Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Cyprus

Population with tertiary education in Cyprus in 2023 — 34.72%. Ranked 13 in the world out of 89. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 9.83 pp.

2023 34.72% +1.55 pp vs 2022
World rank 13of 89
Period maximum 34.72%2023
Period minimum 24.89%2013

Trend over time

2013–2023 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Cyprus, 2013–202322.52527.53032.535201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232013: 24.89%2014: 25.97%2015: 25.55%2016: 26.62%2017: 27.18%2018: 28.56%2019: 28.87%2020: 29.8%2021: 31.78%2022: 33.16%2023: 34.72%
Change over the period: +9.83 pp Annual average: 0.98 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Cyprus 34.72%
Europe & Central Asia computed 25.3%
Population with tertiary education — Cyprus, by year Cyprus All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 34.72 +1.55 pp
2022 33.16 +1.38 pp
2021 31.78 +1.99 pp
2020 29.8 +0.92 pp
2019 28.87 +0.31 pp
2018 28.56 +1.38 pp
2017 27.18 +0.56 pp
2016 26.62 +1.07 pp
2015 25.55 −0.42 pp
2014 25.97 +1.08 pp
2013 24.89

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.