Tertiary Enrollment by Country

Tertiary Enrollment by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 150 countries for 2025, sourced from World Bank Open Data. See also Education Expenditure.

Tertiary Enrollment reaches its highest value in Greece, at 165.1, and its lowest in Suriname, at 2.6.

The average across 150 countries and territories is 52.5 for 2025. That makes the Greece figure roughly 64 times the Suriname figure.

HighestGreece165.1

LowestSuriname2.6

Average52.5150 countries

Year2025latest available

Tertiary enrollment has expanded rapidly with mass higher education.

Top 10 countries

Greece165.1

Macao SAR, China141.9

Cyprus120.9

Hong Kong SAR, China120.1

Korea, Rep.111.9

Finland110.3

Chile110.2

Australia108.4

Argentina107.8

Turkiye105.9

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Tertiary Enrollment: full country ranking (2025)

#	Country	Tertiary Enrollment
1	Greece	165.1
2	Macao SAR, China	141.9
3	Cyprus	120.9
4	Hong Kong SAR, China	120.1
5	Korea, Rep.	111.9
6	Finland	110.3
7	Chile	110.2
8	Australia	108.4
9	Argentina	107.8
10	Turkiye	105.9
11	Singapore	97.3
12	Norway	95.5
13	Spain	93.8
14	Austria	92.6
15	Georgia	89.5
16	Ukraine	87.2
17	Netherlands	86.6
18	Albania	84.1
19	Sweden	84
20	Saudi Arabia	83.9
21	Latvia	82.9
22	Belgium	82.1
23	Croatia	81.2
24	Poland	80.9
25	Malta	80.5
26	United Kingdom	80.4
27	Slovenia	80.1
28	Uruguay	80
29	United States	79.4
30	Denmark	79
31	Puerto Rico (US)	77.9
32	Portugal	77.7
33	Ireland	77.6
34	Monaco	77.5
35	New Zealand	77.2
36	China	76.9
37	Germany	76.7
38	Iceland	76.5
39	Canada	76.3
40	Italy	75.9
41	Lithuania	75.6
42	Fiji	75
43	Moldova	74.7
44	Switzerland	73.5
45	Palau	71.8
46	France	71.5
47	Serbia	70.6
48	Belarus	70.1
49	Brazil	69.7
50	Bulgaria	69.5
51	Mongolia	69
52	Ecuador	67.9
53	Andorra	67.7
54	Czechia	66.7
55	Estonia	65.7
56	Japan	64.5
57	United Arab Emirates	63.7
58	Hungary	60.5
59	Russian Federation	60.4
60	Uzbekistan	59.8
61	Colombia	59.3
62	Iran, Islamic Rep.	58.7
63	Bahrain	58.4
64	Dominican Republic	57.7
65	San Marino	57.5
66	Israel	56.3
67	Montenegro	55.2
68	Romania	55.2
69	North Macedonia	55
70	Slovak Republic	54.5
71	Algeria	54.4
72	Lebanon	54.4
73	Kyrgyz Republic	53.9
74	Panama	53.7
75	Kazakhstan	52.9
76	Armenia	52.8
77	Kuwait	51.9
78	Barbados	50.8
79	Thailand	49.1
80	Maldives	48.5
81	Mexico	48.2
82	Morocco	48.2
83	Philippines	47.4
84	Liechtenstein	46
85	Mauritius	45.8
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.5
87	Indonesia	44.9
88	West Bank and Gaza	44.5
89	Cuba	43.1
90	Qatar	43
91	Tonga	42.9
92	Oman	42.2
93	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	41.5
94	Azerbaijan	41.3
95	Malaysia	38.5
96	Tunisia	38.1
97	Egypt, Arab Rep.	38
98	Marshall Islands	37.7
99	Viet Nam	37.6
100	Brunei Darussalam	36.4
101	Jordan	35.9
102	Tajikistan	35.6
103	India	34.4
104	El Salvador	32.8
105	Timor-Leste	31
106	Nicaragua	30.4
107	British Virgin Islands	29.6
108	Guatemala	27.3
109	Guyana	26.4
110	Namibia	26.1
111	Turks and Caicos Islands	25.3
112	Belize	24.8
113	Trinidad and Tobago	23.8
114	Bangladesh	23.7
115	South Africa	23.5
116	Honduras	23.3
117	Luxembourg	22.4
118	Cambodia	21.4
119	Botswana	21.4
120	Ghana	21.3
121	Nepal	21.3
122	Sri Lanka	20.7
123	Turkmenistan	20.4
124	Tuvalu	19.4
125	Bermuda	17.3
126	Cameroon	16.7
127	Samoa	16
128	Senegal	15.3
129	St. Lucia	15
130	Lao PDR	14.9
131	Seychelles	14.5
132	Aruba	14.1
133	Gambia, The	13.5
134	Bhutan	13
135	Cote d'Ivoire	12.3
136	Pakistan	10.9
137	Kenya	10.4
138	Congo, Rep.	10.4
139	Benin	10.2
140	Burkina Faso	10
141	Angola	10
142	Rwanda	9.4
143	Zimbabwe	7.7
144	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	7.7
145	Burundi	6.4
146	Madagascar	6.1
147	Kiribati	5
148	Tanzania	4
149	Malawi	2.7
150	Suriname	2.6

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2025. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

Tertiary Enrollment by Country

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Tertiary Enrollment: full country ranking (2025)

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