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Countries by university enrolment

Students in universities and other tertiary education, as a share of the people of the five years after secondary school. Older students count too, so it can pass 100%. 145 countries, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2024

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Map: University enrolment — World
Highest
165.1%
Greece
Median country
52.8%
half above, half below
Lowest
2.6%
Suriname
#Country% grossYearRegion
1Greece165.1%2023Southern Europe
2Cyprus120.9%2024Western Asia
3South Korea111.9%2024Eastern Asia
4Finland110.3%2024Northern Europe
5Chile110.2%2024South America
6Australia108.4%2024Australia and New Zealand
7Argentina107.8%2023South America
8Turkey105.9%2023Western Asia
9Singapore97.3%2023South-Eastern Asia
10Norway95.5%2024Northern Europe
11Spain93.8%2024Southern Europe
12Austria92.6%2024Western Europe
13Georgia89.5%2025Western Asia
14Ukraine87.2%2024Eastern Europe
15Netherlands86.6%2023Western Europe
16Albania84.1%2024Southern Europe
17Sweden84.0%2024Northern Europe
18Saudi Arabia83.9%2024Western Asia
19Latvia82.9%2024Northern Europe
20Belgium82.1%2023Western Europe
21Croatia81.2%2023Southern Europe
22Poland80.9%2024Eastern Europe
23Malta80.5%2023Southern Europe
24United Kingdom80.4%2023Northern Europe
25Slovenia80.1%2023Southern Europe
26Uruguay80.0%2023South America
27United States79.4%2022Northern America
28Denmark79.0%2024Northern Europe
29Portugal77.7%2023Southern Europe
30Ireland77.6%2022Northern Europe
31Monaco77.5%2024Western Europe
32New Zealand77.2%2024Australia and New Zealand
33China76.9%2024Eastern Asia
34Germany76.7%2024Western Europe
35Iceland76.5%2023Northern Europe
36Canada76.3%2023Northern America
37Italy75.9%2023Southern Europe
38Lithuania75.6%2024Northern Europe
39Fiji75.0%2024Melanesia
40Moldova74.7%2024Eastern Europe
41Switzerland73.5%2024Western Europe
42Palau71.8%2024Micronesia
43France71.5%2024Western Europe
44Serbia70.6%2024Southern Europe
45Belarus70.1%2024Eastern Europe
46Brazil69.7%2024South America
47Bulgaria69.5%2024Eastern Europe
48Mongolia69.0%2024Eastern Asia
49Ecuador67.9%2023South America
50Andorra67.7%2024Southern Europe
51Czechia66.7%2023Eastern Europe
52Estonia65.7%2024Northern Europe
53Japan64.5%2023Eastern Asia
54United Arab Emirates63.7%2024Western Asia
55Hungary60.5%2024Eastern Europe
56Russia60.4%2024Eastern Europe
57Uzbekistan59.8%2025Central Asia
58Colombia59.3%2022South America
59Iran58.7%2022Southern Asia
60Bahrain58.4%2024Western Asia
61Dominican Republic57.7%2024Caribbean
62San Marino57.5%2024Southern Europe
63Israel56.3%2024Western Asia
=64Montenegro55.2%2023Southern Europe
=64Romania55.2%2023Eastern Europe
66North Macedonia55.0%2023Southern Europe
67Slovakia54.5%2024Eastern Europe
=68Algeria54.4%2024Northern Africa
=68Lebanon54.4%2023Western Asia
70Kyrgyzstan53.9%2025Central Asia
71Panama53.7%2023Central America
72Kazakhstan52.9%2025Central Asia
73Armenia52.8%2024Western Asia
74Kuwait51.9%2021Western Asia
75Barbados50.8%2025Caribbean
76Thailand49.1%2025South-Eastern Asia
77Maldives48.5%2022Southern Asia
=78Mexico48.2%2024Central America
=78Morocco48.2%2024Northern Africa
80Philippines47.4%2024South-Eastern Asia
81Liechtenstein46.0%2021Western Europe
82Mauritius45.8%2024Eastern Africa
83Bosnia and Herzegovina45.5%2023Southern Europe
84Indonesia44.9%2023South-Eastern Asia
85Cuba43.1%2024Caribbean
86Qatar43.0%2024Western Asia
