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Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, both sexes (number) by country

Total number of students enrolled in public and private tertiary education institutions in programmes on the masters or equivalent (ISCED 7) level.

Countries reporting
106
Highest
4.43 million number
India
Lowest
35 number
Andorra
Median
40,554 number
Years covered
17
2004–2020
Data points
1,007

What the numbers show

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 4.43 million number in India; the lowest is 35 number in Andorra.

The median across all reporting countries is 40,554 number, and the mean is 210,307 number.

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 288.0%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 68.1%).

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 4.43 million number 2019 up 17.2% rising
2 United States 2.65 million number 2018 — rising
3 China 2.41 million number 2019 up 21.5% rising
4 Russia 1.21 million number 2018 down 68.1% falling
5 Germany 1.05 million number 2018 up 13.3% rising
6 France 989,085 number 2018 up 18.9% rising
7 Iran 744,234 number 2018 up 44.3% rising
8 Italy 713,633 number 2018 down 1.8% flat
9 Turkey 583,939 number 2018 up 85.5% rising
10 Poland 464,624 number 2018 down 20.3% falling
11 United Kingdom 450,591 number 2018 up 6.4% rising
12 Ukraine 392,210 number 2019 down 11.9% falling
13 Indonesia 355,463 number 2018 up 24.4% rising
14 Japan 348,038 number 2018 up 2.8% flat
15 Spain 339,934 number 2018 down 33.9% falling
16 Mexico 308,188 number 2018 up 52.0% rising
17 Australia 304,632 number 2018 up 48.8% rising
18 South Korea 242,332 number 2018 down 6.7% falling
19 Philippines 236,351 number 2017 up 136.8% rising
20 Egypt 222,873 number 2017 — rising
21 Canada 202,679 number 2018 up 8.1% flat
22 Pakistan 176,844 number 2018 down 42.4% falling
23 Brazil 175,220 number 2018 up 35.2% rising
24 Romania 168,852 number 2018 down 9.8% falling
25 Colombia 157,581 number 2018 up 29.2% rising
26 Sweden 144,769 number 2018 up 6.4% rising
27 Austria 135,346 number 2018 down 3.4% flat
28 Morocco 131,464 number 2019 — rising
29 Portugal 118,194 number 2018 down 1.5% flat
30 Czechia 111,986 number 2018 down 16.1% falling
31 Vietnam 106,567 number 2018 up 59.6% rising
32 Belgium 102,785 number 2018 up 20.1% rising
33 Chile 96,620 number 2018 up 9.5% rising
34 Malaysia 95,047 number 2019 up 13.8% rising
35 Tunisia 91,806 number 2019 down 11.4% falling
36 Saudi Arabia 81,212 number 2019 up 22.9% rising
37 Hungary 79,929 number 2018 up 3.7% rising
38 Greece 78,118 number 2018 up 62.5% rising
39 Bulgaria 74,680 number 2018 down 10.0% falling
40 Norway 72,404 number 2018 up 28.6% rising
41 Switzerland 70,070 number 2018 up 16.8% rising
42 Denmark 70,048 number 2018 up 3.7% flat
43 Finland 68,582 number 2018 up 14.2% rising
44 Cuba 66,492 number 2018 down 38.1% falling
45 Croatia 63,586 number 2018 up 9.3% rising
46 Israel 62,996 number 2018 up 8.6% rising
48 Nepal 60,270 number 2019 down 13.7% falling
49 Slovakia 55,816 number 2018 down 25.5% falling
50 Hong Kong 52,640 number 2019 up 5.8% flat
51 Serbia 47,350 number 2019 up 38.4% rising
52 Sri Lanka 44,693 number 2019 up 16.9% rising
53 Albania 43,749 number 2019 down 4.8% falling
54 Kazakhstan 42,971 number 2019 down 35.6% falling
55 Senegal 38,136 number 2019 up 109.0% rising
56 Cote d'Ivoire 33,982 number 2017 up 88.5% rising
57 Georgia 33,940 number 2019 up 221.7% rising
58 Ireland 33,935 number 2018 up 19.4% rising
59 Ghana 29,110 number 2019 up 39.7% rising
60 United Arab Emirates 27,525 number 2017 — rising
61 Lithuania 27,076 number 2018 down 16.7% falling
62 Lebanon 25,031 number 2019 up 50.7% rising
63 Syria 22,734 number 2016 up 15.0% rising
64 Ecuador 21,911 number 2016 — falling
65 Slovenia 21,517 number 2018 down 16.7% falling
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21,004 number 2019 up 42.5% rising
67 Azerbaijan 20,954 number 2019 up 103.9% rising
68 New Zealand 19,221 number 2018 up 39.5% rising
69 Niger 18,912 number 2019 — rising
70 Cyprus 18,434 number 2018 up 133.5% rising
71 Latvia 18,323 number 2018 up 61.7% rising
72 Honduras 18,076 number 2018 up 266.5% volatile
73 Mali 18,001 number 2015 — rising
74 Moldova 17,895 number 2019 down 18.0% falling
75 Madagascar 17,479 number 2018 up 16.9% rising
76 El Salvador 16,769 number 2018 up 14.7% rising
77 Dominican Republic 16,083 number 2017 up 155.0% rising
78 Palestine 15,355 number 2019 up 42.4% rising
79 Belarus 14,947 number 2018 up 145.5% rising
80 Estonia 14,590 number 2018 down 14.2% falling
81 Costa Rica 14,180 number 2019 up 39.0% rising
82 Benin 12,657 number 2018 down 19.0% falling
83 Armenia 10,855 number 2019 down 10.3% falling
84 Tanzania 9,123 number 2019 down 43.1% falling
85 Mozambique 8,916 number 2018 up 119.9% rising
86 Macao 6,465 number 2019 up 43.5% rising
87 Oman 5,222 number 2019 up 38.5% rising
88 Malta 4,452 number 2018 up 42.9% rising
89 Iceland 4,421 number 2018 up 0.3% flat
90 Rwanda 4,214 number 2019 up 16.0% rising
91 Bahrain 4,035 number 2019 up 6.3% flat
92 Mauritius 4,000 number 2017 — rising
93 Togo 3,975 number 2018 up 94.5% rising
94 Kuwait 3,382 number 2019 up 145.6% rising
95 Laos 3,184 number 2019 up 68.5% rising
96 Qatar 3,092 number 2019 up 155.5% rising
97 North Macedonia 2,767 number 2018 down 22.1% falling
98 Botswana 2,266 number 2019 up 42.8% rising
99 Burundi 1,262 number 2018 up 94.2% rising
100 Brunei 1,027 number 2019 up 2.0% falling
101 Cape Verde 370 number 2018 down 26.4% falling
102 Lesotho 346 number 2018 up 37.8% rising
103 Liechtenstein 283 number 2018 — rising
104 Monaco 278 number 2020 — rising
105 Seychelles 194 number 2019 up 288.0% rising
106 Saint Lucia 53 number 2019 down 5.4% rising
107 Andorra 35 number 2019 up 25.0% flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
150 places, 1,007 data points, 2004–2020
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Total number of students enrolled in public and private tertiary education institutions in programmes on the masters or equivalent (ISCED 7) level.