Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female (number) by country
Total number of female students enrolled in public and private tertiary education institutions in programmes on the doctoral or equivalent (ISCED 8) level.
Countries reporting
131
Highest
188,030 number
United States
Lowest
2 number
Lesotho
Median
2,228 number
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,886
What the numbers show
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female (number) is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 188,030 number in United States; the lowest is 2 number in Lesotho.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,228 number, and the mean is 10,843 number.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 94,015.
Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 7,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 97.2%).
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 188,030 number | 2018 | — | flat |
| 2 | China | 166,541 number | 2019 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 3 | Germany | 89,000 number | 2018 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 4 | India | 75,968 number | 2019 | up 86.2% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 61,996 number | 2018 | up 131.7% | rising |
| 6 | Iran | 61,776 number | 2018 | up 593.9% | volatile |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 54,051 number | 2018 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 8 | Russia | 44,442 number | 2018 | down 31.8% | flat |
| 9 | Spain | 42,644 number | 2018 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 10 | Turkey | 40,487 number | 2018 | up 169.4% | volatile |
| 11 | France | 31,091 number | 2018 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 12 | South Korea | 30,047 number | 2018 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 13 | Australia | 28,584 number | 2018 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 14 | Japan | 27,241 number | 2018 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 15 | Canada | 25,986 number | 2018 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 16 | Poland | 22,686 number | 2018 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 17 | Mexico | 21,328 number | 2018 | up 200.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Egypt | 21,145 number | 2017 | up 3,014.1% | rising |
| 19 | Malaysia | 20,475 number | 2019 | up 211.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Indonesia | 15,286 number | 2018 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 21 | Morocco | 15,149 number | 2019 | — | rising |
| 22 | Argentina | 14,572 number | 2017 | up 138.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Philippines | 14,541 number | 2017 | up 168.8% | rising |
| 24 | Greece | 14,272 number | 2018 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Italy | 14,178 number | 2018 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 26 | Thailand | 12,776 number | 2016 | up 106.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Ukraine | 12,402 number | 2019 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 28 | Switzerland | 11,728 number | 2018 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 29 | South Africa | 10,796 number | 2018 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 30 | Portugal | 10,573 number | 2018 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 31 | Czechia | 10,027 number | 2018 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 32 | Finland | 9,825 number | 2018 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 33 | Romania | 9,679 number | 2018 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Sweden | 9,487 number | 2018 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 35 | Austria | 9,286 number | 2018 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 36 | Pakistan | 8,784 number | 2018 | up 164.2% | rising |
| 37 | Belgium | 8,055 number | 2018 | up 88.6% | rising |
| 38 | Tunisia | 7,885 number | 2019 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 39 | Netherlands | 7,662 number | 2018 | up 142.8% | rising |
| 40 | Serbia | 6,534 number | 2019 | up 317.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Vietnam | 6,152 number | 2018 | up 368.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Israel | 6,106 number | 2018 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 43 | New Zealand | 5,185 number | 2018 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 44 | Denmark | 4,883 number | 2018 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 4,630 number | 2018 | up 179.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Cameroon | 4,604 number | 2018 | up 1,826.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Hong Kong | 4,552 number | 2019 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 48 | Norway | 4,475 number | 2018 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 49 | Ireland | 4,468 number | 2018 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 4,388 number | 2019 | up 416.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Kenya | 4,348 number | 2019 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Peru | 3,715 number | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Hungary | 3,639 number | 2018 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 3,625 number | 2019 | up 353.1% | falling |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 3,433 number | 2018 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 56 | Slovakia | 3,324 number | 2018 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 57 | Libya | 3,179 number | 2003 | — | flat |
| 58 | Nigeria | 3,138 number | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Belarus | 2,841 number | 2018 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 60 | Senegal | 2,810 number | 2019 | up 238.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Mongolia | 2,493 number | 2018 | up 96.1% | rising |
