Tertiary education enrollment — all countries

Tertiary education enrollment — Central Asia

Tertiary education enrollment in Central Asia in 2025 — 56.9%. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 27 pp.

2025 56.9% +7.4 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 56.9%2025
Period minimum 15.8%2005

Trend over time

1981–2025 · % (gross ratio)

Tertiary education enrollment — Central Asia, 1981–2025020406019811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: 30%1986: 24.9%1988: 24.7%1989: 24.5%1990: 24.6%1991: 24.9%1992: 24.3%1994: 28.4%1995: 28.3%1999: 18.2%2000: 20.8%2001: 17.4%2002: 18.2%2003: 18.1%2004: 18.3%2005: 15.8%2006: 27.4%2007: 16.3%2008: 17%2009: 16.6%2010: 24.7%2011: 25.6%2012: 26.1%2013: 24.6%2014: 24.4%2015: 25.6%2016: 25.3%2017: 26.5%2018: 27%2019: 28.6%2020: 32.4%2021: 35.4%2022: 39.5%2023: 44.8%2024: 49.5%2025: 56.9%
Change over the period: +27 pp Annual average: 0.61 pp
Tertiary education enrollment — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 56.9 +7.4 pp
2024 49.5 +4.6 pp
2023 44.8 +5.4 pp
2022 39.5 +4.1 pp
2021 35.4 +3 pp
2020 32.4 +3.8 pp
2019 28.6 +1.6 pp
2018 27 +0.6 pp
2017 26.5 +1.2 pp
2016 25.3 −0.4 pp
2015 25.6 +1.2 pp
2014 24.4 −0.2 pp
2013 24.6 −1.4 pp
2012 26.1 +0.4 pp
2011 25.6 +0.9 pp
2010 24.7 +8.2 pp
2009 16.6 −0.4 pp
2008 17 +0.7 pp
2007 16.3 −11.1 pp
2006 27.4 +11.6 pp
2005 15.8 −2.4 pp
2004 18.3 +0.2 pp
2003 18.1 −0.1 pp
2002 18.2 +0.7 pp
2001 17.4 −3.4 pp
2000 20.8 +2.6 pp
1999 18.2
1995 28.3 −0.1 pp
1994 28.4
1992 24.3 −0.5 pp
1991 24.9 +0.2 pp
1990 24.6 +0.1 pp
1989 24.5 −0.2 pp
1988 24.7
1986 24.9
1981 30

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.