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Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in North Macedonia

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in North Macedonia was 55% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 1.8 pts from 2022.

202355%
Change on 2022+1.8 pts
Series high552023
Series low15.41991

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Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in North Macedonia, 1971 to 2023

10203040506019711986199320002007201520231971: 17.6 %1976: 19.8 %1981: 25.3 %1982: 24.8 %1983: 24.1 %1984: 23.4 %1985: 22.6 %1986: 21.8 %1987: 20.4 %1988: 19.8 %1989: 18.6 %1990: 17 %1991: 15.4 %1992: 15.9 %1993: 15.9 %1994: 16.9 %1995: 18.2 %1996: 18.3 %1997: 19 %1998: 19.6 %1999: 21.4 %2000: 22.4 %2001: 24.4 %2002: 26.8 %2003: 27.8 %2004: 28.3 %2005: 29.8 %2006: 29.3 %2007: 35.2 %2008: 39.6 %2009: 39.8 %2010: 38.1 %2012: 39.8 %2013: 38.9 %2014: 39.3 %2015: 42.1 %2017: 43.5 %2018: 43.9 %2019: 43.2 %2020: 43.8 %2021: 44.3 %2022: 53.2 %2023: 55 %10203040506019711994200920231971: 17.6 %1976: 19.8 %1981: 25.3 %1982: 24.8 %1983: 24.1 %1984: 23.4 %1985: 22.6 %1986: 21.8 %1987: 20.4 %1988: 19.8 %1989: 18.6 %1990: 17 %1991: 15.4 %1992: 15.9 %1993: 15.9 %1994: 16.9 %1995: 18.2 %1996: 18.3 %1997: 19 %1998: 19.6 %1999: 21.4 %2000: 22.4 %2001: 24.4 %2002: 26.8 %2003: 27.8 %2004: 28.3 %2005: 29.8 %2006: 29.3 %2007: 35.2 %2008: 39.6 %2009: 39.8 %2010: 38.1 %2012: 39.8 %2013: 38.9 %2014: 39.3 %2015: 42.1 %2017: 43.5 %2018: 43.9 %2019: 43.2 %2020: 43.8 %2021: 44.3 %2022: 53.2 %2023: 55 %
%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 43 values
Period%
202355
202253.2
202144.3
202043.8
201943.2
201843.9
201743.5
201542.1
201439.3
201338.9
201239.8
201038.1
200939.8
200839.6
200735.2
200629.3
200529.8
200428.3
200327.8
200226.8
200124.4
200022.4
199921.4
199819.6
199719
199618.3
199518.2
199416.9
199315.9
199215.9
199115.4
199017
198918.6
198819.8
198720.4
198621.8
198522.6
198423.4
198324.1
198224.8
198125.3
197619.8
197117.6

North Macedonia compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 61.3 %Albania: 64.7 %Armenia: 56.3 %Angola: 10 %Argentina: 107.8 %Austria: 91.7 %Australia: 104.6 %Azerbaijan: 41.4 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 45.5 %Bangladesh: 24.2 %Belgium: 82.1 %Burkina Faso: 10.1 %Bulgaria: 79.9 %Burundi: 6 %Brunei: 36.4 %Bhutan: 15 %Botswana: 20.6 %Belarus: 72.8 %Belize: 22.4 %Canada: 76.3 %Republic of the Congo: 10.4 %Switzerland: 74 %Côte d’Ivoire: 11.6 %Chile: 104.7 %Cameroon: 16 %China: 74.6 %Cuba: 49.7 %Cyprus: 107.3 %Czechia: 66.7 %Germany: 78.6 %Denmark: 81.2 %Dominican Republic: 58.2 %Algeria: 55.5 %Ecuador: 67.9 %Estonia: 67.6 %Egypt: 37.9 %Spain: 93.7 %Finland: 108.1 %Fiji: 61 %France: 70.5 %United Kingdom: 80.4 %Georgia: 78.3 %Ghana: 22.1 %Greece: 165.1 %Guatemala: 27.3 %Guyana: 25.2 %Hong Kong: 105.5 %Croatia: 81.2 %Hungary: 56.6 %Indonesia: 44.9 %Israel: 57.1 %India: 34.2 %Iceland: 76.5 %Italy: 75.9 %Jordan: 33.1 %Japan: 64.5 %Kenya: 8.7 %Kyrgyzstan: 53.6 %Cambodia: 17.4 %South Korea: 106.7 %Kazakhstan: 54.7 %Laos: 14.9 %Lebanon: 54.4 %Sri Lanka: 20.7 %Lithuania: 77 %Luxembourg: 21.5 %Latvia: 85.7 %Morocco: 47.5 %Moldova: 71.2 %Montenegro: 55.2 %Madagascar: 6.1 %North Macedonia: 55 %Mongolia: 67.9 %Mauritius: 43.3 %Mexico: 47.5 %Malaysia: 37.3 %Nicaragua: 30.4 %Netherlands: 86.6 %Norway: 95.1 %Nepal: 19 %New Zealand: 76.4 %Panama: 53.7 %Philippines: 44.2 %Pakistan: 10.5 %Poland: 76.9 %Puerto Rico: 77.9 %Palestine: 44.5 %Portugal: 77.7 %Palau: 41.1 %Qatar: 38.2 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 73.2 %Russia: 93.7 %Rwanda: 8.9 %Sweden: 81.4 %Singapore: 97.3 %Slovenia: 80.1 %Slovakia: 53.4 %Senegal: 16.1 %Suriname: 4.9 %El Salvador: 32.4 %Thailand: 45.4 %Tajikistan: 35 %Timor-Leste: 31 %Turkmenistan: 18.8 %Tunisia: 38.1 %Türkiye: 105.9 %Tanzania: 5.2 %Ukraine: 82.6 %Uruguay: 80 %Uzbekistan: 45.8 %Vietnam: 32.8 %Samoa: 14.6 %South Africa: 23.5 %
  • Under 20
  • 20 to 38
  • 38 to 55
  • 55 to 73
  • 73 to 81
  • 81 and over
  • No data
Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio, 2023, %. North Macedonia is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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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.

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.

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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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UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2026). School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR) (Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio, North Macedonia, 1971 to 2023) [Data set]. World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR

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School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR), Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio, North Macedonia, 1971 to 2023. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR. World Bank, World Development Indicators, https://data.worldbank.org. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-enrolment-ratio/north-macedonia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 2026. School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio, North Macedonia, 1971 to 2023. Dataset. Distributed by World Bank, World Development Indicators. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-enrolment-ratio/north-macedonia.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR), Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio, North Macedonia, 1971 to 2023 [Dataset]. Via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-enrolment-ratio/north-macedonia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{unesco_tertiary_education_gross_enrolment_2023,
  author = {{UNESCO Institute for Statistics}},
  title = {{School enrollment, tertiary, \% gross (SE.TER.ENRR): Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio, North Macedonia, 1971 to 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  publisher = {World Bank, World Development Indicators},
  url = {https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Retrieved through World Bank, World Development Indicators (https://data.worldbank.org). Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-enrolment-ratio/north-macedonia. Publisher attribution: 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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Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in North Macedonia was 55% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 1.8 pts from 2022.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics. School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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55% in 2023, the highest value since 1971 in this series.

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