Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — North Macedonia

Population with tertiary education in North Macedonia in 2024 — 20.03%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 41. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 11.61 pp.

2024 20.03% +0.21 pp vs 2022
World rank 18of 41
Period maximum 21.68%2020
Period minimum 8.43%2005

Trend over time

2005–2024 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — North Macedonia, 2005–2024510152025200520072009201120132015201720192021202320242005: 8.43%2006: 8.6%2007: 9.93%2008: 9.41%2009: 10.73%2010: 11.59%2011: 13.6%2012: 14.21%2013: 13.28%2014: 14.14%2015: 15.24%2016: 17.04%2017: 17.22%2018: 21.13%2019: 17.54%2020: 21.68%2021: 19.4%2022: 19.82%2024: 20.03%
Change over the period: +11.61 pp Annual average: 0.61 pp
Population with tertiary education — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 20.03
2022 19.82 +0.43 pp
2021 19.4 −2.28 pp
2020 21.68 +4.14 pp
2019 17.54 −3.59 pp
2018 21.13 +3.91 pp
2017 17.22 +0.18 pp
2016 17.04 +1.8 pp
2015 15.24 +1.1 pp
2014 14.14 +0.86 pp
2013 13.28 −0.94 pp
2012 14.21 +0.61 pp
2011 13.6 +2.01 pp
2010 11.59 +0.86 pp
2009 10.73 +1.32 pp
2008 9.41 −0.52 pp
2007 9.93 +1.33 pp
2006 8.6 +0.18 pp
2005 8.43

Southern Europe, 2024

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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.