131	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.919	2.577	5.239
132	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.687	1.825	5.477
133	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.955	—	—
134	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.921	2.311	3.546
135	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.918	4.645	1.415
136	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.797	2.148	3.446
137	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.213	0.852	3.559
138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1.552	1.208	1.933
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.348	0.838	1.836

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

1Greece105.813
2South Korea100.820
3Singapore95.982
4Finland93.288
5Puerto Rico91.798

Lowest

139Niger1.348
138Malawi1.552
137Chad2.213
136Gambia2.797
135Seychelles2.918

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 34.227. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSlovenia109.785
LowestNiger0.838
Middle country: 39.210
Male
HighestSouth Korea114.445
LowestSeychelles1.415
Middle country: 29.132

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+14 / −12countries joined / left
125values changed, of 125 in both
88 · 37rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Netherlands63.705 → 75.519+11.814
Liechtenstein36.018 → 43.675+7.657
Belarus80.117 → 87.337+7.220
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines13.455 → 20.602+7.147
Macau63.404 → 70.346+6.942

Fell most

Cuba93.545 → 78.479−15.066
Romania75.229 → 66.787−8.442
Egypt30.073 → 25.590−4.483
Côte d’Ivoire6.531 → 2.921−3.610
Slovenia90.251 → 87.189−3.063

+ Afghanistan

+ Angola

+ Bangladesh

+ Bahrain

+ DR Congo

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Costa Rica

+ Ghana

+ Myanmar

+ North Korea

+ Russia

+ Eswatini

+ Seychelles

+ Zambia

− Burundi

− Eritrea

− Honduras

− Liberia

− Luxembourg

− North Macedonia

− Montserrat

− Paraguay

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− Turks and Caicos Islands

− Timor-Leste

− Tanzania

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) (2011). Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tertiary-enrolment/2011

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