Tertiary education enrollment — all countries

Tertiary education enrollment — Eastern Europe

Tertiary education enrollment in Eastern Europe in 2024 — 68%. Since 2001, the indicator has risen by 14.5 pp.

2024 68% −15.1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 83.1%2023
Period minimum 53.5%2001

Trend over time

2001–2024 · % (gross ratio)

Tertiary education enrollment — Eastern Europe, 2001–202450607080902001200420072010201320162019202220242001: 53.5%2002: 57.7%2003: 61.2%2004: 63.1%2005: 65.8%2006: 68.3%2007: 71.4%2008: 74.2%2009: 76%2010: 74.1%2011: 77.1%2012: 76.6%2013: 76.9%2014: 77.8%2015: 76.4%2016: 76.3%2017: 75.8%2018: 76%2019: 76.1%2020: 64.1%2021: 62.5%2022: 60.3%2023: 83.1%2024: 68%
Change over the period: +14.5 pp Annual average: 0.63 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Europe 68%
World 43.6%
Tertiary education enrollment — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 68 −15.1 pp
2023 83.1 +22.9 pp
2022 60.3 −2.2 pp
2021 62.5 −1.6 pp
2020 64.1 −12 pp
2019 76.1 +0.2 pp
2018 76 +0.2 pp
2017 75.8 −0.5 pp
2016 76.3 −0.1 pp
2015 76.4 −1.4 pp
2014 77.8 +0.9 pp
2013 76.9 +0.4 pp
2012 76.6 −0.6 pp
2011 77.1 +3 pp
2010 74.1 −1.9 pp
2009 76 +1.8 pp
2008 74.2 +2.8 pp
2007 71.4 +3.1 pp
2006 68.3 +2.5 pp
2005 65.8 +2.7 pp
2004 63.1 +1.8 pp
2003 61.2 +3.6 pp
2002 57.7 +4.2 pp
2001 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.