Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Afghanistan

Population with tertiary education in Afghanistan in 2022 — 3.98%. Ranked 93 in the world out of 105. Since 2014, the indicator has risen by 2.07 pp.

2022 3.98% +0.92 pp vs 2021
World rank 93of 105
Period maximum 5.26%2017
Period minimum 1.91%2014

Trend over time

2014–2022 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Afghanistan, 2014–20221234562014201520162017201820192020202120222014: 1.91%2017: 5.26%2020: 3.72%2021: 3.07%2022: 3.98%
Change over the period: +2.07 pp Annual average: 0.26 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 3.98%
South Asia computed 11.32%
Southern Asia computed 11.65%
Population with tertiary education — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 3.98 +0.92 pp
2021 3.07 −0.65 pp
2020 3.72
2017 5.26
2014 1.91

Southern Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 25 and older that has completed education at the bachelor's level or above. It differs fundamentally from tertiary enrollment: enrollment counts current students, while this indicator is the accumulated result of past decades, so it changes slowly and reflects not the policy of today but the state of the system twenty or thirty years ago.

Important: An accumulated stock, not the current flow: a country whose tertiary enrollment has grown quickly will keep catching up on this indicator for another generation.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.