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

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

Countries reporting
103
Highest
2.47 million number
India
Lowest
18 number
Andorra
Median
25,638 number
Years covered
17
2004–2020
Data points
983

What the numbers show

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female (number) is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 2.47 million number in India; the lowest is 18 number in Andorra.

The median across all reporting countries is 25,638 number, and the mean is 117,814 number.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 403.6%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 69.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 2.47 million number 2019 up 38.2% rising
2 United States 1.60 million number 2018 — rising
3 China 1.23 million number 2019 up 31.3% rising
4 Russia 645,875 number 2018 down 69.6% volatile
5 Germany 563,022 number 2018 up 12.5% rising
6 France 528,944 number 2018 up 18.9% rising
7 Italy 420,939 number 2018 down 4.1% falling
8 Iran 352,105 number 2018 up 41.6% rising
9 Poland 304,721 number 2018 down 20.4% falling
10 United Kingdom 273,043 number 2018 up 11.6% rising
11 Turkey 244,396 number 2018 up 76.0% rising
12 Ukraine 219,993 number 2019 down 14.4% falling
13 Spain 198,778 number 2018 down 30.0% falling
14 Mexico 169,342 number 2018 up 58.2% rising
15 Australia 160,987 number 2018 up 44.7% rising
16 Indonesia 155,557 number 2018 up 15.5% rising
17 Philippines 155,166 number 2017 up 141.4% rising
18 Japan 135,691 number 2018 up 9.1% rising
19 South Korea 128,617 number 2018 down 2.2% flat
20 Egypt 117,345 number 2017 — rising
21 Canada 116,121 number 2018 up 9.8% rising
22 Romania 100,591 number 2018 down 10.3% falling
23 Brazil 94,547 number 2018 up 35.9% rising
24 Colombia 86,899 number 2018 up 28.9% rising
25 Sweden 82,687 number 2018 up 6.8% rising
26 Austria 72,990 number 2018 down 5.1% falling
27 Pakistan 72,269 number 2018 down 42.9% falling
28 Czechia 66,966 number 2018 down 17.7% falling
29 Morocco 64,511 number 2019 — rising
30 Portugal 63,211 number 2018 up 0.7% flat
31 Belgium 55,914 number 2018 up 20.2% rising
32 Chile 54,234 number 2018 up 9.3% rising
33 Tunisia 54,012 number 2019 down 7.9% falling
34 Malaysia 52,292 number 2019 up 9.7% flat
35 Greece 46,801 number 2018 up 67.9% rising
36 Vietnam 46,584 number 2018 up 107.8% rising
37 Hungary 45,321 number 2018 up 2.7% rising
38 Bulgaria 42,964 number 2018 down 11.2% falling
39 Norway 41,522 number 2018 up 30.6% rising
40 Saudi Arabia 40,727 number 2019 up 36.0% rising
41 Finland 39,867 number 2018 up 10.9% rising
42 Croatia 39,733 number 2018 up 9.3% rising
43 Denmark 39,237 number 2018 up 2.1% flat
44 Israel 39,180 number 2018 up 12.8% rising
45 Cuba 37,633 number 2018 down 41.5% falling
46 Switzerland 36,036 number 2018 up 18.7% rising
47 Slovakia 34,321 number 2018 down 26.6% falling
48 South Africa 33,424 number 2018 up 32.7% rising
49 Hong Kong 30,906 number 2019 up 15.3% rising
50 Serbia 29,212 number 2019 up 38.6% rising
51 Albania 27,833 number 2019 down 2.9% falling
52 Kazakhstan 25,638 number 2019 down 43.4% falling
53 Sri Lanka 24,657 number 2019 up 23.3% rising
54 Ireland 18,603 number 2018 up 23.9% rising
55 Georgia 18,234 number 2019 up 222.3% rising
56 Lithuania 17,233 number 2018 down 20.1% falling
57 Senegal 16,021 number 2019 up 172.7% rising
58 Slovenia 13,762 number 2018 down 17.0% falling
59 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13,738 number 2019 up 48.5% rising
60 Azerbaijan 12,876 number 2019 up 133.3% rising
61 Cyprus 12,109 number 2018 up 147.8% rising
62 Latvia 11,666 number 2018 up 64.2% rising
63 New Zealand 11,564 number 2018 up 43.6% rising
64 Cote d'Ivoire 11,299 number 2017 up 108.9% rising
65 Dominican Republic 11,182 number 2017 up 190.4% rising
66 Ghana 10,888 number 2019 up 65.6% rising
67 Honduras 10,671 number 2018 up 308.2% volatile
68 United Arab Emirates 10,638 number 2017 — rising
69 Moldova 10,631 number 2019 down 17.9% falling
70 Syria 10,547 number 2016 up 25.9% rising
71 El Salvador 9,777 number 2018 up 17.9% rising
72 Estonia 9,074 number 2018 down 16.0% falling
73 Palestine 9,024 number 2019 up 61.3% rising
74 Madagascar 7,724 number 2018 up 21.7% rising
75 Armenia 7,452 number 2019 down 9.8% falling
76 Niger 6,267 number 2019 — rising
77 Belarus 6,214 number 2018 up 108.8% rising
78 Costa Rica 5,346 number 2019 down 2.3% flat
79 Mali 5,099 number 2015 — volatile
80 Macao 3,950 number 2019 up 54.7% rising
81 Tanzania 3,674 number 2019 down 30.0% falling
82 Mozambique 3,251 number 2018 up 119.7% rising
83 Benin 3,148 number 2018 down 4.0% falling
84 Iceland 3,060 number 2018 up 1.3% flat
85 Oman 2,664 number 2019 up 30.5% rising
86 Malta 2,464 number 2018 up 42.1% rising
87 Bahrain 2,377 number 2019 up 18.7% rising
88 Kuwait 2,232 number 2019 up 124.3% rising
89 Mauritius 2,102 number 2017 — rising
90 Qatar 1,895 number 2019 up 144.8% rising
91 Laos 1,569 number 2019 up 99.6% rising
92 North Macedonia 1,496 number 2018 down 24.7% falling
93 Rwanda 1,426 number 2019 up 22.4% rising
94 Botswana 1,270 number 2019 up 53.8% rising
95 Brunei 721 number 2019 unchanged falling
96 Burundi 320 number 2018 up 171.2% volatile
97 Cape Verde 218 number 2018 down 6.0% flat
98 Monaco 182 number 2020 — rising
99 Lesotho 172 number 2018 up 25.5% rising
100 Seychelles 141 number 2019 up 403.6% rising
101 Liechtenstein 90 number 2018 — rising
102 Saint Lucia 45 number 2019 down 6.2% rising
103 Andorra 18 number 2019 up 100.0% rising

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, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
146 places, 983 data points, 2004–2020
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Total number of female students enrolled in public and private tertiary education institutions in programmes on the masters or equivalent (ISCED 7) level.