87Tonga42.9%2023Polynesia
88Oman42.2%2024Western Asia
89Saint Vincent and the Grenadines41.5%2022Caribbean
90Azerbaijan41.3%2024Western Asia
91Malaysia38.5%2024South-Eastern Asia
92Tunisia38.1%2023Northern Africa
93Egypt38.0%2025Northern Africa
94Marshall Islands37.7%2024Micronesia
95Vietnam37.6%2024South-Eastern Asia
96Brunei36.4%2023South-Eastern Asia
97Jordan35.9%2024Western Asia
98Tajikistan35.6%2024Central Asia
99India34.4%2025Southern Asia
100El Salvador32.8%2024Central America
101Timor-Leste31.0%2023South-Eastern Asia
102Nicaragua30.4%2023Central America
103Guatemala27.3%2023Central America
104Guyana26.4%2024South America
105Namibia26.1%2022Southern Africa
106Belize24.8%2024Central America
107Trinidad and Tobago23.8%2024Caribbean
108Bangladesh23.7%2024Southern Asia
109South Africa23.5%2023Southern Africa
110Honduras23.3%2024Central America
111Luxembourg22.4%2024Western Europe
=112Botswana21.4%2024Southern Africa
=112Cambodia21.4%2024South-Eastern Asia
=114Ghana21.3%2024Western Africa
=114Nepal21.3%2024Southern Asia
116Sri Lanka20.7%2023Southern Asia
117Turkmenistan20.4%2024Central Asia
118Cameroon16.7%2024Middle Africa
119Samoa16.0%2024Polynesia
120Senegal15.3%2024Western Africa
121Saint Lucia15.0%2023Caribbean
=122Laos14.9%2023South-Eastern Asia
=122Togo14.9%2020Western Africa
124Seychelles14.5%2024Eastern Africa
125Gambia13.5%2024Western Africa
126Bhutan13.0%2024Southern Asia
127Côte d'Ivoire12.3%2024Western Africa
=128Afghanistan10.9%2020Southern Asia
=128Pakistan10.9%2024Southern Asia
=130Congo10.4%2023Middle Africa
=130Kenya10.4%2024Eastern Africa
132Benin10.2%2022Western Africa
=133Angola10.0%2024Middle Africa
=133Burkina Faso10.0%2024Western Africa
135Rwanda9.4%2024Eastern Africa
136Zimbabwe7.7%2024Eastern Africa
=137Burundi6.4%2025Eastern Africa
=137DR Congo6.4%2020Middle Africa
139Madagascar6.1%2023Eastern Africa
140Mauritania6.0%2020Western Africa
141Kiribati5.0%2024Micronesia
142Chad4.4%2020Middle Africa
143Tanzania4.0%2024Eastern Africa
144Malawi2.7%2022Eastern Africa
145Suriname2.6%2024South America

No World Bank figure for 49 countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bolivia, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iraq, Jamaica, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, São Tomé and Principe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place% grossStatus
Macao141.9%Territory of China
Hong Kong120.1%Territory of China
Puerto Rico77.9%Territory of United States of America
Palestine44.5%Status disputed
British Virgin Islands29.6%Territory of United Kingdom
Turks and Caicos Islands25.3%Territory of United Kingdom
Bermuda17.3%Territory of United Kingdom
Aruba14.1%Territory of Netherlands
Sint Maarten7.7%Territory of Netherlands

Questions

Which country has the highest university enrolment?
Greece has the highest university enrolment: 165.1% gross enrolment (2023). Next come Cyprus (120.9% gross enrolment) and South Korea (111.9% gross enrolment).
Which country has the lowest university enrolment?
Suriname, with 2.6% gross enrolment (2024).
What is the typical university enrolment of a country?
The median of the 145 countries is 52.8% gross enrolment: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?
Students in universities and other tertiary education, as a share of the people of the five years after secondary school. Older students count too, so it can pass 100%. Source: World Bank, mostly 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.