University enrolment
% gross · showing the worst first
167 of 216 countries report a figure for university enrolment
World average: 49.8%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #167 | Suriname | 2.6% | 2024 | |
| #166 | Malawi | 2.7% | 2022 | |
| #165 | Eritrea | 3.2% | 2016 | |
| #164 | Tanzania | 4.0% | 2024 | |
| #163 | Niger | 4.2% | 2019 | |
| #162 | Chad | 4.4% | 2020 | |
| #161 | Kiribati | 5.0% | 2024 | |
| #160 | Mauritania | 6.0% | 2020 | |
| #159 | Madagascar | 6.1% | 2023 | |
| #158 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.4% | 2020 | |
| #157 | Burundi | 6.4% | 2025 | |
| #156 | Mozambique | 7.5% | 2018 | |
| #155 | Sint Maarten | 7.7% | 2023 | |
| #154 | Zimbabwe | 7.7% | 2024 | |
| #153 | Rwanda | 9.4% | 2024 | |
| #152 | Lesotho | 9.9% | 2018 | |
| #151 | Angola | 10.0% | 2024 | |
| #150 | Burkina Faso | 10.0% | 2024 | |
| #149 | Benin | 10.2% | 2022 | |
| #148 | Republic of the Congo | 10.4% | 2023 | |
| #147 | Kenya | 10.4% | 2024 | |
| #146 | Afghanistan | 10.9% | 2020 | |
| #145 | Pakistan | 10.9% | 2024 | |
| #144 | Ivory Coast | 12.3% | 2024 | |
| #143 | Bhutan | 13.0% | 2024 | |
| #142 | The Gambia | 13.5% | 2024 | |
| #141 | Aruba | 14.1% | 2024 | |
| #140 | Seychelles | 14.5% | 2024 | |
| #139 | Laos | 14.9% | 2023 | |
| #138 | Togo | 14.9% | 2020 | |
| #137 | Saint Lucia | 15.0% | 2023 | |
| #136 | Senegal | 15.3% | 2024 | |
| #135 | Samoa | 16.0% | 2024 | |
| #134 | Cameroon | 16.7% | 2024 | |
| #133 | Bermuda | 17.3% | 2023 | |
| #132 | Comoros | 18.8% | 2017 | |
| #131 | Tuvalu | 19.4% | 2023 | |
| #130 | Myanmar | 20.4% | 2018 | |
| #129 | Turkmenistan | 20.4% | 2024 | |
| #128 | Sri Lanka | 20.7% | 2023 | |
| #127 | Nepal | 21.3% | 2024 | |
| #126 | Ghana | 21.3% | 2024 | |
| #125 | Botswana | 21.4% | 2024 | |
| #124 | Cambodia | 21.4% | 2024 | |
| #123 | Luxembourg | 22.4% | 2024 | |
| #122 | Honduras | 23.3% | 2024 | |
| #121 | South Africa | 23.5% | 2023 | |
| #120 | Bangladesh | 23.7% | 2024 | |
| #119 | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.8% | 2024 | |
| #118 | Cape Verde | 24.3% | 2018 | |
| #117 | Belize | 24.8% | 2024 | |
| #116 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 25.3% | 2023 | |
| #115 | Namibia | 26.1% | 2022 | |
| #114 | Guyana | 26.4% | 2024 | |
| #113 | North Korea | 26.7% | 2018 | |
| #112 | Guatemala | 27.3% | 2023 | |
| #111 | British Virgin Islands | 29.6% | 2024 | |
| #110 | Nicaragua | 30.4% | 2023 | |
| #109 | Timor-Leste | 31.0% | 2023 | |
| #108 | El Salvador | 32.8% | 2024 | |
| #107 | India | 34.4% | 2025 | |
| #106 | Tajikistan | 35.6% | 2024 | |
| #105 | Jordan | 35.9% | 2024 | |
| #104 | Brunei | 36.4% | 2023 | |
| #103 | Vietnam | 37.6% | 2024 | |
| #102 | Marshall Islands | 37.7% | 2024 | |
| #101 | Egypt | 38.0% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Tunisia | 38.1% | 2023 | |
| #99 | Malaysia | 38.5% | 2024 | |
| #98 | Azerbaijan | 41.3% | 2024 | |
| #97 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 41.5% | 2022 | |
| #96 | Oman | 42.2% | 2024 | |
| #95 | Tonga | 42.9% | 2023 | |
| #94 | Qatar | 43.0% | 2024 | |
| #93 | Cuba | 43.1% | 2024 | |
| #92 | Syria | 43.8% | 2016 | |
| #91 | Palestine | 44.5% | 2023 | |
| #90 | Indonesia | 44.9% | 2023 | |
| #89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.5% | 2023 | |
| #88 | Mauritius | 45.8% | 2024 | |
| #87 | Liechtenstein | 46.0% | 2021 | |
| #86 | Philippines | 47.4% | 2024 | |
| #85 | Morocco | 48.2% | 2024 | |
| #84 | Mexico | 48.2% | 2024 | |
| #83 | Maldives | 48.5% | 2022 | |
| #82 | Thailand | 49.1% | 2025 | |
| #81 | Barbados | 50.8% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Kuwait | 51.9% | 2021 | |
| #79 | Armenia | 52.8% | 2024 | |
| #78 | Kazakhstan | 52.9% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Panama | 53.7% | 2023 | |
| #76 | Kyrgyzstan | 53.9% | 2025 | |
| #75 | Lebanon | 54.4% | 2023 | |
| #74 | Algeria | 54.4% | 2024 | |
| #73 | Slovakia | 54.5% | 2024 | |
| #72 | North Macedonia | 55.0% | 2023 | |
| #71 | Costa Rica | 55.0% | 2019 | |
| #70 | Romania | 55.2% | 2023 | |
| #69 | Montenegro | 55.2% | 2023 | |
