Tertiary education enrollment — all countries

Tertiary education enrollment — BRICS

Tertiary education enrollment in BRICS in 2024 — 56.5%. Since 1973, the indicator has risen by 51.2 pp.

2024 56.5% +2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 56.5%2024
Period minimum 5.3%1973

Trend over time

1973–2024 · % (gross ratio)

Tertiary education enrollment — BRICS, 1973–2024020406019731979198519911997200320092015202120241973: 5.3%1976: 5.4%1977: 5.3%1978: 5.4%1988: 7.7%1989: 7.7%1990: 7.7%1991: 7.6%1995: 8%1996: 8.6%2000: 11.9%2001: 12.9%2002: 14.5%2003: 16.1%2004: 17.4%2005: 18.3%2006: 19.5%2007: 20.9%2008: 22.3%2009: 23.5%2011: 28.5%2012: 31.1%2013: 32.5%2014: 37.9%2015: 40.2%2016: 41.1%2017: 42.1%2018: 43.2%2019: 44.7%2020: 46.1%2021: 48.9%2022: 51.6%2023: 54.6%2024: 56.5%
Change over the period: +51.2 pp Annual average: 1 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

BRICS 56.5%
World 43.6%
Tertiary education enrollment — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 56.5 +2 pp
2023 54.6 +3 pp
2022 51.6 +2.6 pp
2021 48.9 +2.9 pp
2020 46.1 +1.4 pp
2019 44.7 +1.5 pp
2018 43.2 +1.1 pp
2017 42.1 +1 pp
2016 41.1 +0.9 pp
2015 40.2 +2.2 pp
2014 37.9 +5.4 pp
2013 32.5 +1.4 pp
2012 31.1 +2.6 pp
2011 28.5
2009 23.5 +1.2 pp
2008 22.3 +1.4 pp
2007 20.9 +1.3 pp
2006 19.5 +1.3 pp
2005 18.3 +0.8 pp
2004 17.4 +1.3 pp
2003 16.1 +1.7 pp
2002 14.5 +1.6 pp
2001 12.9 +1 pp
2000 11.9
1996 8.6 +0.6 pp
1995 8
1991 7.6 −0.2 pp
1990 7.7 −0 pp
1989 7.7 +0 pp
1988 7.7
1978 5.4 +0.1 pp
1977 5.3 −0 pp
1976 5.4
1973 5.3

About the indicator

The gross tertiary enrollment ratio — the number of students at universities and colleges (ISCED 5–8) as a percentage of the population in the five-year age interval that follows the end of school. It can exceed 100% because of older students and students from abroad, so in countries that act as magnets for international students the indicator is overstated.

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