# Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Eritrea

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Eritrea was 3.2% in 2016. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

- Indicator id: `tertiary_enrolment_gross`
- Place id: `er`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- 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.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR), via World Bank, World Development Indicators (https://data.worldbank.org)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: 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.
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| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2016 | 3.2 |
| 2015 | 3.5 |
| 2014 | 4.1 |
| 2010 | 4.4 |
| 2009 | 3.7 |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2.5 |
| 2001 | 2.7 |
| 2000 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1.5 |
| 1996 | 1.4 |
| 1995 | 1.7 |