# Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Syria

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Syria was 43.8% in 2016. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

- Indicator id: `tertiary_enrolment_gross`
- Place id: `sy`
- 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 | 43.8 |
| 2015 | 47.8 |
| 2014 | 44.5 |
| 2013 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 28.8 |
| 2011 | 24.5 |
| 2010 | 24.7 |
| 2009 | 22.9 |
| 2008 | 21.8 |
| 2007 | 21.3 |
| 2006 | 20.8 |
| 2005 | 18.3 |
| 2004 | 15.2 |
| 2003 | 13.2 |
| 2002 | 12.6 |
| 1995 | 14.6 |
| 1994 | 15.1 |
| 1993 | 16.5 |
| 1992 | 16.5 |
| 1991 | 17.3 |
| 1990 | 17.4 |
| 1989 | 17.2 |
| 1988 | 18.1 |
| 1987 | 16.8 |
| 1986 | 17.2 |
| 1985 | 17.1 |
| 1984 | 16.4 |
| 1983 | 16.4 |
| 1982 | 16.7 |
| 1981 | 16.7 |
| 1980 | 14.3 |
| 1979 | 14.9 |
| 1978 | 13.6 |
| 1977 | 12.5 |
| 1976 | 10.6 |
| 1975 | 10.1 |
| 1974 | 9.3 |
| 1973 | 8.8 |
| 1972 | 9.1 |
| 1971 | 7.4 |