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Tertiary enrollment (gross %)

41 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank

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Latest reported period varies by country — dates shown

Rank Country Value ascending As of vs previous
1 🇩🇿 Algeria 54.43% 2024 ↓ 1.1 pts + compare
2 🇲🇦 Morocco 48.18% 2024 ↑ 0.72 pts + compare
3 🇲🇺 Mauritius 45.78% 2024 ↑ 2.44 pts + compare
4 🇹🇳 Tunisia 38.12% 2023 ↑ 0.99 pts + compare
5 🇪🇬 Egypt 38.04% 2025 ↑ 0.46 pts + compare
6 🇳🇦 Namibia 26.11% 2022 ↓ 0.5 pts + compare
7 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 24.29% 2018 ↓ 0.27 pts + compare
8 🇿🇦 South Africa 23.49% 2023 ↓ 0.23 pts + compare
9 🇧🇼 Botswana 21.41% 2024 ↑ 0.84 pts + compare
10 🇬🇭 Ghana 21.33% 2024 ↓ 0.77 pts + compare
11 🇰🇲 Comoros 18.82% 2017 ↑ 9.23 pts + compare
12 🇨🇲 Cameroon 16.66% 2024 ↑ 0.62 pts + compare
13 🇸🇩 Sudan 15.86% 2015 ↓ 0.09 pts + compare
14 🇸🇳 Senegal 15.33% 2024 ↓ 0.74 pts + compare
15 🇹🇬 Togo 14.9% 2020 ↑ 1.75 pts + compare
16 🇸🇨 Seychelles 14.53% 2024 ↑ 0.5 pts + compare
17 🇬🇲 Gambia 13.48% 2024 — + compare
18 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 12.82% 2015 ↑ 3.58 pts + compare
19 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 12.34% 2024 ↑ 0.76 pts + compare
20 🇬🇳 Guinea 10.85% 2014 — + compare
21 🇰🇪 Kenya 10.42% 2024 ↑ 1.74 pts + compare
22 🇨🇬 Congo 10.38% 2023 ↓ 1.76 pts + compare
23 🇧🇯 Benin 10.24% 2022 ↑ 0.41 pts + compare
24 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 10.04% 2024 ↓ 0.07 pts + compare
25 🇦🇴 Angola 9.95% 2024 ↓ 0.09 pts + compare
26 🇱🇸 Lesotho 9.94% 2018 ↓ 0.37 pts + compare
27 🇷🇼 Rwanda 9.41% 2024 ↑ 0.53 pts + compare
28 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 7.75% 2024 ↓ 3.3 pts + compare
29 🇲🇿 Mozambique 7.46% 2018 ↑ 0.22 pts + compare
30 🇧🇮 Burundi 6.38% 2025 ↑ 0.36 pts + compare
31 🇨🇩 DR Congo 6.38% 2020 ↑ 0.48 pts + compare
32 🇲🇬 Madagascar 6.15% 2023 ↑ 0.27 pts + compare
33 🇲🇷 Mauritania 5.97% 2020 ↑ 0.08 pts + compare
34 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 5.92% 2014 — + compare
35 🇲🇱 Mali 5.13% 2015 ↓ 0.41 pts + compare
36 🇺🇬 Uganda 4.62% 2014 — + compare
37 🇹🇩 Chad 4.4% 2020 ↑ 1.17 pts + compare
38 🇳🇪 Niger 4.15% 2019 ↓ 0.19 pts + compare
39 🇹🇿 Tanzania 4.02% 2024 ↓ 1.15 pts + compare
40 🇪🇷 Eritrea 3.2% 2016 ↓ 0.31 pts + compare
41 🇲🇼 Malawi 2.71% 2022 ↑ 0.31 pts + compare
Median 10.42% median of shown

Credit ratings

Rank Country Fitch Moody's S&P
1 🇿🇦 South Africa BB Ba2 BB
2 🇪🇬 Egypt B Caa1 B
3 🇳🇬 Nigeria B B3 B
4 🇬🇭 Ghana B Caa1 B-
5 🇰🇪 Kenya B- B3 B

Sorted by median ordinal across available agencies (Fitch / Moody's / S&P scales aligned at equivalent notches); ties broken alphabetically by country. Grades are never averaged or converted to a blended score — ordinals stay ordinals.