Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes (number) by country

Name: Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes (number)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Total number of students enrolled in public and private post-secondary non-tertiary education institutions regardless of age.

Countries reporting

115

Highest

1.56 million number

Iran

Lowest

0 number

Togo

Median

8,306 number

Years covered

1997–2020

Data points

2,486

What the numbers show

Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 115 countries. The highest value is 1.56 million number in Iran; the lowest is 0 number in Togo.

The median across all reporting countries is 8,306 number, and the mean is 88,081 number.

Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 905.5%), and the largest decrease in Liechtenstein (down 100.0%).

Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Iran	1.56 million number	2012	up 94.3%	rising
2	United States	1.20 million number	2018	—	rising
3	Philippines	1.06 million number	2017	up 57.3%	rising
4	China	996,403 number	2019	down 20.4%	rising
5	Brazil	894,862 number	2018	up 12.9%	flat
6	Germany	770,635 number	2018	down 7.0%	falling
7	India	517,947 number	2019	down 44.0%	rising
8	South Africa	369,466 number	2018	up 144.0%	rising
9	Bangladesh	310,642 number	2019	up 119.2%	volatile
10	Poland	235,365 number	2018	up 553.4%	volatile
11	Kazakhstan	192,527 number	2019	down 21.3%	rising
12	Egypt	173,184 number	2014	down 1.4%	falling
13	Kenya	165,642 number	2016	up 167.5%	volatile
14	Tanzania	109,885 number	2019	up 63.2%	volatile
15	Afghanistan	102,275 number	2018	up 197.5%	volatile
16	Romania	91,889 number	2018	up 101.8%	rising
17	Jamaica	90,565 number	2019	down 26.0%	rising
18	Ukraine	83,414 number	2019	down 51.3%	falling
19	Greece	82,860 number	2018	up 113.2%	rising
20	Malaysia	79,011 number	2011	down 49.6%	rising
21	Hungary	76,403 number	2018	up 39.2%	falling
22	Belgium	61,562 number	2018	down 13.5%	rising
23	Uganda	53,431 number	2017	up 48.6%	rising
24	Russia	45,762 number	2018	down 71.0%	volatile
25	New Zealand	41,181 number	2018	down 28.8%	rising
26	Azerbaijan	37,602 number	2019	down 3.8%	rising
27	Syria	35,384 number	2013	down 11.3%	rising
28	Puerto Rico	34,525 number	2018	down 46.3%	falling
29	Namibia	32,119 number	2018	up 755.4%	volatile
30	Cameroon	31,237 number	2016	up 250.0%	volatile
31	France	29,141 number	2018	down 13.3%	rising
32	Ethiopia	29,019 number	2004	up 329.2%	volatile
33	Cambodia	27,841 number	2010	up 334.3%	volatile
34	Hong Kong	27,094 number	2019	down 12.9%	falling
35	Finland	25,443 number	2018	—	volatile
36	Spain	25,399 number	2018	—	volatile
37	Ireland	24,559 number	2018	down 59.6%	rising
38	Sweden	23,604 number	2018	up 14.6%	rising
39	Lithuania	18,543 number	2018	up 108.7%	rising
40	Burkina Faso	17,611 number	2013	up 20.6%	flat
41	Austria	17,398 number	2018	down 76.7%	falling
42	Czechia	16,201 number	2018	down 20.7%	volatile
43	Japan	15,923 number	2018	up 15.1%	rising
44	Bahrain	15,862 number	2019	up 400.7%	volatile
45	Pakistan	15,826 number	2019	up 20.1%	rising
46	Laos	15,328 number	2019	up 3.7%	falling
47	Tunisia	14,859 number	2016	up 70.7%	volatile
48	Rwanda	14,078 number	2019	up 182.4%	rising
49	Israel	14,029 number	2018	up 23.2%	rising
50	Belarus	13,971 number	2018	down 52.9%	volatile
51	Slovakia	13,699 number	2018	up 876.4%	volatile
52	Switzerland	12,729 number	2018	down 15.2%	falling
53	Colombia	11,976 number	2018	down 13.0%	rising
54	Panama	11,198 number	2007	up 322.7%	volatile
55	Georgia	10,348 number	2019	down 64.1%	volatile
56	Kyrgyzstan	9,642 number	2019	up 20.6%	volatile
57	Kuwait	9,500 number	2013	down 41.6%	falling
58	Trinidad and Tobago	8,306 number	2010	up 6.6%	falling
59	Fiji	7,662 number	2016	up 653.4%	volatile
60	Norway	7,180 number	2018	down 4.6%	rising
61	Cuba	6,227 number	2019	up 396.6%	volatile
62	Mauritius	5,454 number	2018	up 14.8%	rising
63	Saudi Arabia	4,840 number	2019	—	rising
64	Mongolia	4,771 number	2018	down 58.6%	falling
65	Portugal	4,741 number	2018	down 7.7%	volatile
66	Estonia	4,723 number	2018	down 45.2%	flat
67	United Kingdom	4,601 number	2010	—	volatile
68	Latvia	4,581 number	2018	up 58.7%	falling
69	Madagascar	3,869 number	2019	up 54.9%	rising
70	Barbados	3,142 number	2019	down 6.1%	flat
71	Mali	3,029 number	2018	down 6.0%	flat
72	Eritrea	2,742 number	2017	down 47.4%	rising
