Canada vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female

Canada
908,817 number
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
5.97 million number
in 2019
Canada rank
28th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank
30th

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female over time

  • Canada
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
02.0M4.0M6.0M197019942019

How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) currently reports 5.97 million number against 908,817 number in Canada, a difference of 5.06 million number.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s figure about 6.6 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 28th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 30th of 187 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 1 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) Difference Ahead
1970s 484,800 number 351,629 number 133,171 number Canada
1980s 805,230 number 914,816 number 109,586 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
1990s 908,421 number 1.47 million number 560,574 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
2000s 767,668 number 3.91 million number 3.14 million number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
2010s 871,110 number 5.70 million number 4.83 million number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female, Canada or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), at 5.97 million number against 908,817 number in Canada as of 2019.
What is the difference in enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female between Canada and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
5.06 million number, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
25 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2018.
How do Canada and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank globally for enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female?
Canada ranks 28th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 30th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Canada vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/enrolment-in-tertiary-education-all-programmes-female-number/canada/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan-ida-and-ibrd/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/enrolment-in-tertiary-education-all-programmes-female-number/canada/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan-ida-and-ibrd/">Canada vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 7,150 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

The total number of female students enrolled at public and private tertiary education institutions.