Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Algeria
Algeria: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 1.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Algeria, 2007–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 1.9% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Algeria peaked at 3.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2007.
Algeria ranks 121st of 126 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Algeria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1.2% | — |
| 2009 | 1.3% | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 2.1% | +64.7% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | -11.1% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | +17.2% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | -22.2% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | +24.6% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | +21.7% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | -14.6% |
| 2020 | 3.0% | +23.5% |
| 2021 | 2.9% | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 2.2% | -23.5% |
| 2023 | 2.0% | -10.5% |
| 2024 | 1.9% | -5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 1.7% | 2.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 1.9% | 3.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
- 118 Benin 2.7% compare
- 119 Saudi Arabia 2.4% compare
- 120 Cameroon 2.3% compare
- 122 Bangladesh 1.2% compare
- 123 Burkina Faso 0.7% compare
- 124 Liechtenstein 0.0%
- 124 Monaco 0.0%
- 124 British Virgin Islands 0.0% compare
More education data for Algeria
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 247,748 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Algeria?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Algeria was 1.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 3.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2007.
- How does Algeria rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Algeria ranks 121st out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 15 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release