Rankings · education
Countries by tertiary enrollment
Gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education. 128 countries ranked for 2023 (%).
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| 1 |  Greece | 165.1% | +46.5% | = |
| 2 |  Macao S.A.R | 129.2% | +108.7% | ▲ 35 |
| 3 |  Finland | 108.1% | +18.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 4 |  Argentina | 107.8% | +37.2% | ▲ 12 |
| 5 |  Cyprus | 107.3% | +125.9% | ▲ 52 |
| 6 |  South Korea | 106.7% | +10.8% | ▼ 4 |
| 7 |  Turkey | 105.9% | +33.0% | ▲ 8 |
| 8 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 105.5% | +54.9% | ▲ 19 |
| 9 |  Chile | 104.7% | +31.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 10 |  Australia | 104.6% | – | – |
| 11 |  Singapore | 97.3% | – | – |
| 12 |  Norway | 95.1% | +25.3% | ▲ 6 |
| 13 |  Spain | 93.7% | +10.0% | ▼ 5 |
| 14 |  Russia | 93.7% | +13.2% | ▼ 5 |
| 15 |  Austria | 91.7% | +13.2% | ▼ 4 |
| 16 |  Netherlands | 86.6% | – | – |
| 17 |  Latvia | 85.7% | +24.0% | ▲ 8 |
| 18 |  Ukraine | 82.6% | +1.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 19 |  Belgium | 82.1% | +14.3% | ▲ 4 |
| 20 |  Sweden | 81.4% | +23.7% | ▲ 11 |
| 21 |  Denmark | 81.2% | +1.0% | ▼ 9 |
| 22 |  Croatia | 81.2% | +21.7% | ▲ 7 |
| 23 |  Malta | 80.5% | +80.9% | ▲ 39 |
| 24 |  United Kingdom | 80.4% | +41.5% | ▲ 20 |
| 25 |  Slovenia | 80.1% | -8.9% | ▼ 18 |
| 26 |  Uruguay | 80% | +33.3% | ▲ 15 |
| 27 |  Bulgaria | 79.9% | +17.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 28 |  Germany | 78.6% | +29.1% | ▲ 10 |
| 29 |  Georgia | 78.3% | +92.9% | ▲ 38 |
| 30 |  Puerto Rico | 77.9% | -18.3% | ▼ 26 |
| 31 |  Portugal | 77.7% | – | – |
| 32 |  Lithuania | 77% | +3.5% | ▼ 12 |
| 33 |  Poland | 76.9% | +4.9% | ▼ 12 |
| 34 |  Iceland | 76.5% | -2.4% | ▼ 17 |
| 35 |  New Zealand | 76.4% | -5.0% | ▼ 22 |
| 36 |  Canada | 76.3% | +16.1% | ▼ 4 |
| 37 |  Italy | 75.9% | +24.6% | ▲ 2 |
| 38 |  China | 74.6% | +128.1% | ▲ 37 |
| 39 |  Switzerland | 74% | +31.7% | ▲ 8 |
| 40 |  Republic of Serbia | 73.2% | +29.8% | ▲ 6 |
| 41 |  Belarus | 72.8% | -23.8% | ▼ 38 |
| 42 |  Moldova | 71.2% | +72.4% | ▲ 24 |
| 43 |  France | 70.5% | +17.9% | ▼ 1 |
| 44 |  Ecuador | 67.9% | +70.6% | ▲ 24 |
| 45 |  Mongolia | 67.9% | +4.8% | ▼ 12 |
| 46 |  Estonia | 67.6% | -10.5% | ▼ 27 |
| 47 |  Czechia | 66.7% | +0.6% | ▼ 17 |
| 48 |  Albania | 64.7% | +1.4% | ▼ 14 |
| 49 |  Japan | 64.5% | +3.0% | ▼ 13 |
| 50 |  Andorra | 62.4% | +330.3% | ▲ 56 |
| 51 |  United Arab Emirates | 61.3% | – | – |
| 52 |  Fiji | 61% | – | – |
| 53 |  Dominican Republic | 58.2% | – | – |
| 54 |  Bahrain | 57.1% | +29.5% | ▲ 9 |
| 55 |  Israel | 57.1% | -8.9% | ▼ 20 |
| 56 |  Hungary | 56.6% | -1.6% | ▼ 13 |
| 57 |  Armenia | 56.3% | +25.7% | ▲ 4 |
| 58 |  Algeria | 55.5% | +56.8% | ▲ 13 |
| 59 |  Montenegro | 55.2% | -8.6% | ▼ 19 |
| 60 |  Romania | 55.2% | +7.4% | ▼ 10 |
| 61 |  North Macedonia | 55% | +41.4% | ▲ 8 |
| 62 |  Kazakhstan | 54.7% | +19.2% | ▼ 4 |
| 63 |  Lebanon | 54.4% | +12.6% | ▼ 9 |
| 64 |  Barbados | 54.3% | -25.8% | ▼ 42 |
| 65 |  Panama | 53.7% | – | – |
| 66 |  Kyrgyzstan | 53.6% | +10.3% | ▼ 13 |
