Countries by tertiary education gross enrolment ratio
Greece had the highest tertiary education gross enrolment ratio of 143 countries in 2012, at 110.1%. Malawi had the lowest, at 0.8%. The median was 36.8% and the figure for the World was 32.3%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Top 40 countries, 2012
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2012 (%) | Change on 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | 110.1 | +4.3 pts |
| 2 | Singapore | 102 | +6 pts |
| 3 | South Korea | 98.3 | -2.5 pts |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 94 | +2.2 pts |
| 5 | Belarus | 93.5 | +6.1 pts |
| 6 | Finland | 91.6 | -1.7 pts |
| 7 | Slovenia | 89 | +1.8 pts |
| 8 | Ukraine | 83.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 9 | Spain | 82.9 | +2.2 pts |
| 10 | Russia | 80.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 11 | Lithuania | 79.8 | -4.3 pts |
| 12 | Iceland | 79.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 13 | Austria | 79.5 | +2.3 pts |
| 14 | Argentina | 78.1 | +1.1 pts |
| 15 | Denmark | 77.7 | +1.8 pts |
| 16 | Netherlands | 75.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 17 | Chile | 75.1 | +4.3 pts |
| 18 | Poland | 75 | -0.8 pts |
| 19 | Estonia | 72.9 | +1.9 pts |
| 20 | Norway | 71.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 21 | Türkiye | 70.1 | +8.6 pts |
| 22 | Barbados | 70 | +3.1 pts |
| 23 | Belgium | 69.7 | +2 pts |
| 24 | Sweden | 68.7 | -3.2 pts |
| 25 | Ireland | 68.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 26 | Czechia | 66.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 27 | Latvia | 66.6 | -1.3 pts |
| 28 | Israel | 64.2 | +1.5 pts |
| 29 | Canada | 63.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 30 | Italy | 62.3 | -1.9 pts |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 62.2 | +2.3 pts |
| 32 | Croatia | 62 | +2.7 pts |
| 33 | Cuba | 61.4 | -17.1 pts |
| 34 | Mongolia | 61.3 | +4.6 pts |
| 35 | Hong Kong | 61 | +0.7 pts |
| 36 | Hungary | 60.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 37 | Montenegro | 60.3 | +1.3 pts |
| 38 | San Marino | 59.8 | -4.4 pts |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 59.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 40 | Albania | 58.6 | +9.2 pts |
| 41 | France | 57.9 | +2.3 pts |
| 42 | Slovakia | 57 | -0.1 pts |
| 43 | Romania | 55 | -11.8 pts |
| 44 | Switzerland | 54.8 | +1.7 pts |
| 45 | Uruguay | 54.7 | +2.2 pts |
| 46 | Macao | 53.9 | -16.4 pts |
| 47 | Iran | 53.9 | +5.8 pts |
| 48 | Serbia | 53.5 | +1.9 pts |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 52.2 | +1.7 pts |
| 50 | Thailand | 50.7 | -2 pts |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 48.6 | |
| 52 | Bahrain | 47.7 | +1.4 pts |
| 53 | Colombia | 47.5 | +2.2 pts |
| 54 | Palestine | 47 | -0.5 pts |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 46.7 | +2 pts |
| 56 | Cyprus | 45.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 45.2 | +2.8 pts |
| 58 | Lebanon | 44.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44.7 | +2.7 pts |
| 60 | Armenia | 44.5 | -6.8 pts |
| 61 | Jordan | 43.9 | +6.5 pts |
| 62 | Brazil | 43.8 | |
| 63 | Panama | 43.7 | +1.8 pts |
| 64 | Malta | 42.5 | +3.1 pts |
| 65 | Liechtenstein | 42.5 | -1.2 pts |
| 66 | Mauritius | 40.4 | +6.1 pts |
| 67 | Moldova | 40.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 39.8 | |
| 69 | Ecuador | 39.3 | |
| 70 | Aruba | 38.9 | +1 pts |
| 71 | Bermuda | 36.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 72 | Malaysia | 36.8 | +1.3 pts |
| 73 | Tunisia | 36.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | 36 | +7.1 pts |
| 75 | Georgia | 33.6 | -2.3 pts |
| 76 | Algeria | 33.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 77 | Philippines | 29.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 78 | Marshall Islands | 29.4 | |
| 79 | Mexico | 29.3 | +1.3 pts |
| 80 | China | 29.3 | +2.5 pts |
| 81 | Indonesia | 29 | +4 pts |
| 82 | Syria | 28.8 | +4.3 pts |
| 83 | El Salvador | 28.1 | +0.8 pts |
| 84 | Jamaica | 27.1 | +2.3 pts |
| 85 | Egypt | 26.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 86 | Vietnam | 25.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 87 | Antigua and Barbuda | 25.1 | +10 pts |
| 88 | India | 24.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 89 | Belize | 24 | +2.5 pts |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 22.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 91 | Brunei | 22.1 | +4.6 pts |
| 92 | Botswana | 21.7 | +4.2 pts |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 20.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 94 | Cape Verde | 19.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 95 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.8 | -0.8 pts |
| 96 | Luxembourg | 19.1 | |
| 97 | Morocco | 19 | +3.2 pts |
| 98 | Honduras | 18.9 | |
| 99 | South Africa | 17.9 | |
| 100 | Laos | 17.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 101 | Namibia | 16.9 | |
| 102 | Guatemala | 16.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 16.3 | +1.7 pts |
| 104 | Sudan | 14.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 105 | Myanmar | 13.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 106 | Cameroon | 13.5 | +1 pts |
| 107 | Bangladesh | 13.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 108 | Andorra | 12.9 | |
| 109 | Benin | 12.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 110 | Qatar | 12.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 111 | Guyana | 11.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 112 | Ghana | 11.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 113 | Lesotho | 10.9 | |
| 114 | Liberia | 10.8 | |
| 115 | Togo | 10.7 | +1 pts |
| 116 | Comoros | 10.5 | +1.1 pts |
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 10.3 | -6 pts |
| 118 | Senegal | 10.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 119 | Guinea | 10 | -0.6 pts |
| 120 | Republic of the Congo | 9.1 | +1.1 pts |
| 121 | Pakistan | 8.3 | +1 pts |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | 7.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 123 | Sint Maarten | 7.8 | |
| 124 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 7.8 | |
| 125 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 126 | Ethiopia | 7.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 127 | Bhutan | 7.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 128 | Zimbabwe | 7.1 | 0 pts |
| 129 | Rwanda | 6.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 130 | Mali | 6.4 | +1.4 pts |
| 131 | Mauritania | 5.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 132 | Mozambique | 5.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 133 | Burkina Faso | 4.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 134 | Madagascar | 4 | +0.1 pts |
| 135 | Tanzania | 4 | |
| 136 | Zambia | 4 | -0 pts |
| 137 | Uganda | 3.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 138 | Burundi | 2.9 | |
| 139 | Central African Republic | 2.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 140 | Seychelles | 1.6 | -1.4 pts |
| 141 | Niger | 1.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 142 | Gambia | 1.2 | -1.6 pts |
| 143 | Malawi | 0.8 | -0.7 pts |
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About this ranking
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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 60 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2012 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which country has the highest tertiary education gross enrolment ratio?
Greece, with 110.1% in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Which country has the lowest tertiary education gross enrolment ratio?
Malawi, with 0.8% in 2012.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 60 countries have no value for 2012 and are not ranked.