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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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

About this data

Indicator
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
176 places, 2,886 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of female students enrolled in public and private tertiary education institutions in programmes on the doctoral or equivalent (ISCED 8) level.