EU countries by tertiary education gross enrolment ratio
Greece had the highest tertiary education gross enrolment ratio of 26 EU countries in 2022, at 166.4%. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 21%. The median was 77.5%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
All EU countries, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 2022 (%) | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | 166.4 | +15.8 pts |
| 2 | Cyprus | 105.4 | -1 pts |
| 3 | Finland | 104.9 | +4.1 pts |
| 4 | Spain | 95 | -0.3 pts |
| 5 | Austria | 94.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 6 | Latvia | 91.3 | -2.2 pts |
| 7 | Denmark | 84.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 84.1 | -1.2 pts |
| 9 | Sweden | 83.9 | -2 pts |
| 10 | Belgium | 83.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 11 | Slovenia | 82.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 12 | Croatia | 80.8 | +2.8 pts |
| 13 | Ireland | 77.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 14 | Germany | 77.4 | +1.7 pts |
| 15 | Lithuania | 76.9 | +1.9 pts |
| 16 | Poland | 75.3 | +3.1 pts |
| 17 | Portugal | 75.1 | +2.6 pts |
| 18 | Malta | 74.6 | +4.4 pts |
| 19 | Italy | 73.9 | +2.6 pts |
| 20 | France | 71.5 | +1.6 pts |
| 21 | Estonia | 71.4 | -1.7 pts |
| 22 | Czechia | 70.8 | +1 pts |
| 23 | Hungary | 60.3 | +1.6 pts |
| 24 | Romania | 58.2 | +3 pts |
| 25 | Slovakia | 52.5 | +1.8 pts |
| 26 | Luxembourg | 21 | +0.3 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 EU countries are compared on one definition. 1 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2022 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 166.4% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Which EU country has the lowest tertiary education gross enrolment ratio?
Luxembourg, with 21% in 2022.
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. 1 EU countries have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.