Gross enrollment rate (%), tertiary, total - Tertiary - Education Statistics
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Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.
| Gross enrollment rate (%), tertiary, total - Tertiary - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Cuba (2008) | 121.51 |
| 2 | North Korea (2008) | 98.09 |
| 3 | South Korea (2008) | 98.09 |
| 4 | Finland (2008) | 94.44 |
| 5 | Greece (2007) | 90.83 |
| 6 | Slovenia (2008) | 86.71 |
| 7 | United States (2008) | 82.92 |
| 8 | Denmark (2007) | 80.3 |
| 9 | Ukraine (2008) | 79.44 |
| 10 | Venezuela (2008) | 78.64 |
| 11 | New Zealand (2008) | 78.45 |
| 12 | Lithuania (2008) | 77.3 |
| 13 | Russia (2008) | 77.19 |
| 14 | Australia (2008) | 77 |
| 15 | Iceland (2008) | 74.6 |
| 16 | Norway (2008) | 73.19 |
| 17 | Belarus (2008) | 72.84 |
| 18 | Sweden (2008) | 71.05 |
| 19 | Spain (2008) | 70.58 |
| 20 | High income: OECD (2008) | 70.36 |
| 21 | Latvia (2008) | 69.2 |
| 22 | Argentina (2007) | 67.73 |
| 23 | High income (2008) | 67.23 |
| 24 | Italy (2007) | 67.11 |
| 25 | Poland (2007) | 66.91 |
| 26 | Romania (2008) | 65.56 |
| 27 | Hungary (2008) | 65.02 |
| 28 | Uruguay (2007) | 64.27 |
| 29 | Estonia (2008) | 63.71 |
| 30 | Belgium (2008) | 62.97 |
| 31 | Canada (2004) | 62.27 |
| 32 | Netherlands (2008) | 60.6 |
| 33 | Israel (2008) | 59.73 |
| 34 | Czech Republic (2008) | 58.57 |
| 35 | Ireland (2008) | 58.31 |
| 36 | Japan (2008) | 58.03 |
| 37 | United Kingdom (2008) | 57.42 |
| 38 | Portugal (2007) | 56.88 |
| 39 | Macau (2008) | 56.5 |
| 40 | Libya (2003) | 55.74 |
| 41 | Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2008) | 55.37 |
| 42 | Austria (2008) | 54.71 |
| 43 | France (2008) | 54.58 |
| 44 | Slovakia (2008) | 53.62 |
| 45 | Chile (2007) | 52.06 |
| 46 | Kyrgyzstan (2008) | 51.96 |
| 47 | Lebanon (2008) | 51.53 |
| 48 | Euro area (1999) | 51.46 |
| 49 | Bulgaria (2008) | 51.03 |
| 50 | Mongolia (2008) | 49.84 |
| 51 | Switzerland (2008) | 49.4 |
| 52 | Germany (1997) | 47.94 |
| 53 | Serbia (2008) | 47.77 |
| 54 | West Bank and Gaza (2008) | 47.21 |
| 55 | Croatia (2007) | 47.03 |
| 56 | Panama (2007) | 45.03 |
| 57 | Thailand (2008) | 44.66 |
| 58 | Singapore (1997) | 43.82 |
| 59 | Cyprus (2008) | 42.62 |
| 60 | Ecuador (2008) | 42.41 |
| 61 | Upper middle income (2008) | 42.2 |
| 62 | Puerto Rico (1997) | 41.35 |
| 63 | Kazakhstan (2009) | 41.05 |
| 64 | Jordan (2008) | 40.65 |
| 65 | Macedonia (2008) | 40.38 |
| 66 | Palau (2002) | 40.17 |
| 67 | Moldova (2008) | 40 |
| 68 | Turkey (2008) | 38.37 |
| 69 | Bolivia (2007) | 38.32 |
| 70 | Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2008) | 38.02 |
| 71 | Liechtenstein (2008) | 36.82 |
| 72 | Cayman Islands (2008) | 36.32 |
| 73 | Iran (2008) | 36.14 |
| 74 | Colombia (2008) | 35.36 |
| 75 | Peru (2006) | 34.48 |
| 76 | Brazil (2008) | 34.44 |
| 77 | Georgia (2008) | 34.29 |
| 78 | Hong Kong (2007) | 34.26 |
| 79 | Armenia (2007) | 34.21 |
| 80 | Tunisia (2008) | 33.7 |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007) | 33.52 |
| 82 | Dominican Republic (2004) | 33.25 |
| 83 | Malta (2007) | 33.04 |
| 84 | Aruba (2008) | 32.59 |
| 85 | Malaysia (2007) | 32.11 |
| 86 | Barbados (1997) | 31 |
| 87 | Bahrain (2006) | 29.94 |
| 88 | Saudi Arabia (2008) | 29.85 |
| 89 | Philippines (2008) | 28.69 |
| 90 | Paraguay (2007) | 28.55 |
| 91 | Egypt (2008) | 28.45 |
| 92 | Mexico (2008) | 27.19 |
| 93 | Oman (2008) | 26.89 |
| 94 | Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2008) | 26.61 |
| 95 | Costa Rica (2005) | 25.34 |
| 96 | Bermuda (2007) | 25.25 |
| 97 | United Arab Emirates (2008) | 25.19 |
| 98 | Bahamas (1997) | 24.84 |
| 99 | El Salvador (2008) | 24.56 |
| 100 | Middle income (2008) | 24.21 |
| 101 | Jamaica (2008) | 24.2 |
