Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
142
Highest
368,409
United States
Lowest
0
Saint Lucia
Median
2,509
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
7,873
What the numbers show
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female (number) is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 368,409 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Saint Lucia.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,509, and the mean is 14,224.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritania (up 3,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 368,409 | 2023 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 2 | China | 266,097 | 2024 | up 133.7% | rising |
| 3 | India | 113,466 | 2023 | up 178.1% | rising |
| 4 | Germany | 98,828 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 5 | Russia | 86,375 | 2024 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 6 | Turkey | 80,415 | 2023 | up 130.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Brazil | 71,776 | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 8 | Iran | 69,759 | 2022 | up 287.4% | volatile |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 64,321 | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 10 | Spain | 49,953 | 2024 | up 315.3% | rising |
| 11 | South Korea | 39,166 | 2024 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 34,839 | 2024 | up 152.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Malaysia | 34,462 | 2023 | up 181.5% | volatile |
| 14 | France | 32,660 | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 15 | Canada | 32,445 | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 29,872 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 17 | Algeria | 28,639 | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 18 | Japan | 27,514 | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 19 | Philippines | 25,256 | 2023 | up 143.2% | rising |
| 20 | Egypt | 22,523 | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 21 | Indonesia | 22,134 | 2023 | up 178.3% | falling |
| 22 | Netherlands | 21,434 | 2023 | up 216.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Italy | 20,601 | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 24 | Morocco | 20,305 | 2024 | up 129.5% | rising |
| 25 | Greece | 15,708 | 2023 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 26 | Thailand | 14,650 | 2024 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Argentina | 14,342 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 28 | Switzerland | 13,255 | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 29 | Portugal | 13,242 | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 30 | South Africa | 12,796 | 2023 | up 82.1% | rising |
| 31 | Pakistan | 11,812 | 2023 | up 67.0% | rising |
| 32 | Romania | 11,537 | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Ukraine | 11,489 | 2024 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 34 | Finland | 10,570 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 35 | Poland | 10,524 | 2024 | down 54.9% | rising |
| 36 | Sweden | 10,248 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 37 | Belgium | 9,557 | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 38 | Austria | 9,334 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 39 | Czechia | 9,241 | 2023 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 7,462 | 2024 | up 299.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Serbia | 7,084 | 2024 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 42 | Hong Kong | 6,950 | 2024 | up 95.5% | rising |
| 43 | Israel | 6,682 | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 44 | Tunisia | 6,642 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 45 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6,112 | 2024 | up 475.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Norway | 5,804 | 2024 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 47 | New Zealand | 5,719 | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 48 | Ireland | 5,512 | 2022 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 49 | Denmark | 5,370 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 50 | Hungary | 5,300 | 2024 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 51 | Vietnam | 5,175 | 2022 | up 363.7% | rising |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 4,809 | 2023 | up 99.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Kenya | 4,348 | 2019 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Uzbekistan | 3,952 | 2024 | up 804.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Peru | 3,715 | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 3,712 | 2024 | up 223.6% | falling |
| 57 | Cameroon | 3,707 | 2023 | up 208.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Senegal | 3,640 | 2024 | up 278.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Macao | 3,529 | 2024 | up 673.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Cuba | 3,487 | 2024 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 61 | Libya | 3,179 | 2003 | — | flat |
| 62 | Colombia | 3,161 | 2022 | up 169.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Mongolia | 3,157 | 2024 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 64 | Nigeria | 3,138 | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Chile | 3,062 | 2024 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 66 | Slovakia | 2,927 | 2024 | down 38.4% | flat |
| 67 | Belarus | 2,842 | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 2,725 | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 69 | Croatia | 2,625 | 2023 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 2,576 | 2023 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Jordan | 2,557 | 2024 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 72 | United Arab Emirates | 2,461 | 2024 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 73 | Myanmar | 2,240 | 2017 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Latvia | 2,073 | 2024 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 75 | Ghana | 2,006 | 2024 | up 562.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Lebanon | 1,937 | 2014 | up 220.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Slovenia | 1,890 | 2023 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,813 | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 79 | Georgia | 1,757 | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 1,651 | 2024 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Lithuania | 1,475 | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 82 | Singapore | 1,336 | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 83 | Estonia | 1,302 | 2024 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 84 | Moldova | 1,177 | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 85 | Burkina Faso | 1,129 | 2024 | up 390.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Madagascar | 1,124 | 2023 | up 207.1% | rising |
