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Tertiary enrollment (gross %)

Gross enrolment ratio, %

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Countries
41 of 54 have data · 13 without data
Period
Latest figures range from 2014 to 2025: 2 countries report 2025; 39 report earlier years.
Source
World Bank · annual

Countries’ latest figures come from different years. Each row shows its own year, so figures from different years are not a like-for-like comparison.

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

“—” in the change column means there is no earlier figure to compare with.

13 countries have no figure and are not ranked

Central African Republic, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Libya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Zambia

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