Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Democratic Republic of the Congo

Population with tertiary education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2023 — 9.15%. Ranked 66 in the world out of 89. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 6.67 pp.

2023 9.15% +1.74 pp vs 2018
World rank 66of 89
Period maximum 9.15%2023
Period minimum 1.74%2013

Trend over time

2005–2023 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2005–202302.557.51020052007200920112013201520172019202120232005: 2.48%2012: 7.35%2013: 1.74%2016: 3.48%2018: 7.41%2023: 9.15%
Change over the period: +6.67 pp Annual average: 0.37 pp
Population with tertiary education — Democratic Republic of the Congo, by year Democratic Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 9.15
2018 7.41
2016 3.48
2013 1.74 −5.62 pp
2012 7.35
2005 2.48

Middle Africa, 2023

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

CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 9.15 AO Angola 6.64

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.