Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Sweden

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Sweden was 84% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 2.6 pts from 2023. That is the 9th highest of 26 EU countries in 2023.

202484%
Change on 2023+2.6 pts
Rank9th of 26EU countries ranked
Series high85.92021
Series low652014

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Sweden, 2001 to 2024

6065707580859020012005200920132017202120242001: 70 %2002: 74.7 %2003: 80.5 %2004: 83 %2005: 81.7 %2006: 79.3 %2007: 75.4 %2008: 71.2 %2009: 71 %2010: 73.1 %2011: 71.9 %2012: 68.7 %2013: 65.8 %2014: 65 %2015: 66.4 %2016: 68.3 %2017: 70.4 %2018: 73.4 %2019: 75.1 %2020: 79.1 %2021: 85.9 %2022: 83.9 %2023: 81.4 %2024: 84 %
%. 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 24 values
Period%
202484
202381.4
202283.9
202185.9
202079.1
201975.1
201873.4
201770.4
201668.3
201566.4
201465
201365.8
201268.7
201171.9
201073.1
200971
200871.2
200775.4
200679.3
200581.7
200483
200380.5
200274.7
200170

Rankings

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.

How to cite

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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What is the tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Sweden?

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Sweden was 84% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 2.6 pts from 2023. That is the 9th highest of 26 EU countries in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

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

What was the highest tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Sweden?

85.9% in 2021, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

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