Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
129
Highest
17.55 million
India
Lowest
0
Bermuda
Median
107,299
Years covered
27
1999–2025
Data points
3,825
What the numbers show
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, female (number) is currently reported for 129 countries. The highest value is 17.55 million in India; the lowest is 0 in Bermuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 107,299, and the mean is 680,449.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 488.9%), and the largest decrease in Bermuda (down 100.0%).
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, female (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 17.55 million | 2023 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 2 | China | 15.98 million | 2024 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 6.09 million | 2024 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 4.96 million | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 5 | Indonesia | 4.45 million | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 6 | Mexico | 2.57 million | 2024 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 7 | Philippines | 2.52 million | 2023 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 8 | Argentina | 1.85 million | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 9 | Turkey | 1.80 million | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 10 | Egypt | 1.76 million | 2024 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 1.59 million | 2023 | up 84.3% | rising |
| 12 | Russia | 1.47 million | 2024 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 13 | Japan | 1.26 million | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 14 | Pakistan | 1.22 million | 2023 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 15 | Vietnam | 1.11 million | 2023 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 1.10 million | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 17 | Iran | 1.09 million | 2022 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 18 | Germany | 931,761 | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 19 | Thailand | 910,789 | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 20 | South Korea | 875,414 | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 21 | Colombia | 871,949 | 2022 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 22 | France | 774,071 | 2024 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 737,109 | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 24 | Spain | 724,911 | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 25 | Italy | 722,129 | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 26 | Canada | 625,992 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 27 | Australia | 605,595 | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 28 | Algeria | 559,450 | 2024 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 29 | Morocco | 548,305 | 2024 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 30 | Poland | 515,306 | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 31 | South Africa | 494,208 | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 32 | Chile | 474,355 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 33 | Ecuador | 426,562 | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 34 | Malaysia | 394,924 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 35 | Netherlands | 379,055 | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 36 | Ukraine | 370,803 | 2024 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 37 | Greece | 351,819 | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 38 | Syria | 337,949 | 2016 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 324,109 | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 314,117 | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 41 | Nepal | 289,391 | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 42 | Ghana | 249,301 | 2024 | up 185.4% | rising |
| 43 | Belgium | 216,046 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 44 | Jordan | 196,338 | 2024 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 45 | Romania | 184,156 | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 46 | Sweden | 177,994 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 163,330 | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 48 | Israel | 155,497 | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 155,222 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 50 | Portugal | 141,674 | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 51 | Cuba | 134,169 | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 52 | Cambodia | 130,151 | 2023 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 53 | Honduras | 125,794 | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 54 | Finland | 124,360 | 2024 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 55 | Tunisia | 122,124 | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 56 | Czechia | 117,312 | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 57 | Senegal | 116,061 | 2024 | up 167.3% | rising |
| 58 | Norway | 115,631 | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 59 | Switzerland | 112,446 | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 60 | Belarus | 112,335 | 2024 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 61 | Panama | 110,565 | 2022 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 62 | Hungary | 109,125 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 63 | Palestine | 108,673 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 64 | Denmark | 108,432 | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 65 | Austria | 107,299 | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 66 | Serbia | 106,625 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 67 | Cameroon | 105,764 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 68 | New Zealand | 104,578 | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 102,543 | 2024 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 98,110 | 2019 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 71 | Ireland | 94,617 | 2022 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 72 | Mozambique | 93,166 | 2018 | up 134.1% | rising |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 91,013 | 2024 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 74 | Tanzania | 89,122 | 2024 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 75 | El Salvador | 87,322 | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 76 | Madagascar | 84,655 | 2023 | up 117.9% | rising |
| 77 | Burkina Faso | 83,421 | 2024 | up 488.9% | rising |
| 78 | Hong Kong | 75,875 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 70,863 | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 80 | Mongolia | 70,797 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 81 | Georgia | 64,825 | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 82 | Oman | 64,126 | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 83 | Kuwait | 63,274 | 2021 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 84 | Singapore | 60,932 | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 85 | Cote d'Ivoire | 56,432 | 2024 | up 126.3% | rising |
| 86 | Rwanda | 49,175 | 2024 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 87 | Slovakia | 48,767 | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 88 | Croatia | 48,408 | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 89 | Armenia | 41,352 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 90 | Lithuania | 39,772 | 2024 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 91 | Albania | 37,965 | 2024 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 92 | Togo | 35,158 | 2021 | up 177.7% | rising |
| 93 | Namibia | 31,561 | 2022 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31,493 | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 30,969 | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 96 | Burundi | 29,022 | 2025 | up 126.5% | rising |
| 97 | Jamaica | 28,887 | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 98 | Bahrain | 26,273 | 2024 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 99 | Slovenia | 26,196 | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 100 | Qatar | 25,547 | 2024 | up 98.9% | rising |
| 101 | Moldova | 24,967 | 2024 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 102 | Latvia | 22,343 | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 103 | Botswana | 21,917 | 2023 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 104 | Guinea | 19,676 | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 105 | Mauritius | 19,180 | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 106 | Mali | 18,391 | 2015 | — | falling |
| 107 | Macao | 17,542 | 2024 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 108 | Laos | 17,520 | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 109 | Niger | 16,812 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 110 | Estonia | 15,864 | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 111 | Cyprus | 12,510 | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 112 | Montenegro | 9,384 | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 113 | Iceland | 8,790 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 114 | Mauritania | 7,703 | 2020 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 115 | Cape Verde | 6,460 | 2018 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 116 | Malta | 6,262 | 2023 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 117 | Lesotho | 6,002 | 2018 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 118 | Brunei | 4,189 | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 119 | Belize | 1,887 | 2024 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 120 | Luxembourg | 1,858 | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 121 | Andorra | 1,416 | 2024 | up 455.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Samoa | 1,397 | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 123 | Seychelles | 533 | 2024 | up 83.2% | rising |
| 124 | Saint Lucia | 495 | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 125 | Monaco | 483 | 2024 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 126 | San Marino | 406 | 2024 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 127 | Liechtenstein | 209 | 2021 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 128 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 75 | 2023 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 129 | 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 94.74 million
- SDG: World 94.74 million
- UIS: World 94.74 million
- WB: World 94.74 million
- UNICEF: World 94.58 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 80.05 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 78.14 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 77.71 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 76.20 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 73.85 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 69.38 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 56.82 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 53.03 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 46.40 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 40.67 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 33.49 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 31.54 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 30.17 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 29.46 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 29.39 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 29.39 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 29.36 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 28.74 million
- AIMS: East Asia 28.67 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 26.49 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 26.49 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 26.35 million
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 25.93 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 24.56 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 23.57 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 22.45 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 22.45 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 22.45 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 22.45 million
- WB: Oecd Members 21.39 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 21.32 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 21.32 million
- WB: South Asia 19.96 million
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 19.96 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 19.63 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release