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Tertiary education enrollment — Kyrgyzstan

Tertiary education enrollment in Kyrgyzstan in 2025 — 53.9%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 9. Since 1986, the indicator has risen by 26.8 pp.

2025 53.9% +0.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 3of 9
Period maximum 54.2%2022
Period minimum 20.7%1995

Trend over time

1986–2025 · % (gross ratio)

Tertiary education enrollment — Kyrgyzstan, 1986–20252030405060198619901994199820022006201020142018202220251986: 27.1%1988: 27.6%1989: 27.1%1990: 26.3%1991: 24.9%1992: 24%1993: 22.1%1994: 21.6%1995: 20.7%1996: 21.9%1997: 23.8%1998: 27.4%1999: 28%2000: 33.7%2001: 39.3%2002: 42.2%2003: 39.5%2004: 39.1%2005: 40.6%2006: 41.6%2007: 41.5%2008: 45.6%2009: 43.4%2010: 42.2%2011: 42.4%2012: 45.2%2013: 48.6%2014: 46.4%2015: 46.5%2016: 44.6%2017: 41.6%2018: 39.6%2019: 40.8%2020: 45.3%2021: 51.6%2022: 54.2%2023: 53.6%2024: 53.2%2025: 53.9%
Change over the period: +26.8 pp Annual average: 0.69 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Kyrgyzstan 53.9%
Central Asia computed 56.9%
Tertiary education enrollment — Kyrgyzstan, by year Kyrgyzstan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 53.9 +0.7 pp
2024 53.2 −0.4 pp
2023 53.6 −0.6 pp
2022 54.2 +2.6 pp
2021 51.6 +6.3 pp
2020 45.3 +4.5 pp
2019 40.8 +1.3 pp
2018 39.6 −2 pp
2017 41.6 −3 pp
2016 44.6 −2 pp
2015 46.5 +0.2 pp
2014 46.4 −2.2 pp
2013 48.6 +3.3 pp
2012 45.2 +2.8 pp
2011 42.4 +0.2 pp
2010 42.2 −1.2 pp
2009 43.4 −2.2 pp
2008 45.6 +4.1 pp
2007 41.5 −0.2 pp
2006 41.6 +1 pp
2005 40.6 +1.5 pp
2004 39.1 −0.4 pp
2003 39.5 −2.7 pp
2002 42.2 +3 pp
2001 39.3 +5.6 pp
2000 33.7 +5.7 pp
1999 28 +0.6 pp
1998 27.4 +3.6 pp
1997 23.8 +1.9 pp
1996 21.9 +1.2 pp
1995 20.7 −0.9 pp
1994 21.6 −0.5 pp
1993 22.1 −1.9 pp
1992 24 −0.9 pp
1991 24.9 −1.4 pp
1990 26.3 −0.8 pp
1989 27.1 −0.5 pp
1988 27.6 —
1986 27.1 —

Central Asia, 2025

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

UZ Uzbekistan 59.8 KG Kyrgyzstan 53.9 KZ Kazakhstan 52.9
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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.

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