Tertiary education enrollment — all countries

Tertiary education enrollment — Euro area

Tertiary education enrollment in the Euro area in 2024 — 81.9%. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 28.4 pp.

2024 81.9% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 81.9%2023
Period minimum 53.5%1999

Trend over time

1999–2024 · % (gross ratio)

Tertiary education enrollment — Euro area, 1999–202450607080901999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 53.5%2000: 54.6%2001: 56.2%2002: 57.7%2003: 59.5%2004: 61.2%2005: 62.4%2006: 63.1%2007: 63.2%2008: 63.2%2009: 63.7%2010: 65.2%2011: 66.6%2012: 67.3%2013: 68%2014: 70%2015: 71.4%2016: 72.2%2017: 73.6%2018: 74.8%2019: 76%2020: 76.9%2021: 80%2022: 81.7%2023: 81.9%2024: 81.9%
Change over the period: +28.4 pp Annual average: 1.14 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Euro area 81.9%
World 43.6%
Tertiary education enrollment — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 81.9 +0 pp
2023 81.9 +0.2 pp
2022 81.7 +1.7 pp
2021 80 +3 pp
2020 76.9 +0.9 pp
2019 76 +1.2 pp
2018 74.8 +1.2 pp
2017 73.6 +1.4 pp
2016 72.2 +0.8 pp
2015 71.4 +1.5 pp
2014 70 +2 pp
2013 68 +0.7 pp
2012 67.3 +0.7 pp
2011 66.6 +1.4 pp
2010 65.2 +1.4 pp
2009 63.7 +0.6 pp
2008 63.2 +0 pp
2007 63.2 +0 pp
2006 63.1 +0.7 pp
2005 62.4 +1.2 pp
2004 61.2 +1.7 pp
2003 59.5 +1.8 pp
2002 57.7 +1.5 pp
2001 56.2 +1.6 pp
2000 54.6 +1.2 pp
1999 53.5

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.