| 87 | Cyprus | 945 | 2024 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Albania | 756 | 2024 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Benin | 743 | 2022 | up 159.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Syria | 684 | 2016 | up 280.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 674 | 2023 | up 219.4% | rising |
| 92 | Tajikistan | 644 | 2017 | up 97.5% | rising |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 619 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Uruguay | 531 | 2023 | up 1,796.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Luxembourg | 468 | 2024 | up 84.3% | rising |
| 96 | North Macedonia | 463 | 2023 | up 258.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Niger | 460 | 2019 | up 248.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Palestine | 444 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Iceland | 443 | 2023 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Qatar | 430 | 2024 | up 1,947.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Armenia | 399 | 2024 | down 37.4% | rising |
| 102 | Nepal | 389 | 2023 | up 872.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Malta | 379.9 | 2023 | up 1,166.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 374 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 354 | 2019 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Tanzania | 353 | 2024 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Ethiopia | 304 | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Congo | 298 | 2023 | up 246.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Togo | 285 | 2021 | up 168.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Namibia | 231 | 2022 | up 260.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Mauritius | 220 | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Brunei | 213 | 2023 | up 187.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Oman | 193 | 2024 | up 264.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Ecuador | 177 | 2023 | up 98.9% | rising |
| 115 | Bahrain | 176 | 2024 | up 122.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Panama | 176 | 2022 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Mozambique | 173 | 2018 | up 1,341.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Botswana | 144 | 2023 | up 860.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Cambodia | 116 | 2023 | up 107.1% | rising |
| 120 | Rwanda | 112 | 2024 | up 522.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Mauritania | 93 | 2020 | up 3,000.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Barbados | 81 | 2011 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Honduras | 75 | 2024 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Montenegro | 67 | 2023 | up 219.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Mali | 55 | 2015 | up 511.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Guinea | 53 | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Liechtenstein | 53 | 2021 | up 140.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Malawi | 49 | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Turkmenistan | 43 | 2024 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 130 | Burundi | 41 | 2025 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 131 | El Salvador | 36 | 2024 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Kuwait | 35 | 2021 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Cape Verde | 34 | 2018 | up 580.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Monaco | 19 | 2024 | up 46.2% | falling |
| 135 | Andorra | 14 | 2024 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 136 | San Marino | 10 | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 137 | Laos | 8 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Seychelles | 7 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Samoa | 7 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Grenada | 4 | 2018 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 141 | Lesotho | 2 | 2018 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Saint Lucia | 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 2.05 million
- SDG: World 2.05 million
- UIS: World 2.05 million
- WB: World 2.05 million
- UNICEF: World 2.04 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 1.16 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 1.12 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 1.09 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 1.08 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 1.06 million
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 1.05 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 1.05 million
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 1.01 million
- MDG: Developed Regions 1.00 million
- WB: Oecd Members 1.00 million
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 969,764
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 934,586
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 919,260
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 902,612
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 777,893
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 758,874
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 730,361
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 618,143
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 617,763
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 578,632
- SDG: Europe 549,466
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 511,558
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 489,237
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 486,185
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 486,080
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 486,080
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 478,758
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 464,259
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 453,736
- AIMS: East Asia 450,579
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 424,809
- UNICEF: Western Europe 422,563
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 385,120
- SDG: Northern America 385,120
- UNICEF: North America 385,120
About this data
February 2026 Data Release