Data for 2022

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2022

Name: Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2022
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2022 covers 126 countries on 3 measures. Greece is highest, at 166.39; Malawi is lowest, at 2.71. The middle country reads 55.11. Against 2021, 119 values changed (81 up, 38 down), 7 countries joined, 6 left.

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · Data for 2022

HighestGreece

166.39

LowestMalawi

2.71

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

126countries
3measures per country
2022the year it describes
126distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	166.39	171.787	161.393
2	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	127.58	130.031	125.242
3	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	116.23	121.582	110.191
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	107.10	140.068	75.615
5	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	106.24	128.283	85.645
6	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	105.38	127.424	84.312
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	104.94	118.473	92.260
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	102.81	94.495	110.490
9	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	100.78	104.508	97.103
10	Chile`CHL`South America	99.34	108.698	90.272
11	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	98.02	103.249	93.142
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	97.64	118.181	78.370
13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	95.03	106.911	83.888
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	94.51	106.698	83.109
15	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	91.33	108.475	75.098
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	84.99	114.626	56.606
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	84.59	98.932	70.840
18	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	84.13	95.517	73.283
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	83.90	108.327	62.311
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	83.57	96.829	71.020
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	82.39	100.368	66.226
22	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	82.02	101.106	63.514
23	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	80.76	95.909	66.473
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	79.77	92.442	67.559
25	United States`USA`Northern America	79.36	94.850	64.538
26	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.33	84.626	74.363
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	78.85	92.244	66.306
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	77.59	85.683	69.733
29	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	77.37	80.797	74.217
30	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	77.10	82.609	71.895
31	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	77.01	97.027	58.083
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	76.92	92.461	62.213
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	76.40	97.569	56.075
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	75.29	91.933	59.380
35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	75.07	82.421	68.061
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	74.59	94.265	57.865
37	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	74.15	78.891	69.737
38	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	73.90	87.049	61.908
39	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	73.75	78.452	69.537
40	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	71.58	77.681	66.355
41	France`FRA`Western Europe	71.51	81.477	62.075
42	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	71.43	86.791	56.842
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	70.81	83.293	59.049
44	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	69.80	84.633	56.228
45	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	68.78	80.542	56.877
46	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	68.06	79.540	56.895
47	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	67.70	85.463	51.015
48	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	63.38	62.415	64.293
49	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	62.65	74.841	50.619
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	61.00	72.581	49.693
51	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	60.42	68.079	54.334
52	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	60.27	67.920	53.101
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	59.88	66.818	53.173
54	Colombia`COL`South America	59.29	64.322	54.404
55	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	58.95	69.741	48.611
56	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	58.68	59.131	58.258
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	58.24	66.324	50.543
58	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	58.18	—	—
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.82	71.858	44.320
60	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	57.43	67.850	47.721
61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	57.25	63.155	51.578
62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	57.18	64.064	50.308
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	55.17	72.906	37.621
64	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	55.06	74.272	36.260
65	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.22	57.330	51.032
66	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	53.92	57.086	50.977
67	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	53.80	48.760	58.324
68	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53.39	67.807	39.499
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53.16	63.171	43.604
70	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	52.50	63.247	42.243
71	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	51.53	57.749	45.793
72	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	50.31	73.607	34.772
73	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	48.50	79.944	28.539
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.41	50.255	42.641
75	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.94	49.433	42.626
76	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	45.80	55.665	35.693
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	45.61	57.545	34.703
78	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	44.75	45.370	44.145
79	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	44.20	51.070	37.569
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	43.29	49.687	37.071
81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	42.33	46.611	38.251
82	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	41.50	63.996	20.665
83	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	41.34	47.212	36.035
84	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	41.00	44.869	37.608
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	38.40	44.830	32.054
86	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	37.28	33.604	41.200
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	37.13	47.830	26.900
88	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	36.99	43.695	31.033
89	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	36.46	36.639	36.293
90	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	35.09	77.343	16.472
91	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	34.64	35.311	34.013
92	India`IND`Southern Asia	32.67	33.254	32.137
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	32.51	39.990	26.167
94	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	31.70	29.692	33.613
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	31.45	36.176	26.959
96	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	31.19	39.863	23.629
97	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	29.04	35.105	22.104
98	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	26.11	33.119	19.152
99	Belize`BLZ`Central America	23.98	31.015	17.084
100	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	23.73	29.682	17.871
101	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.50	19.736	27.853
102	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22.37	27.999	16.883
103	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	21.03	23.168	19.017
104	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	20.71	25.694	15.756
105	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.45	19.813	21.068
106	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	18.55	25.478	12.075
107	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	16.97	23.212	9.459
108	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	16.73	16.541	16.916
109	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.44	14.660	18.214
110	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.18	22.510	10.099
111	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	15.65	15.458	15.835
112	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	14.84	15.447	14.229
113	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	14.61	13.763	15.447
114	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14.58	15.023	14.171
115	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13.93	19.591	9.367
116	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.68	13.847	13.513
117	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	11.11	10.259	11.890
118	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	10.51	10.337	10.665
119	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10.24	7.591	12.799
120	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	9.67	7.410	11.885
121	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	8.26	13.573	2.830
122	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7.41	6.413	8.445
123	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.88	5.941	5.812
124	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.32	4.805	5.835
125	Suriname`SUR`South America	5.02	6.909	3.182
126	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.71	2.226	3.199

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

1Greece166.39
2Türkiye127.58
3Macau116.23
4Argentina107.10
5Australia106.24

Lowest

126Malawi2.71
125Suriname5.02
124Tanzania5.32
123Madagascar5.88
122Rwanda7.41

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 55.11. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGreece171.787
LowestMalawi2.226
Middle country: 64.322
Male
HighestGreece161.393
LowestSint Maarten2.830
Middle country: 47.721

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+7 / −6countries joined / left
119values changed, of 119 in both
81 · 38rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Maldives23.79 → 48.50+24.70
Andorra15.41 → 34.64+19.23
Macau98.97 → 116.23+17.26
Greece150.61 → 166.39+15.78
Uzbekistan22.09 → 31.70+9.61

Fell most

Seychelles26.87 → 13.93−12.94
Fiji76.70 → 68.78−7.92
Puerto Rico88.53 → 82.02−6.52
Australia112.69 → 106.24−6.45
United States84.86 → 79.36−5.49

+ Ecuador

+ Saint Lucia

+ Marshall Islands

+ Palau

+ Rwanda

+ Sint Maarten

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

− Cuba

− Kuwait

− Liechtenstein

− Netherlands

− Oman

− Ukraine

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) (2022). Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tertiary-enrolment/2022

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