Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
127
Highest
3.36 million
India
Lowest
36
Saint Lucia
Median
23,800
Years covered
22
2004–2025
Data points
3,841
What the numbers show
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female (number) is currently reported for 127 countries. The highest value is 3.36 million in India; the lowest is 36 in Saint Lucia.
The median across all reporting countries is 23,800, and the mean is 124,026.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 93,206.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Andorra (up 600.0%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 69.1%).
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 3.36 million | 2023 | up 87.9% | rising |
| 2 | China | 1.73 million | 2024 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 1.57 million | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 4 | Russia | 721,025 | 2024 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 621,721 | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 6 | France | 549,128 | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 7 | Italy | 498,572 | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 458,050 | 2023 | up 87.2% | rising |
| 9 | Algeria | 333,881 | 2024 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 10 | Iran | 322,544 | 2022 | up 29.7% | flat |
| 11 | Indonesia | 317,513 | 2023 | up 135.8% | rising |
| 12 | Turkey | 316,694 | 2023 | up 128.1% | rising |
| 13 | Poland | 314,123 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 14 | Spain | 262,967 | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 232,275 | 2024 | up 118.9% | rising |
| 16 | Argentina | 231,994 | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 17 | Australia | 196,181 | 2024 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 18 | Ukraine | 163,508 | 2024 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 19 | Philippines | 161,101 | 2023 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 152,919 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 21 | Japan | 140,337 | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 22 | South Korea | 138,031 | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 23 | Canada | 137,325 | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 24 | Morocco | 112,141 | 2024 | up 145.5% | rising |
| 25 | Netherlands | 107,243 | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 26 | Egypt | 106,905 | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 27 | Brazil | 104,719 | 2024 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 28 | Romania | 102,444 | 2023 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 29 | Colombia | 96,491 | 2022 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 93,780 | 2024 | up 189.6% | rising |
| 31 | Sweden | 90,580 | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 32 | Austria | 86,443 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 33 | Pakistan | 83,688 | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 34 | Chile | 75,766 | 2024 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 35 | Belgium | 70,371 | 2023 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 36 | Portugal | 67,686 | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 37 | Greece | 66,219 | 2023 | up 137.6% | rising |
| 38 | Czechia | 65,917 | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 39 | Tunisia | 64,596 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 40 | Norway | 61,680 | 2024 | up 82.7% | rising |
| 41 | Malaysia | 54,916 | 2023 | up 15.2% | flat |
| 42 | Vietnam | 54,851 | 2022 | up 144.7% | rising |
| 43 | Thailand | 54,751 | 2024 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 44 | Finland | 52,995 | 2024 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 45 | Hungary | 49,192 | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 46 | Ecuador | 46,474 | 2023 | up 153.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Switzerland | 45,932 | 2024 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 48 | Israel | 43,137 | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 49 | Croatia | 41,049 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 50 | Hong Kong | 40,568 | 2024 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 51 | Denmark | 38,964 | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 52 | Cameroon | 38,960 | 2024 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 38,305 | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 54 | South Africa | 35,767 | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 55 | Serbia | 33,947 | 2024 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 33,734 | 2023 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 57 | Cuba | 32,059 | 2024 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 58 | Georgia | 32,025 | 2025 | up 361.0% | rising |
| 59 | Nepal | 29,557 | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 60 | Albania | 29,140 | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 61 | Slovakia | 28,817 | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 26,174 | 2024 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 25,558 | 2024 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 64 | Ireland | 23,800 | 2022 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 65 | Senegal | 21,809 | 2024 | up 164.1% | rising |
| 66 | Cyprus | 20,160 | 2024 | up 208.9% | rising |
| 67 | Azerbaijan | 18,789 | 2024 | up 240.1% | rising |
| 68 | New Zealand | 18,648 | 2024 | up 112.8% | rising |
| 69 | Jordan | 17,483 | 2024 | up 87.6% | rising |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 17,345 | 2024 | up 125.7% | rising |
