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Countries in Asia 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%. 42 countries in Asia, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2024

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Map: University enrolment — Asia
Highest
120.9%
Cyprus
Median country
48.0%
half above, half below
Lowest
10.9%
Pakistan
#Country% grossYearRegion
1Cyprus120.9%2024Western Asia
2South Korea111.9%2024Eastern Asia
3Turkey105.9%2023Western Asia
4Singapore97.3%2023South-Eastern Asia
5Georgia89.5%2025Western Asia
6Saudi Arabia83.9%2024Western Asia
7China76.9%2024Eastern Asia
8Mongolia69.0%2024Eastern Asia
9Japan64.5%2023Eastern Asia
10United Arab Emirates63.7%2024Western Asia
11Uzbekistan59.8%2025Central Asia
12Iran58.7%2022Southern Asia
13Bahrain58.4%2024Western Asia
14Israel56.3%2024Western Asia
15Lebanon54.4%2023Western Asia
16Kyrgyzstan53.9%2025Central Asia
17Kazakhstan52.9%2025Central Asia
18Armenia52.8%2024Western Asia
19Kuwait51.9%2021Western Asia
20Thailand49.1%2025South-Eastern Asia
21Maldives48.5%2022Southern Asia
22Philippines47.4%2024South-Eastern Asia
23Indonesia44.9%2023South-Eastern Asia
24Qatar43.0%2024Western Asia
25Oman42.2%2024Western Asia
26Azerbaijan41.3%2024Western Asia
27Malaysia38.5%2024South-Eastern Asia
28Vietnam37.6%2024South-Eastern Asia
29Brunei36.4%2023South-Eastern Asia
30Jordan35.9%2024Western Asia
31Tajikistan35.6%2024Central Asia
32India34.4%2025Southern Asia
33Timor-Leste31.0%2023South-Eastern Asia
34Bangladesh23.7%2024Southern Asia
35Cambodia21.4%2024South-Eastern Asia
36Nepal21.3%2024Southern Asia
37Sri Lanka20.7%2023Southern Asia
38Turkmenistan20.4%2024Central Asia
39Laos14.9%2023South-Eastern Asia
40Bhutan13.0%2024Southern Asia
=41Afghanistan10.9%2020Southern Asia
=41Pakistan10.9%2024Southern Asia

No World Bank figure for 6 countries: Iraq, Myanmar, North Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Yemen.

Territories and other places

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

Place% grossStatus
Macao141.9%Territory of China
Hong Kong120.1%Territory of China
Palestine44.5%Status disputed

Questions

Which country in Asia has the highest university enrolment?
Cyprus has the highest university enrolment in Asia: 120.9% gross enrolment (2024). Next come South Korea (111.9% gross enrolment) and Turkey (105.9% gross enrolment).
Which country in Asia has the lowest university enrolment?
Pakistan, with 10.9% gross enrolment (2024).
What is the typical university enrolment of a country in Asia?
The median of the 42 countries in Asia is 48.0% 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

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.