Data for 2016

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2016

Name: Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2016
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2016, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2016 covers 136 countries on 3 measures. Greece is highest, at 131.403; Eritrea is lowest, at 3.203. The middle country reads 49.263. Against 2015, 131 values changed (82 up, 49 down), 5 countries joined, 17 left.

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · Data for 2016

HighestGreece

131.403

LowestEritrea

3.203

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

136countries
3measures per country
2016the year it describes
136distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	131.403	129.57	133.18
2	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	119.683	141.22	99.17
3	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	103.716	97.50	109.63
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	100.643	116.80	84.57
5	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	96.795	110.20	84.10
6	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	93.658	82.15	103.88
7	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	91.521	103.78	80.00
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	89.811	98.23	81.82
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	89.328	97.44	81.58
10	Chile`CHL`South America	88.846	94.35	83.52
11	United States`USA`Northern America	88.835	102.29	76.06
12	Argentina`ARG`South America	86.674	109.30	65.00
13	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	83.941	90.57	77.86
14	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	83.860	90.73	77.25
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	82.850	90.94	75.28
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	82.171	94.96	70.00
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	81.883	98.51	66.32
18	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	81.863	97.12	67.86
19	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	80.640	89.52	72.25
20	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	80.605	98.11	64.08
21	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	79.925	90.99	69.07
22	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	79.845	84.45	75.41
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	79.475	94.17	65.56
24	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	77.560	79.73	75.42
25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	77.557	81.56	73.72
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	77.244	88.07	66.91
27	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	77.040	82.18	72.17
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74.701	97.98	52.69
29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	74.086	85.24	63.19
30	Peru`PER`South America	73.222	74.72	71.69
31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	73.033	87.76	58.96
32	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	70.332	74.67	66.10
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	69.850	84.11	56.13
34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	69.589	80.10	59.33
35	Canada`CAN`Northern America	69.246	80.76	58.60
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	68.375	77.39	59.94
37	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	68.306	83.75	53.80
38	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	67.946	68.86	67.11
39	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	67.911	63.89	71.76
40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	67.506	79.16	56.36
41	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	65.248	76.18	54.60
42	France`FRA`Western Europe	64.728	71.73	57.97
43	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	63.983	73.37	57.01
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	63.239	68.32	58.33
45	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	62.498	60.98	63.94
46	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	62.137	71.40	53.53
47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	61.443	71.65	51.68
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	61.357	70.90	52.39
49	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	61.194	62.00	60.42
50	Uruguay`URY`South America	59.646	—	—
51	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	59.221	83.89	38.13
52	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	59.184	65.98	52.85
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	58.488	69.46	48.12
54	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	58.199	61.25	55.21
55	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	58.084	66.60	49.84
56	Colombia`COL`South America	57.144	61.31	53.10
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	56.955	67.41	47.49
58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.499	69.96	39.19
59	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	54.343	60.95	47.75
60	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	53.567	66.22	41.61
61	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	52.844	60.25	45.63
62	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	52.053	69.04	35.27
63	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	51.652	57.07	46.43
64	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	50.736	56.79	45.02
65	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	50.301	61.00	40.09
66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	49.911	55.41	44.73
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	49.323	57.42	41.35
68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	49.309	54.69	44.61
69	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	49.217	58.87	40.82
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	48.967	56.16	41.84
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	48.380	59.55	37.61
72	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	46.824	62.34	34.54
73	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	46.763	63.05	33.95
74	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	46.049	49.98	42.09
75	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.403	51.53	40.11
76	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	45.392	54.46	36.17
77	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	44.589	48.69	40.41
78	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.904	56.34	32.38
79	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	43.761	47.38	40.44
80	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42.507	48.71	36.43
81	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	39.173	44.89	32.63
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	38.590	38.83	38.36
83	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	38.411	43.03	33.81
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	38.345	43.56	33.42
85	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	36.661	37.25	36.10
86	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	35.052	40.84	29.55
87	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	35.023	24.75	45.33
88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	34.831	37.26	32.52
89	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	34.061	38.04	30.68
90	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.095	30.89	33.24
91	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.873	32.41	31.36
92	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	31.213	39.39	23.18
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	29.081	31.92	26.32
94	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	28.664	37.61	21.10
95	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.518	22.68	34.69
96	India`IND`Southern Asia	27.304	27.10	27.49
97	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	27.237	29.69	24.99
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	27.179	29.74	24.71
99	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	25.636	36.42	16.97
100	Belize`BLZ`Central America	24.476	30.50	18.54
101	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	23.693	29.03	18.68
102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	23.668	36.06	12.44
103	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	22.661	26.72	18.64
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	21.437	27.03	15.67
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	21.003	24.50	17.63
106	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	19.920	20.67	19.19
107	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	19.799	26.68	13.19
108	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.929	22.34	15.63
109	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	17.399	14.06	20.73
110	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17.151	21.04	13.29
111	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.142	23.78	11.25
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	17.088	17.15	17.03
113	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15.606	12.85	18.31
114	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	15.201	18.01	12.83
115	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	14.816	47.97	6.03
116	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	12.705	11.87	13.54
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	12.091	7.50	16.59
118	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11.953	7.09	16.69
119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	11.635	9.45	13.88
120	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11.093	11.56	10.62
121	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.062	—	—
122	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.888	8.16	13.62
123	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.783	8.92	10.66
124	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.896	7.17	10.65
125	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.340	6.48	10.12
126	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	8.320	7.76	8.84
127	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7.578	6.60	8.60
128	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.342	6.44	8.26
129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	5.900	4.21	7.59
130	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.562	3.52	7.79
131	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.405	3.62	7.17
132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.658	4.52	4.80
133	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.979	2.63	5.33
134	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.729	2.74	4.71
135	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.450	2.47	4.39
136	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3.203	2.64	3.75

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

1Greece131.403
2Australia119.683
3Türkiye103.716
4Puerto Rico100.643
5Grenada96.795

Lowest

136Eritrea3.203
135Niger3.450
134Tanzania3.729
133Burundi3.979
132Madagascar4.658

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 49.263. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestAustralia141.22
LowestNiger2.47
Middle country: 57.24
Male
HighestGreece133.18
LowestEritrea3.75
Middle country: 40.63

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −17countries joined / left
131values changed, of 131 in both
82 · 49rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Fiji68.417 → 77.560+9.143
Seychelles16.497 → 25.636+9.139
Cyprus59.864 → 68.375+8.511
Türkiye95.565 → 103.716+8.151
Saudi Arabia57.089 → 63.983+6.893

Fell most

Barbados57.281 → 52.053−5.228
Mongolia70.359 → 65.248−5.111
Montenegro63.937 → 59.184−4.753
Cameroon17.297 → 12.705−4.592
Botswana26.869 → 22.661−4.209

+ DR Congo

+ Greece

+ Monaco

+ Peru

+ Singapore

− Bermuda

− Cook Islands

− Ecuador

− Guatemala

− Jamaica

− Cambodia

− Saint Kitts and Nevis

− Lesotho

− North Macedonia

− Mali

− Malawi

− North Korea

− Sudan

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− Sint Maarten

− Chad

− Zimbabwe

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) (2016). Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tertiary-enrolment/2016

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