Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
128
Highest
1.63 million
India
Lowest
0
Liechtenstein
Median
4,692
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
7,272
What the numbers show
Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female (number) is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 1.63 million in India; the lowest is 0 in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 4,692, and the mean is 58,694.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 1,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Liechtenstein (down 100.0%).
Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1.63 million | 2025 | up 415.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 869,879 | 2012 | up 645.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Brazil | 592,954 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 4 | United States of America | 543,020 | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 5 | China | 473,275 | 2021 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 6 | Philippines | 382,856 | 2024 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 7 | Germany | 378,691 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 8 | Kenya | 263,572 | 2024 | up 299.6% | volatile |
| 9 | South Africa | 211,806 | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 10 | Australia | 209,830 | 2024 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 177,692 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 12 | Poland | 173,349 | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 152,782 | 2023 | up 190.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 143,166 | 2024 | up 273.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 111,237 | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 16 | Egypt | 110,806 | 2024 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 17 | Morocco | 106,529 | 2024 | up 96.2% | rising |
| 18 | Jamaica | 72,346 | 2024 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 19 | Romania | 61,618 | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 20 | Malaysia | 60,546 | 2009 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 52,234 | 2024 | up 1,052.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Singapore | 46,241 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 23 | Greece | 45,944 | 2023 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 24 | New Zealand | 44,587 | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 25 | Hungary | 36,334 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 35,669 | 2018 | up 182.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 29,422 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 28 | Ukraine | 24,641 | 2024 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 29 | Uganda | 24,488 | 2017 | up 114.7% | rising |
| 30 | Belgium | 24,413 | 2023 | down 29.2% | flat |
| 31 | Cameroon | 19,300 | 2016 | up 406.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Spain | 18,432 | 2024 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Azerbaijan | 16,188 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 34 | Sweden | 15,925 | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 35 | Finland | 15,675 | 2024 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Syrian Arab Republic | 14,577 | 2024 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 14,467 | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 38 | Russian Federation | 14,452 | 2019 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Czechia | 14,102 | 2023 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Cambodia | 13,953 | 2023 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Puerto Rico | 13,333 | 2023 | down 74.1% | falling |
| 42 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11,433 | 2024 | up 124.2% | rising |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 11,360 | 2004 | up 409.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Georgia | 10,799 | 2024 | up 356.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Norway | 10,731 | 2024 | up 160.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Switzerland | 10,149 | 2024 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 47 | France | 10,041 | 2024 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 48 | Colombia | 9,841 | 2022 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 49 | Japan | 9,213 | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 50 | Ireland | 8,888 | 2022 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 51 | Austria | 8,530 | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Hong Kong, China | 8,263 | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 8,231 | 2023 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Belarus | 8,109 | 2024 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 55 | Bahrain | 7,929 | 2024 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Slovakia | 7,322 | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Pakistan | 6,949 | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 58 | Tunisia | 6,264 | 2016 | up 222.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Israel | 6,031 | 2024 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 5,910 | 2013 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 61 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5,346 | 2023 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 62 | Panama | 4,927 | 2007 | up 209.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Lithuania | 4,853 | 2024 | down 48.0% | rising |
| 64 | Malawi | 4,692 | 2021 | up 105.1% | falling |
| 65 | Cuba | 4,691 | 2024 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Fiji | 4,324 | 2016 | up 686.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Mali | 4,263 | 2023 | up 321.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Rwanda | 3,943 | 2019 | up 128.2% | rising |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 3,869 | 2025 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Kuwait | 3,681 | 2013 | down 66.9% | falling |
| 71 | Botswana | 3,679 | 2024 | up 30.2% | falling |
| 72 | Estonia | 3,270 | 2024 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 73 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3,023 | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Tonga | 2,938 | 2023 | up 157.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Seychelles | 1,826 | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 76 | Portugal | 1,812 | 2023 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Italy | 1,667 | 2023 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Belize | 1,635 | 2008 | up 570.1% | rising |
| 79 | Latvia | 1,621 | 2024 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 80 | Mongolia | 1,541 | 2024 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 81 | Eritrea | 1,478 | 2017 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Grenada | 1,444 | 2024 | up 506.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Madagascar | 1,418 | 2019 | up 75.7% | rising |
| 84 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,386 | 2017 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 85 | Mauritius | 1,306 | 2024 | down 51.0% | rising |
| 86 | Barbados | 1,040 | 2024 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 87 | Dominica | 980 | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 88 | Netherlands | 949 | 2023 | up 83.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Lesotho | 869 | 2014 | up 169.9% | rising |
| 90 | Namibia | 834 | 2006 | up 198.9% | rising |
| 91 | Mauritania | 802 | 2012 | up 80.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Slovenia | 662 | 2012 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 93 | Antigua and Barbuda | 571 | 2012 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Saint Lucia | 485 | 2023 | down 35.2% | flat |
| 95 | Guyana | 479 | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Thailand | 429 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | British Virgin Islands | 427 | 2024 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Iceland | 417 | 2023 | up 56.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Serbia | 391 | 2024 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 100 | Gibraltar | 377 | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 101 | Comoros | 335 | 2004 | up 1,096.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Cayman Islands | 293 | 2024 | up 125.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Denmark | 279 | 2012 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 264 | 2024 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Niger | 198 | 2017 | up 147.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Qatar | 185 | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 107 | Bhutan | 161 | 2020 | up 187.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Naoero | 147 | 2022 | up 673.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Djibouti | 126 | 2019 | up 1,700.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Palestine, State of | 124 | 2023 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Malta | 119.7 | 2023 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Luxembourg | 99 | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 113 | Cook Islands | 82 | 2024 | up 110.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Andorra | 75 | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Anguilla | 70 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 116 | Cyprus | 61 | 2017 | — | rising |
| 117 | North Macedonia | 48 | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 118 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 35 | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Marshall Islands | 27 | 2024 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 20 | 2023 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Montserrat | 20 | 2023 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Cape Verde | 12 | 2019 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Togo | 12 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Brunei Darussalam | 10 | 2009 | unchanged | volatile |
| 125 | Monaco | 6 | 2024 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Republic of Moldova | 6 | 2024 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Tuvalu | 4 | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 2012 | 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.
- SDG: World 4.09 million
- UIS: World 4.09 million
- WB: World 4.09 million
- MDG: World 4.09 million
- UNICEF: World 4.08 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 3.26 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 3.24 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 3.12 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 3.06 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 2.98 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 2.68 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 2.66 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 2.52 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 2.11 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 2.08 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 1.98 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 1.88 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 1.65 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 1.46 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 1.45 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 1.45 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 1.45 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 1.24 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 1.22 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 1.20 million
- AIMS: East Asia 1.20 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.16 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 1.15 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 1.15 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 1.08 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 1.04 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 1.04 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 1.04 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 1.04 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 1.04 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 1.04 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 1.04 million
- WB: South Asia 994,060
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 994,060
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 962,710
About this data
February 2026 Data Release