Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024: Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes was 32.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 32.7% for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.3% on the previous year and up 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 32.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 1971.
That places GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 123rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 9.4% | — |
| 1971 | 6.3% | -33.0% |
| 1972 | 6.7% | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 7.4% | +10.7% |
| 1974 | 8.2% | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 9.1% | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 10.4% | +13.9% |
| 1977 | 11.8% | +13.8% |
| 1978 | 12.4% | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 12.6% | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 13.1% | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 13.7% | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 14.3% | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 14.8% | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 15.1% | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 14.3% | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 14.3% | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 14.4% | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 14.1% | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 12.6% | -10.4% |
| 1990 | 11.9% | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 10.6% | -11.3% |
| 1992 | 12.1% | +14.2% |
| 1993 | 13.6% | +12.7% |
| 1994 | 15.0% | +10.2% |
| 1995 | 16.5% | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 18.0% | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 19.7% | +9.4% |
| 1998 | 22.2% | +12.3% |
| 1999 | 24.2% | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 23.9% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 24.2% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 25.0% | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 23.5% | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 24.6% | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 25.4% | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 25.4% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 25.9% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 26.0% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 26.6% | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 26.7% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 23.8% | -10.9% |
| 2012 | 24.4% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 25.5% | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 25.7% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 27.7% | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 26.9% | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 27.2% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 29.4% | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 29.3% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 31.2% | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 30.7% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 30.3% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 31.1% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 32.7% | +5.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | -33.0% | 9.4% | 6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9.4% | 6.3% | 12.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.1% | 12.6% | 15.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.4% | 10.6% | 24.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.0% | 23.5% | 26.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.7% | 23.8% | 29.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.2% | 30.3% | 32.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
- 120 Turks and Caicos Islands 25.3% compare
- 121 Belize 24.8% compare
- 122 Cape Verde 24.3% compare
- 123 Trinidad and Tobago 23.8% compare
- 124 Bangladesh 23.7% compare
- 125 South Africa 23.5% compare
- 126 Honduras 23.3% compare
More education data for GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.88 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 844,570 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 23.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 11.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 8.64 million (2024)
All data for GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 32.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 32.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 1971.
- How does GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes?
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 123rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes rising or falling in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 55 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release