Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400): Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female was 18.24 million in 2024. β² Rising
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), 1998β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) stood at 18.24 million. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) peaked at 18.24 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.24 million, in 1998.
That places ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 12th out of 218 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.33 million | 5.24 million | 5.41 million | 2 |
| 2000s | 8.91 million | 5.95 million | 11.53 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.53 million | 11.87 million | 14.89 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.29 million | 15.83 million | 18.24 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
More education data for ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 187.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 203.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 127.86 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 18.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 216.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 126.65 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 116.03 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) was 18.24 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, female recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The highest recorded value was 18.24 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, female recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.24 million in 1998.
- How does ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank for enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, female?
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 12th out of 218 groups with data for 2024.
- Is enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, female rising or falling in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release