Data for 2015

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2015

Name: Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2015
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2015 covers 148 countries on 3 measures. Australia is highest, at 119.68; Malawi is lowest, at 0.81. The middle country reads 45.42. Against 2014, 130 values changed (77 up, 53 down), 18 countries joined, 8 left.

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · Data for 2015

HighestAustralia

119.68

LowestMalawi

0.81

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

148countries
3measures per country
2015the year it describes
148distinct values16 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	119.68	141.460	98.961
2	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	100.71	117.423	84.137
3	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	96.79	105.624	88.431
4	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	95.56	89.853	101.025
5	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	93.97	81.904	104.563
6	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	93.92	122.766	63.993
7	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	93.79	107.505	80.852
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	89.66	98.187	81.482
9	United States`USA`Northern America	88.89	102.747	75.759
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	88.53	96.541	80.916
11	Chile`CHL`South America	86.42	91.162	81.823
12	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	84.24	91.789	76.967
13	Argentina`ARG`South America	83.76	105.026	63.386
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	83.30	97.285	69.935
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	82.26	89.905	74.995
16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	82.20	98.115	67.069
17	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	82.18	96.922	68.612
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	80.16	85.226	75.254
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	79.21	94.626	64.719
20	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	78.30	88.110	69.066
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	77.23	80.581	74.042
22	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	76.86	82.857	71.202
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	76.42	86.981	66.241
24	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	76.17	87.495	65.277
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	75.64	97.985	54.560
26	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	74.58	89.857	60.020
27	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	74.30	91.134	58.407
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	72.12	84.419	60.209
29	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	70.69	66.245	74.934
30	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	70.36	81.777	59.205
31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	69.37	83.558	55.736
32	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	68.70	73.127	64.402
33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	68.44	78.409	58.752
34	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	68.42	73.038	63.865
35	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	68.23	67.388	69.030
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	67.27	78.512	56.844
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	67.23	78.899	56.101
38	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	66.43	81.018	52.668
39	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	63.94	70.679	57.638
40	France`FRA`Western Europe	62.79	69.720	56.102
41	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	62.45	60.533	64.269
42	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	61.96	71.740	52.677
43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	61.80	66.965	56.798
44	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	61.63	71.524	52.155
45	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	60.94	70.646	51.767
46	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	60.82	61.764	59.909
47	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	60.19	59.854	60.550
48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	59.86	70.553	49.930
49	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	58.94	80.425	40.013
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	58.29	67.704	49.588
51	Uruguay`URY`South America	57.79	—	—
52	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	57.28	75.885	38.713
53	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	57.09	67.440	49.740
54	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56.45	64.425	48.720
55	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	55.53	65.546	46.490
56	Colombia`COL`South America	54.80	58.803	50.896
57	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	52.72	64.162	41.749
58	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	52.10	58.992	45.286
59	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	51.91	56.294	47.549
60	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	51.75	66.989	36.649
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	51.28	58.108	44.700
62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	50.98	57.238	45.068
63	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	49.36	54.753	44.308
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	49.08	55.844	42.277
65	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	48.73	53.138	44.214
66	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	48.35	53.382	43.258
67	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	48.04	57.209	39.926
68	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	47.84	50.835	45.078
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	47.58	58.564	36.979
70	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	47.12	51.825	42.980
71	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	46.55	51.075	41.883
72	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	46.09	55.196	36.868
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.71	53.709	37.827
74	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	45.64	60.951	33.309
75	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	45.19	57.808	34.666
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.54	47.899	41.275
77	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	44.29	52.418	37.195
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.08	46.996	37.429
79	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	40.34	48.897	30.665
80	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	39.29	41.060	37.592
81	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	38.24	47.872	29.323
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	37.76	42.775	32.798
83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	36.75	42.863	30.955
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	36.63	41.177	32.769
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	35.87	41.061	31.018
86	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	34.32	35.570	33.124
87	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	33.54	21.889	44.846
88	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	33.37	41.483	25.403
89	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32.88	32.467	33.280
90	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	32.46	34.522	30.498
91	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.97	31.771	32.170
92	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	30.62	42.985	18.571
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	29.73	29.437	30.007
94	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	28.66	37.930	20.745
95	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	28.55	28.037	29.045
96	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	27.94	19.766	35.762
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	27.39	29.827	25.034
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	27.28	26.882	27.654
99	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.87	31.020	22.752
100	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	26.23	33.415	19.297
101	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	26.07	19.934	32.564
102	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	25.48	27.481	23.643
103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	23.62	30.584	17.271
104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	23.44	29.086	17.854
105	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22.52	27.229	18.071
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.96	23.753	20.196
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	20.32	23.606	17.147
108	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	20.29	21.034	19.572
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	19.66	24.754	14.381
110	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	19.03	22.392	15.750
111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	18.17	22.160	14.174
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	18.16	17.808	18.501
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	17.30	15.368	19.223
114	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	17.03	22.782	11.542
115	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	16.73	23.763	10.207
116	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	16.50	23.134	10.560
117	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	15.93	49.862	6.870
118	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	15.86	15.899	15.831
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	15.57	12.781	18.354
120	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15.56	12.582	18.484
121	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	13.82	17.202	10.900
122	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13.62	12.015	15.187
123	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12.82	13.004	12.641
124	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	12.49	7.171	17.662
125	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	12.38	—	—
126	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	12.28	12.753	11.804
127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11.05	9.930	12.325
128	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.84	8.134	13.566
129	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	10.81	6.516	15.025
130	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	9.73	11.550	7.872
131	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	9.25	7.628	10.916
132	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8.78	7.785	9.789
133	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.46	6.574	10.411
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	8.44	7.890	8.945
135	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.05	6.158	9.880
136	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	7.93	12.248	3.488
137	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7.53	6.608	8.499
138	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.73	5.659	7.826
139	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.88	3.690	8.280
140	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.26	2.616	7.921
141	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.13	3.033	7.163
142	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.90	3.326	6.461
143	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.66	4.477	4.838
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.98	2.768	5.207
145	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3.52	2.759	4.265
146	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.24	2.100	4.338
147	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.23	1.457	4.965
148	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.81	0.865	0.752

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

1Australia119.68
2Puerto Rico100.71
3Grenada96.79
4Türkiye95.56
5South Korea93.97

Lowest

148Malawi0.81
147Chad3.23
146Niger3.24
145Eritrea3.52
144Tanzania3.98

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 45.42. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestAustralia141.460
LowestMalawi0.865
Middle country: 51.450
Male
HighestSouth Korea104.563
LowestMalawi0.752
Middle country: 37.312

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+18 / −8countries joined / left
130values changed, of 130 in both
77 · 53rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Seychelles7.29 → 16.50+9.21
Türkiye87.00 → 95.56+8.57
Cyprus52.11 → 59.86+7.76
Macau69.30 → 76.17+6.87
Iran64.50 → 70.69+6.19

Fell most

Barbados71.27 → 57.28−13.99
Ukraine83.78 → 76.86−6.92
Iceland80.40 → 75.64−4.75
Thailand49.91 → 45.71−4.20
Cuba40.81 → 36.75−4.05

+ Angola

+ Australia

+ Ecuador

+ Grenada

+ Jamaica

+ Jordan

+ Kenya

+ Cambodia

+ Luxembourg

+ Marshall Islands

+ Mauritania

+ Niger

+ Netherlands

+ North Korea

+ Portugal

+ Tanzania

+ British Virgin Islands

+ Zimbabwe

− Afghanistan

− Comoros

− Ethiopia

− Guinea

− Greece

− Maldives

− Turkmenistan

− Uganda

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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