Tertiary education enrollment — all countries

Tertiary education enrollment — Middle East & North Africa

Tertiary education enrollment in Middle East & North Africa in 2024 — 29.7%. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 19.3 pp.

2024 29.7% +1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 29.7%2024
Period minimum 4.3%1971

Trend over time

1970–2024 · % (gross ratio)

Tertiary education enrollment — Middle East & North Africa, 1970–2024010203019701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 10.4%1971: 4.3%1972: 4.4%1973: 4.7%1974: 5.7%1975: 5.3%1976: 6.4%1977: 6%1978: 5.9%1979: 6.1%1980: 6.4%1981: 6.8%1982: 7.2%1983: 7.5%1984: 7.8%1985: 8.3%1986: 8.3%1987: 8.4%1988: 11.1%1989: 8.6%1990: 8.7%1991: 8.5%1992: 9.1%1993: 9.5%1994: 10.3%1995: 10.7%1996: 11.5%1997: 12.2%1998: 12.7%1999: 13.5%2000: 13.6%2001: 13.9%2002: 14.2%2003: 14.4%2004: 15.4%2005: 16.4%2006: 17%2007: 18.2%2008: 19.4%2009: 20.2%2010: 21.5%2011: 21.9%2012: 23.6%2013: 24.7%2014: 26.2%2015: 27.3%2016: 27.1%2017: 27.3%2018: 27.1%2019: 28%2020: 28.3%2021: 28.3%2022: 28.1%2023: 28.7%2024: 29.7%
Change over the period: +19.3 pp Annual average: 0.36 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 29.7%
World 43.6%
Tertiary education enrollment — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 29.7 +1 pp
2023 28.7 +0.7 pp
2022 28.1 −0.3 pp
2021 28.3 +0 pp
2020 28.3 +0.3 pp
2019 28 +0.8 pp
2018 27.1 −0.2 pp
2017 27.3 +0.2 pp
2016 27.1 −0.3 pp
2015 27.3 +1.1 pp
2014 26.2 +1.5 pp
2013 24.7 +1.1 pp
2012 23.6 +1.7 pp
2011 21.9 +0.5 pp
2010 21.5 +1.3 pp
2009 20.2 +0.7 pp
2008 19.4 +1.2 pp
2007 18.2 +1.2 pp
2006 17 +0.6 pp
2005 16.4 +1.1 pp
2004 15.4 +1 pp
2003 14.4 +0.2 pp
2002 14.2 +0.2 pp
2001 13.9 +0.4 pp
2000 13.6 +0.1 pp
1999 13.5 +0.8 pp
1998 12.7 +0.5 pp
1997 12.2 +0.7 pp
1996 11.5 +0.8 pp
1995 10.7 +0.4 pp
1994 10.3 +0.8 pp
1993 9.5 +0.3 pp
1992 9.1 +0.6 pp
1991 8.5 −0.2 pp
1990 8.7 +0.1 pp
1989 8.6 −2.6 pp
1988 11.1 +2.7 pp
1987 8.4 +0.1 pp
1986 8.3 −0.1 pp
1985 8.3 +0.6 pp
1984 7.8 +0.3 pp
1983 7.5 +0.3 pp
1982 7.2 +0.4 pp
1981 6.8 +0.4 pp
1980 6.4 +0.3 pp
1979 6.1 +0.2 pp
1978 5.9 −0.1 pp
1977 6 −0.4 pp
1976 6.4 +1.1 pp
1975 5.3 −0.4 pp
1974 5.7 +1 pp
1973 4.7 +0.3 pp
1972 4.4 +0.2 pp
1971 4.3 −6.2 pp
1970 10.4

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.