73	Belize	2,738 number	2008	up 229.1%	rising
74	Seychelles	2,391 number	2019	up 8.9%	rising
75	Tonga	2,348 number	2015	up 578.6%	volatile
76	Vanuatu	2,129 number	2015	up 167.5%	volatile
77	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2,109 number	2017	up 63.6%	rising
78	Lesotho	1,860 number	2014	up 191.5%	rising
79	Dominica	1,803 number	2016	down 7.5%	rising
80	Italy	1,703 number	2016	down 96.9%	volatile
81	Denmark	1,338 number	2012	up 30.3%	volatile
82	Mauritania	1,332 number	2005	up 344.0%	volatile
83	Iceland	1,308 number	2018	up 489.2%	volatile
84	Serbia	1,300 number	2019	down 24.0%	falling
85	Bulgaria	1,092 number	2018	down 72.8%	volatile
86	Guyana	1,085 number	2012	down 53.2%	volatile
87	Slovenia	1,072 number	2012	up 4.8%	rising
88	Saint Lucia	1,000 number	2019	down 57.8%	rising
89	Antigua and Barbuda	915 number	2012	down 29.0%	falling
90	Zimbabwe	910 number	2003	—	flat
91	Gibraltar	834 number	2019	down 6.9%	falling
92	Maldives	742 number	2003	—	rising
93	Comoros	734 number	2004	up 905.5%	volatile
94	Luxembourg	689 number	2018	down 28.1%	falling
95	Netherlands	567 number	2014	down 91.4%	volatile
96	Bhutan	555 number	2020	up 282.8%	volatile
97	North Macedonia	547 number	2018	up 60.9%	rising
98	Niger	545 number	2017	up 163.3%	volatile
99	Cayman Islands	392 number	2018	up 402.6%	volatile
100	Djibouti	340 number	2019	up 580.0%	volatile
101	Qatar	303 number	2019	up 34.1%	rising
102	Grenada	280 number	2018	down 85.6%	volatile
103	Cyprus	261 number	2017	—	rising
104	Palestine	243 number	2019	—	volatile
105	Saint Kitts and Nevis	242 number	2016	down 58.6%	volatile
106	Malta	240 number	2018	down 68.8%	volatile
107	Andorra	194 number	2019	down 79.4%	volatile
108	Moldova	82 number	2019	down 95.5%	volatile
109	Brunei	80 number	2012	up 45.5%	volatile
110	Cape Verde	55 number	2018	down 92.7%	volatile
111	Nauru	42 number	2019	up 75.0%	volatile
112	Turks and Caicos Islands	18 number	2015	down 96.9%	volatile
113	Monaco	14 number	2020	down 84.4%	volatile
114	Liechtenstein	0 number	2018	down 100.0%	volatile
114	Togo	0 number	2006	down 100.0%	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

World 10.42 million number
IDA & IBRD total 6.94 million number
Low & middle income 6.74 million number
European Union 1.52 million number
Middle income 6.03 million number
IBRD only 5.41 million number
High income 3.68 million number
OECD members 3.34 million number
Post-demographic dividend 3.31 million number
Late-demographic dividend 3.25 million number
Lower middle income 3.23 million number
Early-demographic dividend 3.09 million number
East Asia & Pacific 3.06 million number
Upper middle income 2.80 million number
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 2.57 million number
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.44 million number
Europe & Central Asia 1.97 million number
IDA total 1.54 million number
North America 1.54 million number
Latin America & Caribbean 1.28 million number
IDA only 1.28 million number
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.23 million number
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 1.22 million number
Euro area 1.09 million number
Least developed countries 1.09 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.09 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.09 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.08 million number
South Asia 970,735 number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 970,735 number
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 909,190 number
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 746,566 number
Pre-demographic dividend 718,800 number
Low income 710,512 number
Central Europe and the Baltics 446,184 number
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 431,943 number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 413,464 number
Arab World 397,387 number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 366,187 number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 365,864 number

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Indicator: Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 164 places, 2,486 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Total number of students enrolled in public and private post-secondary non-tertiary education institutions regardless of age.