EU countries by tertiary education gross enrolment ratio
Greece had the highest tertiary education gross enrolment ratio of 25 EU countries in 2010, at 101.7%. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 18.2%. The median was 66.9%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
All EU countries, 2010
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 2010 (%) | Change on 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | 101.7 | |
| 2 | Finland | 93.2 | +1.2 pts |
| 3 | Slovenia | 90.3 | +2.3 pts |
| 4 | Lithuania | 86.6 | -2.7 pts |
| 5 | Poland | 76.6 | +3.9 pts |
| 6 | Spain | 76.4 | +5 pts |
| 7 | Romania | 75.2 | -6.3 pts |
| 8 | Austria | 75 | +7 pts |
| 9 | Sweden | 73.1 | +2.1 pts |
| 10 | Denmark | 72.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 11 | Latvia | 69.1 | -4 pts |
| 12 | Estonia | 68.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 13 | Belgium | 66.9 | +1.9 pts |
| 14 | Italy | 65.4 | -1.6 pts |
| 15 | Czechia | 64.9 | +3.5 pts |
| 16 | Netherlands | 63.7 | +2.3 pts |
| 17 | Ireland | 63.1 | +6.6 pts |
| 18 | Hungary | 60.7 | -1.2 pts |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 58.4 | +3.3 pts |
| 20 | Slovakia | 58 | +1.3 pts |
| 21 | Croatia | 57.1 | +5.1 pts |
| 22 | France | 54.9 | +2.1 pts |
| 23 | Cyprus | 48.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 24 | Malta | 36.8 | +1 pts |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 18.2 |
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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 EU countries are compared on one definition. 2 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2010 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 EU country has the highest tertiary education gross enrolment ratio?
Greece, with 101.7% in 2010, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Which EU country has the lowest tertiary education gross enrolment ratio?
Luxembourg, with 18.2% in 2010.
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. 2 EU countries have no value for 2010 and are not ranked.