Data for 2012

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2012

Name: Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2012
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2012 covers 144 countries on 3 measures. Greece is highest, at 110.123; Malawi is lowest, at 0.839. The middle country reads 36.870. Against 2011, 127 values changed (88 up, 39 down), 17 countries joined, 12 left.

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · Data for 2012

HighestGreece

110.123

LowestMalawi

0.839

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

144countries
3measures per country
2012the year it describes
144distinct values16 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	110.123	110.71	109.558
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	101.997	105.31	98.901
3	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.287	83.89	110.889
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	94.007	111.21	77.106
5	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	93.473	109.53	78.318
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	91.553	100.57	82.935
7	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	89.022	106.39	72.791
8	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	83.880	89.86	78.179
9	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	82.892	91.11	75.064
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	80.532	90.05	71.329
11	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	79.752	95.53	64.722
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	79.582	102.00	58.274
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	79.547	—	—
14	Argentina`ARG`South America	78.147	96.56	60.523
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	77.747	91.05	64.960
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	75.814	79.03	72.682
17	Chile`CHL`South America	75.077	79.36	70.929
18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	75.038	91.73	59.022
19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	72.936	89.15	57.726
20	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	71.705	88.37	55.840
21	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	70.104	65.12	74.877
22	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	70.029	94.32	45.563
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	69.749	78.57	61.187
24	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.742	84.27	53.992
25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	68.197	70.18	66.261
26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	66.929	78.36	55.991
27	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	66.644	81.64	52.428
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	64.235	73.24	55.600
29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	63.603	73.06	54.559
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	62.345	73.47	51.743
31	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	62.162	69.99	54.784
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	62.026	71.99	52.520
33	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	61.352	74.68	48.774
34	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	61.307	72.68	50.158
35	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.953	63.29	58.692
36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	60.676	69.27	52.546
37	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	60.309	68.33	52.822
38	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	59.849	69.89	50.465
39	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	59.154	67.67	50.907
40	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	58.621	66.91	50.777
41	France`FRA`Western Europe	57.909	64.60	51.443
42	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	57.038	69.37	45.182
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	54.953	61.65	48.668
44	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	54.836	54.92	54.752
45	Uruguay`URY`South America	54.707	—	—
46	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	53.935	59.50	48.130
47	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	53.900	54.51	53.312
48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	53.500	61.48	45.975
49	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	52.153	58.04	46.182
50	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	50.740	57.53	44.011
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48.629	59.83	37.509
52	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	47.681	66.31	33.449
53	Colombia`COL`South America	47.467	50.05	44.927
54	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	47.042	54.24	39.854
55	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	46.689	51.97	41.614
56	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	45.864	49.72	42.168
57	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	45.233	49.74	40.656
58	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.933	49.86	40.219
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.702	51.67	38.273
60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	44.486	47.67	41.003
61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	43.916	50.48	38.347
62	Brazil`BRA`South America	43.834	50.06	37.605
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	43.663	53.36	34.299
64	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	42.547	48.96	36.442
65	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	42.497	30.07	54.372
66	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	40.375	46.21	34.655
67	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	40.109	45.71	34.701
68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.796	43.64	36.163
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	39.252	44.61	34.048
70	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	38.864	45.49	32.332
71	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	37.974	39.57	36.337
72	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	36.915	49.82	24.403
73	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	36.826	43.29	30.937
74	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	36.069	43.76	28.450
75	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	36.044	47.45	29.225
76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	33.616	37.22	29.939
77	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.557	41.11	26.549
78	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	29.630	33.18	26.294
79	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	29.366	29.57	29.172
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	29.350	29.09	29.607
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	29.308	31.24	27.579
82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.043	30.28	27.865
83	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	28.836	28.46	29.195
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	28.098	29.99	26.210
85	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	27.069	36.53	17.931
86	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	26.227	24.86	27.525
87	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.749	13.33	38.174
88	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	25.116	34.28	15.630
89	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.940	23.01	26.734
90	Belize`BLZ`Central America	24.027	29.98	18.075
91	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	22.692	14.87	31.085
92	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	22.073	29.36	15.731
93	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21.666	—	—
94	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	20.438	20.93	19.973
95	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	19.895	23.58	16.451
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.802	28.76	11.550
97	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	19.118	20.39	17.902
98	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19.047	18.59	19.480
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	18.944	22.10	15.907
100	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17.945	21.13	14.849
101	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	17.331	15.79	18.843
102	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.905	20.44	13.241
103	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	16.875	17.09	16.667
104	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16.323	19.94	12.563
105	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14.818	15.47	14.158
106	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	13.738	15.48	12.058
107	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13.536	11.78	15.290
108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13.421	11.16	15.668
109	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	12.870	16.23	9.731
110	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	12.861	6.61	18.992
111	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	12.287	35.54	5.528
112	Guyana`GUY`South America	11.703	15.59	7.793
113	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	11.494	8.76	14.173
114	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	10.853	12.76	8.902
115	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.839	8.24	13.455
116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	10.708	5.59	15.729
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10.536	9.51	11.561
118	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	10.273	14.49	6.306
119	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.264	7.52	13.060
120	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	10.009	5.34	14.672
121	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.095	7.01	11.179
122	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	8.333	8.18	8.473
123	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.850	5.84	9.793
124	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	7.841	11.24	4.186
125	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	7.836	7.24	8.419
126	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.640	5.41	9.870
127	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7.624	4.87	10.294
128	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	7.608	6.65	8.426
129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	7.129	5.88	8.543
130	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.709	5.89	7.568
131	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6.419	3.61	9.150
132	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.493	3.10	8.079
133	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.200	4.07	6.359
134	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.338	2.85	5.807
135	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.050	3.92	4.176
136	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.965	2.78	5.170
137	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.962	3.41	4.522
138	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.750	3.14	4.371
139	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.921	1.85	4.001
140	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.775	1.45	4.174
141	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.556	2.51	0.728
142	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.543	0.88	2.179
143	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1.181	0.71	1.651
144	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.839	0.66	1.033

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

1Greece110.123
2Singapore101.997
3South Korea98.287
4Puerto Rico94.007
5Belarus93.473

Lowest

144Malawi0.839
143Gambia1.181
142Niger1.543
141Seychelles1.556
140Central African Republic2.775

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 36.870. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestPuerto Rico111.21
LowestMalawi0.66
Middle country: 43.29
Male
HighestSouth Korea110.889
LowestSeychelles0.728
Middle country: 31.085

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+17 / −12countries joined / left
127values changed, of 127 in both
88 · 39rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Antigua and Barbuda15.106 → 25.116+10.010
Albania49.400 → 58.621+9.222
Türkiye61.516 → 70.104+8.588
Saudi Arabia28.942 → 36.044+7.102
Jordan37.422 → 43.916+6.495

Fell most

Cuba78.479 → 61.352−17.127
Macau70.346 → 53.935−16.411
Romania66.787 → 54.953−11.833
Armenia51.295 → 44.486−6.809
Saint Lucia16.269 → 10.273−5.996

+ Andorra

+ Burundi

+ Brazil

+ Cook Islands

+ Dominican Republic

+ Ecuador

+ Honduras

+ Liberia

+ Lesotho

+ Luxembourg

+ Marshall Islands

+ North Macedonia

+ Namibia

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Sint Maarten

+ Tanzania

+ South Africa

− Afghanistan

− Angola

− Côte d’Ivoire

− Djibouti

− Cambodia

− Nigeria

− Nepal

− Oman

− North Korea

− Eswatini

− Chad

− Yemen

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) (2012). Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tertiary-enrolment/2012

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