| 67 |  Slovakia | 53.4% | -3.4% | ▼ 19 |
| 68 |  San Marino | 51.1% | – | – |
| 69 |  Cuba | 49.7% | +3.5% | ▼ 14 |
| 70 |  Morocco | 47.5% | +112.1% | ▲ 20 |
| 71 |  Mexico | 47.5% | +56.8% | ▲ 7 |
| 72 |  Uzbekistan | 45.8% | +472.5% | ▲ 47 |
| 73 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.5% | -11.5% | ▼ 24 |
| 74 |  Thailand | 45.4% | -8.7% | ▼ 22 |
| 75 |  Indonesia | 44.9% | +50.2% | ▲ 4 |
| 76 |  Palestine | 44.5% | -1.5% | ▼ 17 |
| 77 |  Philippines | 44.2% | +38.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 78 |  Mauritius | 43.3% | +4.6% | ▼ 13 |
| 79 |  Tonga | 42.9% | – | – |
| 80 |  Azerbaijan | 41.4% | +93.5% | ▲ 12 |
| 81 |  Palau | 41.1% | -38.9% | ▼ 53 |
| 82 |  Qatar | 38.2% | +156.4% | ▲ 22 |
| 83 |  Tunisia | 38.1% | +11.4% | ▼ 9 |
| 84 |  Egypt | 37.9% | +33.9% | ▼ 4 |
| 85 |  Malaysia | 37.3% | -2.1% | ▼ 15 |
| 86 |  Brunei | 36.4% | +54.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 87 |  Tajikistan | 35% | +54.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 88 |  India | 34.2% | +40.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 89 |  Jordan | 33.1% | – | – |
| 90 |  Vietnam | 32.8% | +28.1% | ▼ 6 |
| 91 |  El Salvador | 32.4% | +14.5% | ▼ 10 |
| 92 |  Timor-Leste | 31% | – | – |
| 93 |  Nicaragua | 30.4% | – | – |
| 94 |  Guatemala | 27.3% | +39.3% | = |
| 95 |  British Virgin Islands | 26.6% | – | – |
| 96 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 25.3% | – | – |
| 97 |  Guyana | 25.2% | – | – |
| 98 |  Bangladesh | 24.2% | +79.3% | ▲ 10 |
| 99 |  South Africa | 23.5% | +26.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 100 |  Belize | 22.4% | -6.7% | ▼ 14 |
| 101 |  Ghana | 22.1% | +64.9% | ▲ 8 |
| 102 |  Luxembourg | 21.5% | – | – |
| 103 |  Sri Lanka | 20.7% | +16.3% | ▼ 5 |
| 104 |  Botswana | 20.6% | -21.7% | ▼ 22 |
| 105 |  Tuvalu | 19.4% | – | – |
| 106 |  Nepal | 19% | +22.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 107 |  Turkmenistan | 18.8% | – | – |
| 108 |  Cambodia | 17.4% | – | – |
| 109 |  Bermuda | 17.3% | -50.9% | ▼ 37 |
| 110 |  Senegal | 16.1% | +51.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 111 |  Cameroon | 16% | +1.3% | ▼ 9 |
| 112 |  Bhutan | 15% | +44.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 113 |  Saint Lucia | 15% | +7.1% | ▼ 6 |
| 114 |  Laos | 14.9% | -21.2% | ▼ 18 |
| 115 |  Samoa | 14.6% | – | – |
| 116 |  Seychelles | 14% | +300.0% | ▲ 16 |
| 117 |  Ivory Coast | 11.6% | +56.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 118 |  Pakistan | 10.5% | +20.7% | ▼ 1 |
| 119 |  Republic of the Congo | 10.4% | +20.9% | ▼ 1 |
| 120 |  Burkina Faso | 10.1% | +119.6% | ▲ 8 |
| 121 |  Angola | 10% | +8.7% | ▼ 6 |
| 122 |  Rwanda | 8.9% | +43.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 123 |  Kenya | 8.7% | – | – |
| 124 |  Sint Maarten | 7.7% | – | – |
| 125 |  Madagascar | 6.1% | +45.2% | ▲ 4 |
| 126 |  Burundi | 6% | +62.2% | ▲ 4 |
| 127 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 5.2% | +40.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 128 |  Suriname | 4.9% | – | – |
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