Tertiary education enrollment — all countries

Tertiary education enrollment — Switzerland

Tertiary education enrollment in Switzerland in 2024 — 73.5%. Ranked 25 in the world out of 94. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 35.4 pp.

2024 73.5% −0.5 pp vs 2023
World rank 25of 94
Period maximum 74.2%2022
Period minimum 38.1%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % (gross ratio)

Tertiary education enrollment — Switzerland, 2000–20243040506070802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 38.1%2001: 39.2%2002: 40%2003: 43.1%2004: 44.9%2005: 45.2%2006: 46.3%2007: 47.8%2008: 49.7%2009: 50.3%2010: 52.8%2011: 53.1%2012: 54.8%2013: 56.2%2014: 58.1%2015: 60.8%2016: 61.2%2017: 62.5%2018: 64.4%2019: 66.3%2020: 68.1%2021: 71.9%2022: 74.2%2023: 74%2024: 73.5%
Change over the period: +35.4 pp Annual average: 1.48 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Switzerland 73.5%
World 43.6%
Western Europe computed 75.1%
Tertiary education enrollment — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 73.5 −0.5 pp
2023 74 −0.1 pp
2022 74.2 +2.3 pp
2021 71.9 +3.8 pp
2020 68.1 +1.8 pp
2019 66.3 +2 pp
2018 64.4 +1.9 pp
2017 62.5 +1.3 pp
2016 61.2 +0.4 pp
2015 60.8 +2.8 pp
2014 58.1 +1.9 pp
2013 56.2 +1.3 pp
2012 54.8 +1.7 pp
2011 53.1 +0.3 pp
2010 52.8 +2.5 pp
2009 50.3 +0.6 pp
2008 49.7 +1.9 pp
2007 47.8 +1.5 pp
2006 46.3 +1 pp
2005 45.2 +0.4 pp
2004 44.9 +1.8 pp
2003 43.1 +3.1 pp
2002 40 +0.7 pp
2001 39.2 +1.1 pp
2000 38.1

Western Europe, 2024

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

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.