# Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio

Students enrolled in tertiary education (ISCED levels 5 to 8), of any age, as a percentage of the population in the five-year age group that follows the official secondary school leaving age. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

## Key facts

- Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in the World was 43.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in the United States was 79.4% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Greece had the highest tertiary education gross enrolment ratio of 133 countries in 2020, at 143.7%, and Malawi the lowest, at 2.4%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Published for 204 places, with figures from 1970 to 2025.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

- Indicator id: `tertiary_enrolment_gross`
- Unit: %
- Note: A gross ratio: students outside the reference ages and students from abroad are counted, so it can exceed 100%. It counts students, not graduates; for degree holders in the United States see bachelors_degree_share.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-enrolment-ratio
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/tertiary_enrolment_gross

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | % | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| World | 2024 | 43.6 | Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data. |
| United States | 2022 | 79.4 | Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data. |

## Rankings

- [Countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/tertiary-enrolment-ratio/countries.md) (203 places)
- [EU countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/tertiary-enrolment-ratio/eu-countries.md) (27 places)