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