| 62 | Colombia | 2,480 number | 2018 | up 344.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Chile | 2,462 number | 2018 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 64 | Jordan | 2,461 number | 2018 | up 233.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Myanmar | 2,240 number | 2017 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2,228 number | 2017 | up 428.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 2,006 number | 2019 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Cuba | 1,946 number | 2018 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 69 | Croatia | 1,945 number | 2018 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Lebanon | 1,937 number | 2014 | up 220.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Georgia | 1,875 number | 2019 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 72 | Lithuania | 1,566 number | 2018 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,554 number | 2019 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 74 | Slovenia | 1,520 number | 2018 | up 94.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 1,440 number | 2019 | up 106.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Estonia | 1,394 number | 2018 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 77 | Latvia | 1,291 number | 2018 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 78 | Macao | 1,191 number | 2019 | up 673.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Moldova | 1,160 number | 2019 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 80 | Albania | 1,131 number | 2019 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Singapore | 1,098 number | 2018 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 82 | Cyprus | 853 number | 2018 | up 398.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Syria | 684 number | 2016 | up 280.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Ghana | 665 number | 2019 | up 939.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 644 number | 2017 | up 97.5% | rising |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | 629 number | 2019 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 619 number | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 613 number | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Armenia | 566 number | 2019 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 90 | Tanzania | 560 number | 2019 | up 1,455.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 473 number | 2019 | up 124.2% | rising |
| 92 | Niger | 460 number | 2019 | up 248.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Benin | 421 number | 2018 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Iceland | 375 number | 2018 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 354 number | 2019 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Madagascar | 322 number | 2018 | down 67.5% | flat |
| 97 | Nepal | 320 number | 2019 | up 338.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Ethiopia | 304 number | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Togo | 303 number | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 299 number | 2019 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 286 number | 2018 | up 291.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Honduras | 272 number | 2017 | up 1,842.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Congo | 247 number | 2017 | up 180.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Qatar | 240 number | 2019 | up 7,900.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Brunei | 223 number | 2019 | up 2,377.8% | volatile |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 193 number | 2018 | up 127.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Bahrain | 173 number | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Mozambique | 173 number | 2018 | up 1,341.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Mauritius | 148 number | 2017 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Palestine | 119 number | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Oman | 108 number | 2019 | up 2,600.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Burundi | 101 number | 2018 | up 676.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Namibia | 96 number | 2017 | up 860.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Barbados | 81 number | 2011 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Cambodia | 78 number | 2018 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Malta | 69 number | 2018 | up 213.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Panama | 68 number | 2016 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Mali | 55 number | 2015 | up 511.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Malawi | 49 number | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Kuwait | 42 number | 2019 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Botswana | 40 number | 2019 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 121 | Liechtenstein | 40 number | 2018 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Cape Verde | 34 number | 2018 | up 580.0% | volatile |
| 124 | El Salvador | 23 number | 2018 | up 109.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Dominican Republic | 18 number | 2017 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Monaco | 18 number | 2020 | — | rising |
| 127 | Rwanda | 14 number | 2019 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Andorra | 13.5 number | 2019 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 129 | Grenada | 4 number | 2018 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 130 | Laos | 2 number | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Lesotho | 2 number | 2018 | down 33.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.45 million number
- IDA & IBRD total 772,050 number
- OECD members 742,039 number
- Low & middle income 736,985 number
- Middle income 728,346 number
- IBRD only 724,643 number
- High income 708,320 number
- Post-demographic dividend 665,669 number
- Upper middle income 522,702 number
- Europe & Central Asia 507,865 number
- Late-demographic dividend 413,781 number
- European Union 371,187 number
- Early-demographic dividend 330,355 number
- East Asia & Pacific 328,674 number
- Euro area 251,357 number
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 238,235 number
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 238,235 number
- North America 214,016 number
- Lower middle income 205,645 number
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 157,827 number
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 144,712 number
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 132,973 number
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 132,854 number
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 123,517 number
- Latin America & Caribbean 119,528 number
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 112,624 number
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 111,898 number
- South Asia 92,512 number
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 92,512 number
- Arab World 77,293 number
- Central Europe and the Baltics 60,504 number
- IDA total 51,060 number
- Sub-Saharan Africa 37,998 number
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 37,998 number
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 37,850 number
- Pre-demographic dividend 35,414 number
- IDA only 25,211 number
- IDA blend 22,196 number
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 20,050 number
- Least developed countries 19,131 number
About this data
Total number of female students enrolled in public and private tertiary education institutions in programmes on the doctoral or equivalent (ISCED 8) level.