| 71 | Lithuania | 16,999 | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 72 | Mongolia | 16,199 | 2024 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 73 | United Arab Emirates | 14,815 | 2024 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14,438 | 2023 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 75 | El Salvador | 14,384 | 2024 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 76 | Slovenia | 14,265 | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 77 | Ghana | 14,217 | 2024 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 78 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13,663 | 2024 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 79 | Palestine | 13,585 | 2023 | up 142.8% | rising |
| 80 | Honduras | 12,856 | 2024 | up 398.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Madagascar | 11,893 | 2023 | up 87.4% | rising |
| 82 | Moldova | 11,211 | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 83 | Syria | 10,547 | 2016 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 84 | Latvia | 10,018 | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 85 | Burkina Faso | 9,832 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 86 | Belarus | 9,760 | 2024 | up 189.7% | rising |
| 87 | Estonia | 9,426 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 88 | Panama | 9,129 | 2022 | up 32.4% | falling |
| 89 | Macao | 9,054 | 2024 | up 202.7% | rising |
| 90 | Singapore | 7,159 | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 91 | Niger | 6,267 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 92 | Tanzania | 6,111 | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 93 | Armenia | 5,376 | 2024 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 5,346 | 2019 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 95 | Mali | 5,099 | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Malta | 4,143 | 2023 | up 138.9% | rising |
| 97 | Iceland | 3,716 | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 98 | Mauritius | 3,667 | 2023 | up 82.8% | rising |
| 99 | Mozambique | 3,251 | 2018 | up 119.7% | rising |
| 100 | Benin | 3,029 | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 101 | Montenegro | 2,930 | 2023 | up 342.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Bahrain | 2,913 | 2024 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 103 | Cambodia | 2,718 | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 104 | Qatar | 2,671 | 2024 | up 315.4% | rising |
| 105 | Rwanda | 2,527 | 2024 | up 88.7% | rising |
| 106 | Namibia | 2,267 | 2022 | up 218.4% | rising |
| 107 | North Macedonia | 2,186 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 108 | Botswana | 1,771 | 2023 | up 114.4% | rising |
| 109 | Oman | 1,713 | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 110 | Luxembourg | 1,655 | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 111 | Kuwait | 1,443 | 2021 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 112 | Mauritania | 1,368 | 2020 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 113 | Togo | 1,241 | 2021 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 114 | Guinea | 716 | 2023 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Brunei | 656 | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 116 | Laos | 652 | 2023 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 117 | Burundi | 455 | 2025 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Samoa | 280 | 2024 | up 288.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Monaco | 266 | 2024 | up 131.3% | rising |
| 120 | Cape Verde | 218 | 2018 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 121 | Lesotho | 172 | 2018 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 122 | Seychelles | 134 | 2024 | up 378.6% | rising |
| 123 | Liechtenstein | 122 | 2021 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 124 | San Marino | 73 | 2024 | up 231.8% | rising |
| 125 | Andorra | 70 | 2024 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Belize | 39 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Saint Lucia | 36 | 2023 | down 25.0% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: World 16.12 million
- SDG: World 16.12 million
- UIS: World 16.12 million
- WB: World 16.12 million
- UNICEF: World 16.05 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 10.44 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 10.44 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 9.87 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 9.71 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 9.70 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 9.33 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 8.07 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 7.03 million
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 6.94 million
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 6.87 million
- MDG: Developed Regions 6.78 million
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 6.58 million
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 6.40 million
- WB: Oecd Members 6.38 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 6.27 million
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 5.67 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 5.37 million
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 5.18 million
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 5.18 million
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 4.79 million
- SDG: Europe 4.76 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 4.58 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 4.34 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 4.27 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 4.09 million
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 4.05 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 4.00 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 4.00 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 4.00 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 4.00 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 3.87 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 3.72 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 3.72 million
- WB: South Asia 3.64 million
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 3.64 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release