| 102 | Algeria (2007) | 24.02 |
| 103 | China (2008) | 22.69 |
| 104 | Indonesia (2008) | 21.26 |
| 105 | Netherlands Antilles (2002) | 21.16 |
| 106 | East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2006) | 21.1 |
| 107 | Low & middle income (2008) | 20.97 |
| 108 | Tajikistan (2008) | 20.15 |
| 109 | Turkmenistan (1997) | 19.49 |
| 110 | Albania (2004) | 19.27 |
| 111 | Kuwait (2004) | 18.9 |
| 112 | Honduras (2008) | 18.65 |
| 113 | Lower middle income (2008) | 18.61 |
| 114 | Nicaragua (2003) | 18.05 |
| 115 | Guatemala (2007) | 17.71 |
| 116 | Liberia (2000) | 17.39 |
| 117 | Marshall Islands (2003) | 16.95 |
| 118 | Brunei Darussalam (2008) | 16.04 |
| 119 | Mauritius (2009) | 16.04 |
| 120 | Azerbaijan (2008) | 15.75 |
| 121 | Iraq (2005) | 15.7 |
| 122 | Fiji (2005) | 15.41 |
| 123 | Timor-Leste (2009) | 15.2 |
| 124 | St. Lucia (2008) | 14.83 |
| 125 | Syria (1997) | 14.77 |
| 126 | South Africa (1998) | 14.65 |
| 127 | Micronesia (2000) | 14.1 |
| 128 | India (2007) | 13.48 |
| 129 | Laos (2008) | 13.37 |
| 130 | Suriname (2002) | 12.32 |
| 131 | Morocco (2008) | 12.29 |
| 132 | Cape Verde (2008) | 11.91 |
| 133 | Trinidad and Tobago (2005) | 11.57 |
| 134 | Guyana (2008) | 11.51 |
| 135 | South Asia (2007) | 11.4 |
| 136 | Belize (2009) | 11.22 |
| 137 | Andorra (2008) | 10.99 |
| 138 | Qatar (2008) | 10.98 |
| 139 | Burma (2007) | 10.74 |
| 140 | Yemen (2007) | 10.23 |
| 141 | Nigeria (2005) | 10.07 |
| 142 | Luxembourg (2006) | 9.95 |
| 143 | Uzbekistan (2008) | 9.95 |
| 144 | Vietnam (2001) | 9.68 |
| 145 | Guinea (2008) | 9.22 |
| 146 | Namibia (2008) | 8.94 |
| 147 | Ivory Coast (2007) | 8.37 |
| 148 | Senegal (2008) | 8 |
| 149 | Cameroon (2008) | 7.82 |
| 150 | Botswana (2006) | 7.58 |
| 151 | Western Samoa (2001) | 7.45 |
| 152 | Gabon (1999) | 7.06 |
| 153 | Cambodia (2008) | 7.02 |
| 154 | Bangladesh (2007) | 6.98 |
| 155 | Bhutan (2008) | 6.57 |
| 156 | Tonga (2004) | 6.38 |
| 157 | Ghana (2007) | 6.2 |
| 158 | Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2008) | 6.04 |
| 159 | Sudan (2000) | 5.93 |
| 160 | Low income (2008) | 5.92 |
| 161 | Benin (2006) | 5.85 |
| 162 | Nepal (2004) | 5.55 |
| 163 | Mali (2008) | 5.44 |
| 164 | Sri Lanka (1997) | 5.32 |
| 165 | Togo (2007) | 5.29 |
| 166 | Pakistan (2008) | 5.18 |
| 167 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008) | 5.05 |
| 168 | New Caledonia (1997) | 4.92 |
| 169 | Vanuatu (2004) | 4.77 |
| 170 | Swaziland (2006) | 4.39 |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe (2009) | 4.14 |
| 172 | Kenya (2009) | 4.05 |
| 173 | Rwanda (2008) | 3.97 |
| 174 | Republic of the Congo (2003) | 3.91 |
| 175 | Mauritania (2007) | 3.83 |
| 176 | Dominica (2008) | 3.8 |
| 177 | Zimbabwe (2003) | 3.8 |
| 178 | Uganda (2008) | 3.69 |
| 179 | Lesotho (2006) | 3.63 |
| 180 | Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (1999) | 3.61 |
| 181 | Ethiopia (2008) | 3.6 |
| 182 | Madagascar (2008) | 3.4 |
| 183 | Equatorial Guinea (2000) | 3.26 |
| 184 | Burkina Faso (2008) | 3.06 |
| 185 | French Polynesia (1997) | 3 |
| 186 | Guinea-Bissau (2006) | 2.85 |
| 187 | Angola (2006) | 2.79 |
| 188 | Comoros (2004) | 2.7 |
| 189 | Djibouti (2007) | 2.63 |
| 190 | Burundi (2008) | 2.52 |
| 191 | Somalia (1997) | 2.52 |
| 192 | Zambia (2000) | 2.4 |
| 193 | Central African Republic (2008) | 2.29 |
| 194 | Sierra Leone (2002) | 2.05 |
| 195 | Papua New Guinea (1999) | 2.02 |
| 196 | Eritrea (2009) | 1.96 |
| 197 | Chad (2008) | 1.92 |
| 198 | Tanzania (2007) | 1.48 |
| 199 | Mozambique (2005) | 1.45 |
| 200 | Niger (2009) | 1.33 |
| 201 | Afghanistan (2004) | 1.28 |
| 202 | Haiti (1997) | 1.24 |
| 203 | Gambia (2004) | 1.23 |
| 204 | Malawi (2007) | 0.49 |
| 205 | Maldives (2004) | 0.2 |
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