| #68 | Israel | 56.3% | 2024 | |
| #67 | San Marino | 57.5% | 2024 | |
| #66 | Dominican Republic | 57.7% | 2024 | |
| #65 | Bahrain | 58.4% | 2024 | |
| #64 | Iran | 58.7% | 2022 | |
| #63 | Colombia | 59.3% | 2022 | |
| #62 | Uzbekistan | 59.8% | 2025 | |
| #61 | Russia | 60.4% | 2024 | |
| #60 | Hungary | 60.5% | 2024 | |
| #59 | United Arab Emirates | 63.7% | 2024 | |
| #58 | Japan | 64.5% | 2023 | |
| #57 | Estonia | 65.7% | 2024 | |
| #56 | Czech Republic | 66.7% | 2023 | |
| #55 | Andorra | 67.7% | 2024 | |
| #54 | Ecuador | 67.9% | 2023 | |
| #53 | Mongolia | 69.0% | 2024 | |
| #52 | Bulgaria | 69.5% | 2024 | |
| #51 | Brazil | 69.7% | 2024 | |
| #50 | Belarus | 70.1% | 2024 | |
| #49 | Serbia | 70.6% | 2024 | |
| #48 | Peru | 71.2% | 2017 | |
| #47 | France | 71.5% | 2024 | |
| #46 | Palau | 71.8% | 2024 | |
| #45 | Switzerland | 73.5% | 2024 | |
| #44 | Moldova | 74.7% | 2024 | |
| #43 | Fiji | 75.0% | 2024 | |
| #42 | Lithuania | 75.6% | 2024 | |
| #41 | Italy | 75.9% | 2023 | |
| #40 | Canada | 76.3% | 2023 | |
| #39 | Iceland | 76.5% | 2023 | |
| #38 | Germany | 76.7% | 2024 | |
| #37 | People's Republic of China | 76.9% | 2024 | |
| #36 | New Zealand | 77.2% | 2024 | |
| #35 | Monaco | 77.5% | 2024 | |
| #34 | Ireland | 77.6% | 2022 | |
| #33 | Portugal | 77.7% | 2023 | |
| #32 | Puerto Rico | 77.9% | 2023 | |
| #31 | Denmark | 79.0% | 2024 | |
| #30 | United States | 79.4% | 2022 | |
| #29 | Uruguay | 80.0% | 2023 | |
| #28 | Slovenia | 80.1% | 2023 | |
| #27 | United Kingdom | 80.4% | 2023 | |
| #26 | Malta | 80.5% | 2023 | |
| #25 | Poland | 80.9% | 2024 | |
| #24 | Croatia | 81.2% | 2023 | |
| #23 | Belgium | 82.1% | 2023 | |
| #22 | Latvia | 82.9% | 2024 | |
| #21 | Saudi Arabia | 83.9% | 2024 | |
| #20 | Sweden | 84.0% | 2024 | |
| #19 | Albania | 84.1% | 2024 | |
| #18 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 86.6% | 2023 | |
| #17 | Ukraine | 87.2% | 2024 | |
| #16 | Georgia | 89.5% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Austria | 92.6% | 2024 | |
| #14 | Spain | 93.8% | 2024 | |
| #13 | Norway | 95.5% | 2024 | |
| #12 | Singapore | 97.3% | 2023 | |
| #11 | Grenada | 100.0% | 2018 | |
| #10 | Turkey | 105.9% | 2023 | |
| #9 | Argentina | 107.8% | 2023 | |
| #8 | Australia | 108.4% | 2024 | |
| #7 | Chile | 110.2% | 2024 | |
| #6 | Finland | 110.3% | 2024 | |
| #5 | South Korea | 111.9% | 2024 | |
| #4 | Hong Kong | 120.1% | 2024 | |
| #3 | Cyprus | 120.9% | 2024 | |
| #2 | Macau | 141.9% | 2024 | |
| #1 | Greece | 165.1% | 2023 | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Antigua and Barbuda | — | — | |
| — | The Bahamas | — | — | |
| — | Bolivia | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Central African Republic | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Djibouti | — | — | |
| — | Dominica | — | — | |
| — | Equatorial Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Eswatini | — | — | |
| — | Ethiopia | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | French Polynesia | — | — | |
| — | Gabon | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Guam | — | — | |
| — | Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Guinea-Bissau | — | — | |
| — | Haiti | — | — | |
| — | Iraq | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Jamaica | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Liberia | — | — | |
| — | Libya | — | — | |
| — | Mali | — | — | |
| — | Federated States of Micronesia | — | — | |
| — | Nauru | — | — | |
| — | New Caledonia | — | — | |
| — | Nigeria | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Papua New Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Paraguay | — | — | |
| — | São Tomé and Príncipe | — | — | |
| — | Sierra Leone | — | — | |
| — | Solomon Islands | — | — | |
| — | Somalia | — | — | |
| — | South Sudan | — | — | |
| — | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Sudan | — | — | |
| — | Uganda | — | — | |
| — | Vanuatu | — | — | |
| — | Venezuela | — | — | |
| — | United States Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Yemen | — | — | |
| — | Zambia | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)