Data for 2020

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2020

Name: Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2020
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2020, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2020 covers 133 countries on 3 measures. Greece is highest, at 143.693; Malawi is lowest, at 2.402. The middle country reads 53.375. Against 2019, 124 values changed (90 up, 34 down), 9 countries joined, 8 left.

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · Data for 2020

HighestGreece

143.693

LowestMalawi

2.402

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

133countries
3measures per country
2020the year it describes
133distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	143.693	149.35	138.541
2	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	118.884	117.81	119.907
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	110.139	130.23	91.300
4	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	102.391	116.20	89.789
5	Argentina`ARG`South America	99.370	127.16	72.799
6	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	96.877	87.71	105.306
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	96.473	107.34	86.271
8	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	94.511	109.44	80.649
9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	93.135	98.27	88.377
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	91.599	102.11	81.698
11	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	89.948	94.58	85.470
12	Chile`CHL`South America	89.112	96.77	81.699
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	88.707	98.36	79.642
14	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	88.415	105.54	71.520
15	United States`USA`Northern America	87.568	102.96	72.840
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	87.169	105.45	70.160
17	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	86.796	93.42	79.573
18	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	85.533	94.78	76.746
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	85.337	91.30	79.574
20	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	83.761	94.03	73.466
21	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	82.664	96.13	69.766
22	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	82.135	86.31	78.205
23	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	79.900	85.30	74.809
24	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	79.500	91.34	68.220
25	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	79.120	101.56	59.313
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	75.817	92.90	60.803
27	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	75.735	93.19	59.357
28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	75.239	87.02	64.246
29	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	74.738	87.51	62.527
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74.591	100.03	50.555
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	74.196	80.44	68.167
32	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	73.751	81.14	67.601
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	73.589	86.15	61.559
34	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	72.389	74.79	70.206
35	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	72.044	87.18	57.767
36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	71.806	75.06	68.744
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	70.973	85.63	56.957
38	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	69.408	79.53	59.513
39	France`FRA`Western Europe	68.871	77.65	60.540
40	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	68.723	80.60	57.945
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	68.157	74.81	61.762
42	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	68.143	80.46	56.647
43	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	68.068	71.19	65.149
44	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	67.184	78.78	56.233
45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	66.256	83.23	50.223
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.933	—	—
47	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	62.299	61.76	62.808
48	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	62.292	67.97	56.850
49	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	61.612	68.24	55.909
50	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	61.585	74.03	49.240
51	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	61.477	77.35	48.315
52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.726	76.27	41.335
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	58.094	66.84	49.917
54	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	57.634	68.50	47.228
55	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	57.223	61.81	52.908
56	Ecuador`ECU`South America	56.907	63.18	50.843
57	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	56.607	63.40	50.288
58	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	56.250	65.23	47.629
59	Colombia`COL`South America	55.733	59.84	51.732
60	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	55.637	55.30	55.956
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	55.529	65.54	45.941
62	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	55.096	49.57	60.000
63	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	54.975	65.99	46.221
64	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	54.408	75.29	38.914
65	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	53.732	73.68	37.409
66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	53.491	60.14	47.216
67	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53.375	67.54	39.805
68	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	52.972	71.77	34.881
69	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	52.333	59.57	45.402
70	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	51.568	—	—
71	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	48.379	58.13	39.113
72	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	48.375	58.24	39.408
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	46.736	60.70	33.428
74	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	45.390	55.04	35.483
75	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	45.333	50.10	40.670
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	45.165	47.06	43.309
77	Panama`PAN`Central America	44.937	55.03	35.234
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	43.804	54.12	34.390
79	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	43.782	51.61	36.443
80	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	42.599	31.74	53.709
81	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	42.590	49.25	36.090
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	42.538	50.86	34.498
83	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	39.745	47.28	33.233
84	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	39.686	41.00	38.443
85	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	38.774	38.47	39.060
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.165	40.89	35.568
87	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	36.385	39.23	33.797
88	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	34.668	30.77	38.747
89	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	33.669	49.97	18.836
90	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	32.518	41.85	23.504
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	31.632	34.98	28.336
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	30.999	34.20	27.934
93	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	30.476	37.83	22.327
94	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	30.288	35.97	25.468
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	29.820	31.26	28.508
96	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	27.469	35.58	20.708
97	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	27.081	45.71	16.265
98	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	26.934	39.34	15.658
99	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	25.987	34.17	17.759
100	Belize`BLZ`Central America	25.942	33.03	19.019
101	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	23.765	75.14	8.878
102	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	22.692	18.98	26.783
103	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.615	27.59	17.686
104	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	22.402	27.31	17.545
105	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	21.278	28.94	13.266
106	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	20.161	25.27	15.181
107	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	19.961	21.75	18.281
108	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	18.614	17.40	19.806
109	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	17.330	19.75	14.990
110	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	16.865	17.69	16.149
111	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.820	22.97	10.843
112	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	15.972	15.03	16.868
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	15.552	13.79	17.310
114	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	15.261	15.79	14.780
115	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	14.903	10.79	18.929
116	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	14.200	14.63	13.762
117	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13.877	14.79	12.947
118	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13.314	11.74	14.869
119	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	12.562	13.55	11.604
120	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	12.409	11.57	13.237
121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11.725	11.65	11.798
122	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.854	5.94	15.585
123	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10.381	7.07	13.592
124	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	10.266	9.39	11.084
125	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.643	5.38	9.866
126	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7.567	6.67	8.499
127	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.182	6.54	7.814
128	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	6.380	4.75	8.017
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.972	4.36	7.696
130	Suriname`SUR`South America	5.306	5.89	4.731
131	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.173	5.13	5.212
132	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.397	2.48	6.277
133	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.402	1.87	2.949

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

1Greece143.693
2Türkiye118.884
3Australia110.139
4Cyprus102.391
5Argentina99.370

Lowest

133Malawi2.402
132Chad4.397
131Madagascar5.173
130Suriname5.306
129Mauritania5.972

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 53.375. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGreece149.35
LowestMalawi1.87
Middle country: 60.14
Male
HighestGreece138.541
LowestMalawi2.949
Middle country: 41.335

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+9 / −8countries joined / left
124values changed, of 124 in both
90 · 34rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Ecuador47.263 → 56.907+9.644
Cyprus93.926 → 102.391+8.465
Macau80.091 → 86.796+6.705
British Virgin Islands24.253 → 30.476+6.223
Fiji77.556 → 83.761+6.205

Fell most

Russia80.952 → 57.223−23.729
Seychelles41.297 → 26.934−14.363
Puerto Rico95.691 → 88.415−7.277
Saudi Arabia77.966 → 73.751−4.215
Chile92.066 → 89.112−2.953

+ Afghanistan

+ DR Congo

+ Dominican Republic

+ Malawi

+ Netherlands

+ Panama

+ Chad

+ Tajikistan

+ Tonga

− Costa Rica

− Guatemala

− Honduras

− Kenya

− Marshall Islands

− Niger

− Turks and Caicos Islands

− Vietnam

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) (2020). Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tertiary-enrolment/2020

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