Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Iraq

Population with tertiary education in Iraq in 2021 — 10.94%. Ranked 61 in the world out of 84. Since 2007, the indicator has risen by 3.85 pp.

2021 10.94% +0.53 pp vs 2018
World rank 61of 84
Period maximum 10.94%2021
Period minimum 7.09%2007

Trend over time

2007–2021 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Iraq, 2007–20217891011200720092011201320152017201920212007: 7.09%2012: 7.64%2018: 10.41%2021: 10.94%
Change over the period: +3.85 pp Annual average: 0.27 pp
Population with tertiary education — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 10.94
2018 10.41
2012 7.64
2007 7.09

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.