Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
131
Highest
36.49 million
India
Lowest
0
Bermuda
Median
193,214
Years covered
27
1999–2025
Data points
3,870
What the numbers show
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 36.49 million in India; the lowest is 0 in Bermuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 193,214, and the mean is 1.28 million.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Andorra (up 548.4%), and the largest decrease in Bermuda (down 100.0%).
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 … tertiary 6 both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 36.49 million | 2023 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 2 | China | 30.69 million | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 10.23 million | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 8.87 million | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 5 | Indonesia | 8.27 million | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 6 | Mexico | 4.76 million | 2024 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 7 | Philippines | 4.45 million | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 8 | Egypt | 3.59 million | 2024 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 9 | Turkey | 3.55 million | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 3.49 million | 2023 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 11 | Russia | 2.88 million | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 12 | Argentina | 2.88 million | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 13 | Japan | 2.73 million | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 14 | Pakistan | 2.54 million | 2023 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 15 | Iran | 2.07 million | 2022 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 16 | Vietnam | 2.04 million | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 17 | South Korea | 1.96 million | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 1.95 million | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 19 | Germany | 1.93 million | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 20 | Colombia | 1.59 million | 2022 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 21 | Thailand | 1.52 million | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 1.34 million | 2024 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 23 | Italy | 1.32 million | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 24 | France | 1.30 million | 2024 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 25 | Spain | 1.29 million | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 26 | Canada | 1.10 million | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 27 | Australia | 1.03 million | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 28 | Morocco | 979,250 | 2024 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 29 | Poland | 917,239 | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 30 | Algeria | 916,327 | 2024 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 31 | Chile | 915,748 | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 32 | Ukraine | 783,279 | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 33 | South Africa | 775,834 | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 34 | Ecuador | 751,029 | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 35 | Greece | 734,379 | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 36 | Netherlands | 709,340 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 37 | Malaysia | 670,803 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 38 | Syria | 645,958 | 2016 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 39 | Peru | 603,787 | 2024 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 592,694 | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 41 | Ghana | 523,533 | 2024 | up 129.3% | rising |
| 42 | Nepal | 513,784 | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 484,042 | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 44 | Belgium | 379,455 | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 45 | Jordan | 356,173 | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 46 | Romania | 349,086 | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 323,465 | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 48 | Sweden | 276,179 | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 49 | Israel | 266,733 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 50 | Portugal | 265,441 | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 246,913 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 52 | Cambodia | 237,243 | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 53 | Cameroon | 234,396 | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 54 | Finland | 232,051 | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 55 | Switzerland | 220,765 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 56 | Honduras | 215,772 | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 57 | Belarus | 214,581 | 2024 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 58 | Senegal | 212,685 | 2024 | up 86.6% | rising |
| 59 | Czechia | 207,109 | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 60 | Mozambique | 204,401 | 2018 | up 104.9% | rising |
| 61 | Cuba | 203,996 | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 62 | Hungary | 202,962 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 63 | Azerbaijan | 202,433 | 2024 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 64 | Tanzania | 201,652 | 2024 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 65 | Austria | 193,739 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | 193,214 | 2024 | up 347.8% | rising |
| 67 | Norway | 192,124 | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 68 | Tunisia | 186,401 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 69 | Serbia | 185,112 | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 70 | Panama | 182,121 | 2022 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 71 | Denmark | 181,704 | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 72 | Lebanon | 179,162 | 2023 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 178,008 | 2019 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 74 | Ireland | 176,360 | 2022 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 75 | New Zealand | 170,886 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 76 | Palestine | 167,826 | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 77 | Madagascar | 165,100 | 2023 | up 112.3% | rising |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 161,043 | 2024 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 79 | El Salvador | 155,472 | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 80 | Hong Kong | 147,733 | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 132,946 | 2024 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 129,656 | 2024 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 83 | Georgia | 125,612 | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 84 | Singapore | 120,175 | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 85 | Mongolia | 117,344 | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 86 | Oman | 107,353 | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 87 | Rwanda | 102,763 | 2024 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 88 | Togo | 99,996 | 2021 | up 98.6% | rising |
| 89 | Kuwait | 98,178 | 2021 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 90 | Croatia | 89,412 | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 91 | Slovakia | 85,903 | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 92 | Armenia | 72,058 | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 93 | Lithuania | 71,589 | 2024 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 94 | Albania | 68,612 | 2024 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 95 | Burundi | 65,394 | 2025 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 96 | Mali | 63,314 | 2015 | — | falling |
| 97 | Guinea | 61,502 | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54,487 | 2023 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 99 | North Macedonia | 53,821 | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 100 | Namibia | 50,671 | 2022 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 101 | Bahrain | 45,136 | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 102 | Moldova | 44,396 | 2024 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 103 | Slovenia | 44,284 | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 104 | Niger | 42,937 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 105 | Latvia | 41,668 | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 106 | Jamaica | 39,970 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 107 | Qatar | 38,228 | 2024 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 108 | Botswana | 36,752 | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 109 | Laos | 35,803 | 2023 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 110 | Mauritius | 35,307 | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 111 | Macao | 33,518 | 2024 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 112 | Estonia | 27,606 | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 113 | Cyprus | 25,318 | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 114 | Mauritania | 19,677 | 2020 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 115 | Montenegro | 16,780 | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 116 | Iceland | 13,554 | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 117 | Cape Verde | 10,988 | 2018 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 118 | Malta | 10,940 | 2023 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 119 | Lesotho | 9,764 | 2018 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 120 | Brunei | 6,822 | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 121 | Luxembourg | 3,277 | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 122 | Andorra | 2,808 | 2024 | up 548.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Belize | 2,637 | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 124 | Samoa | 1,998 | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 125 | San Marino | 855 | 2024 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 126 | Seychelles | 769 | 2024 | up 89.4% | rising |
| 127 | Monaco | 762 | 2024 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 128 | Saint Lucia | 623 | 2023 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 129 | Liechtenstein | 433 | 2021 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 130 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 82 | 2023 | up 17.1% | flat |
| 131 | Bermuda | 0 | 2023 | 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.
- MDG: World 182.19 million
- SDG: World 182.19 million
- UIS: World 182.19 million
- WB: World 182.18 million
- UNICEF: World 181.89 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 155.20 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 151.24 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 150.61 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 148.07 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 142.34 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 132.35 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 112.57 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 104.91 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 90.79 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 75.15 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 67.57 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 63.99 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 56.10 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 55.98 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 55.98 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 55.98 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 55.91 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 54.87 million
- AIMS: East Asia 54.75 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 50.94 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 49.96 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 49.95 million
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 49.59 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 49.53 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 48.81 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 46.54 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 46.54 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 46.54 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 46.54 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 44.40 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 44.40 million
- WB: South Asia 41.46 million
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 41.46 million
- WB: Oecd Members 40.26 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 39.30 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release