Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female in Tunisia
Tunisia: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female was 16.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Tunisia, 1975–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 16.2% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and up 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Tunisia peaked at 16.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1975.
Tunisia ranks 90th of 128 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.5% | — |
| 1980 | 0.7% | +41.8% |
| 1984 | 1.3% | +90.9% |
| 2005 | 7.5% | +457.7% |
| 2006 | 8.2% | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 8.8% | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 9.4% | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 10.5% | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 10.8% | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 11.5% | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 10.8% | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 11.8% | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 10.7% | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 13.2% | +23.7% |
| 2016 | 14.6% | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 15.6% | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 16.9% | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 16.8% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 16.2% | -3.8% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 16.2% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9.2%, 1.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 16.2% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25.6%, 63% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female in Tunisia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +457.7% | 1.3% | 7.5% |
| 1984 | +90.9% | 0.7% | 1.3% |
| 1980 | +41.8% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
| 1980s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 8.9% | 7.5% | 10.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 12.9% | 10.7% | 16.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 16.5% | 16.2% | 16.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
More education data for Tunisia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.54 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.91 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 89,644 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 88,316 (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 128,467 (2016)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 122,346 (2016)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.05 million (2016)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.34 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.24 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Tunisia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Tunisia was 16.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1975.
- How does Tunisia rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Tunisia ranks 90th out of 128 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release