International statistics Key table Students in tertiary education

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Students in tertiary education
CountryYearStudents in tertiary education
per 100,000 inhabitants

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)

Europe
Albania20234,419
Andorra20233,349
Austria20234,776
Belarus20233,415
Belgium20224,704
Bosnia and Herzegovina20232,416
Bulgaria20233,433
Croatia20224,178
Cyprus20223,981
Czechia20223,167
Denmark20235,017
Estonia20233,200
Finland20235,868
France20224,236
Germany20234,006
Greece20228,363
Hungary20233,023
Iceland20225,728
Ireland20224,786
Italy20233,758
Latvia20234,014
Liechtenstein20212,478
Lithuania20223,675
Luxembourg20221,184
Malta20233,821
Monaco20232,978
Montenegro20233,437
Netherlands20215,633
North Macedonia20223,063
Norway20235,676
Poland20233,695
Portugal20223,998
Republic of Moldova20233,225
Romania20232,827
Russian Federation20234,883
San Marino20232,726
Serbia20233,752
Slovakia20232,574
Slovenia20233,772
Spain20234,906
Sweden20234,516
Switzerland20233,777
Turkey20229,763
Ukraine20233,819
United Kingdom20224,615
Africa
Algeria20233,552
Angola2023904
Benin2022935
Botswana20232,064
Burkina Faso2023956
Burundi2023511
Cabo Verde20182,271
Cameroon20231,469
Central African Republic2012272
Chad2020395
Comoros2014913
Congo, Republic of the2023890
Congo, The Dem. Republic of the2020588
Cote d'Ivoire20231,016
Djibouti2011496
Egypt20233,234
Equatorial Guinea2019404
Eritrea2016327
Eswatini2013713
Ethiopia20181,024
Gabon20211,232
Ghana20232,079
Guinea2021640
Guinea-Bissau2006261
Kenya20191,031
Lesotho20201,062
Liberia20121,003
Libya20036,674
Madagascar2023608
Malawi2022275
Mali2019400
Mauritania2020531
Mauritius20223,392
Morocco20233,727
Mozambique2019725
Namibia20222,350
Niger2020367
Nigeria20181,047
Rwanda2023858
Sao Tome and Principe20211,571
Senegal20231,583
Seychelles2023865
Sierra Leone2002182
South Africa20221,963
South Sudan201881
Sudan20151,632
Tanzania, United Republic of2023472
The Gambia2012245
Togo20201,326
Tunisia20232,507
Uganda2016480
Zambia2012380
Zimbabwe2020960
America
Antigua and Barbuda20122,054
Argentina20228,194
Barbados20114,498
Belize20232,168
Bolivia, Plurinat. State20073,734
Brazil20234,877
Canada20224,658
Chile20236,767
Colombia20224,767
Costa Rica20194,437
Cuba20232,971
Dominica1993680
Dominican Republic20224,555
Ecuador20225,404
El Salvador20233,179
Grenada20188,004
Guatemala20232,785
Guyana20121,187
Honduras20232,249
Jamaica20152,660
Mexico20223,941
Nicaragua20232,798
Panama20224,645
Paraguay20103,925
Peru20176,052
Saint Kitts and Nevis20157,450
Saint Lucia20231,111
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20232,008
Suriname2022514
The Bahamas19951,414
Trinidad and Tobago20041,245
United States20235,389
Uruguay20225,776
Venezuela, Bol. Rep. Of20097,465
Asia
Afghanistan20201,103
Armenia20233,183
Azerbaijan20232,744
Bahrain20233,430
Bangladesh20232,319
Bhutan20231,386
Brunei Darussalam20232,878
Cambodia20231,444
China20234,212
Georgia20234,437
India20232,975
Indonesia20233,504
Iran, Islamic Republic of20223,732
Iraq20051,496
Israel20224,310
Japan20223,110
Jordan20233,313
Kazakhstan20233,494
Korea, Democratic People's Republic20182,030
Korea, Republic of20225,469
Kuwait20212,794
Kyrgyzstan20234,009
Lao, PDR2023490
Lebanon20234,597
Malaysia20233,234
Maldives20223,173
Mongolia20234,175
Myanmar20181,783
Nepal20231,951
Oman20232,337
Pakistan20231,111
Philippines20234,171
Qatar20231,743
Saudi Arabia20224,886
Singapore20223,522
Sri Lanka20232,070
Syrian Arab Republic20194,086
Tajikistan20232,939
Thailand20232,889
Timor-Leste20233,379
Turkmenistan20231,308
United Arab Emirates20233,243
Uzbekistan20233,276
Viet Nam20222,910
Yemen2011970
Oceania
Australia20236,443
Fiji20234,909
Kiribati20120
Marshall Islands20224,017
Micronesia, Federated States of20001,374
Nauru20080
New Zealand20234,683
Palau20232,381
Papua New Guinea1999183
Samoa20231,198
Solomon Islands20090
Tonga20234,357
Tuvalu20230
Vanuatu2004464
Unknown

As at 22 May 2025

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