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Tertiary enrollment (gross %)

Gross enrolment ratio, %

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