Tertiary education enrollment — all countries

Tertiary education enrollment — OECD

Tertiary education enrollment in the OECD in 2024 — 78.6%. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 27.9 pp.

2024 78.6% −0.9 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 79.5%2023
Period minimum 50.8%1999

Trend over time

1999–2024 · % (gross ratio)

Tertiary education enrollment — OECD, 1999–2024506070801999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 50.8%2000: 52.6%2001: 54.7%2002: 57.1%2003: 58.8%2004: 60%2005: 60.9%2006: 62.3%2007: 63.1%2008: 63.7%2009: 65.3%2010: 66.8%2011: 67.9%2012: 68.9%2013: 69.9%2014: 70.9%2015: 72%2016: 73.9%2017: 74.8%2018: 75.5%2019: 76.4%2020: 77.3%2021: 78.9%2022: 78.4%2023: 79.5%2024: 78.6%
Change over the period: +27.9 pp Annual average: 1.11 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 78.6%
World 43.6%
Tertiary education enrollment — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 78.6 −0.9 pp
2023 79.5 +1.1 pp
2022 78.4 −0.5 pp
2021 78.9 +1.6 pp
2020 77.3 +0.8 pp
2019 76.4 +0.9 pp
2018 75.5 +0.7 pp
2017 74.8 +0.8 pp
2016 73.9 +1.9 pp
2015 72 +1.1 pp
2014 70.9 +1 pp
2013 69.9 +1 pp
2012 68.9 +1 pp
2011 67.9 +1.1 pp
2010 66.8 +1.5 pp
2009 65.3 +1.6 pp
2008 63.7 +0.6 pp
2007 63.1 +0.8 pp
2006 62.3 +1.4 pp
2005 60.9 +0.9 pp
2004 60 +1.3 pp
2003 58.8 +1.7 pp
2002 57.1 +2.3 pp
2001 54.7 +2.2 pp
2000 52.6 +1.8 pp
1999 50.8

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.