Egypt vs ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400): Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number)

Egypt
3.87 million
in 2025
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
167.63 million
in 2024
Egypt rank
12th
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank
12th

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) over time

  • Egypt
  • ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
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How they compare

ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) currently reports 167.63 million against 3.87 million in Egypt, a difference of 163.76 million.

That makes ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)'s figure about 43.4 times Egypt's.

Across all 47 years both countries report, ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 12th and ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 12th of 200 countries.

ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) Difference Ahead
1970s 426,641 17.84 million 17.41 million ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
1980s 806,118 24.07 million 23.26 million ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
1990s 1.13 million 34.38 million 33.24 million ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
2000s 2.31 million 70.31 million 67.99 million ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
2010s 2.61 million 121.50 million 118.89 million ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
2020s 3.40 million 156.21 million 152.80 million ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number), Egypt or ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), at 167.63 million against 3.87 million in Egypt as of 2024.
What is the difference in enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) between Egypt and ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
163.76 million, with ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
47 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Egypt and ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank globally for enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number)?
Egypt ranks 12th and ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 12th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number), gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number), gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
421 places, 19,011 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) with 690 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.