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Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, both sexes (%) by country

Share of all tertiary graduates who completed education programmes in the reference year.

Countries reporting
96
Highest
45.7%
Guyana
Lowest
1.9%
Seychelles
Median
9.6%
Years covered
23
1998–2020
Data points
1,156

What the numbers show

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 96 countries. The highest value is 45.7% in Guyana; the lowest is 1.9% in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.6%, and the mean is 12.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 252.3%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 91.6%).

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guyana 45.7% 2012 up 143.2% rising
2 Ethiopia 42.4% 2008 up 88.0% rising
3 Eswatini 41.7% 2006 up 50.6% rising
4 Ghana 34.2% 2019 — rising
5 Mozambique 31.9% 2018 up 50.9% rising
6 Honduras 31.6% 2018 down 27.9% falling
7 Samoa 31.3% 2018 — rising
8 Namibia 29.8% 2017 down 34.9% volatile
9 Lesotho 29.3% 2018 up 25.0% falling
10 Aruba 28.9% 2016 unchanged rising
11 Viet Nam 25.7% 2016 down 24.9% falling
12 Palestine, State of 22.9% 2019 down 33.4% rising
13 Panama 22.8% 2016 down 30.0% falling
14 Azerbaijan 22.8% 2019 up 22.7% rising
15 Costa Rica 21.7% 2019 down 23.7% falling
16 Poland 20.6% 2018 up 30.0% rising
17 South Africa 20.4% 2018 — rising
18 Cyprus 19.6% 2018 up 71.0% rising
19 Brazil 19.1% 2018 down 17.2% falling
20 Ecuador 18.8% 2016 down 6.7% flat
21 Andorra 18.5% 2019 — volatile
22 Kyrgyzstan 18.1% 2019 down 8.3% falling
23 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17.1% 2018 up 164.1% falling
24 Spain 17.0% 2018 up 29.0% rising
25 Eritrea 16.4% 2016 down 53.3% volatile
26 Argentina 16.3% 2011 down 19.7% falling
27 Mongolia 16.2% 2018 up 22.9% falling
28 Norway 15.8% 2017 down 12.0% falling
29 Hungary 14.1% 2018 down 17.7% falling
30 Chile 14.1% 2018 down 16.4% falling
31 Slovakia 13.7% 2018 down 19.8% falling
32 Uruguay 13.6% 2017 down 53.0% falling
33 Saudi Arabia 13.4% 2019 up 104.9% volatile
34 Mexico 13.1% 2017 down 2.2% falling
35 Iceland 13.1% 2018 down 42.7% falling
36 Sweden 13.0% 2018 down 27.9% falling
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.9% 2019 — flat
38 Austria 11.6% 2018 up 35.2% rising
39 Czechia 11.4% 2018 down 22.5% falling
40 El Salvador 11.4% 2018 up 3.2% falling
41 Germany 11.2% 2018 — rising
42 Slovenia 11.1% 2018 up 34.9% falling
43 Albania 10.7% 2019 up 6.4% volatile
44 Brunei Darussalam 10.6% 2019 down 79.5% falling
45 Luxembourg 10.1% 2018 — volatile
46 Belarus 9.8% 2017 down 26.4% falling
47 Switzerland 9.7% 2018 down 6.5% falling
48 Netherlands 9.7% 2018 down 28.4% falling
49 Ukraine 9.5% 2019 up 10.9% flat
50 Bulgaria 9.4% 2018 up 50.6% falling
51 New Zealand 9.4% 2018 down 27.3% falling
52 Türkiye 9.3% 2018 down 38.7% falling
53 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9.3% 2016 down 15.8% falling
54 Armenia 9.3% 2019 down 42.7% falling
55 India 9.1% 2019 up 16.3% flat
56 Australia 8.6% 2018 down 1.9% falling
57 Colombia 8.4% 2018 down 33.0% falling
58 Russian Federation 8.3% 2018 down 9.0% falling
59 Greece 7.9% 2018 down 2.6% falling
60 Belgium 7.9% 2018 down 39.2% falling
61 Latvia 7.7% 2018 down 25.2% volatile
62 Cambodia 7.7% 2019 up 252.3% volatile
63 Serbia 7.4% 2019 down 32.5% falling
64 Macau, China 7.4% 2019 up 62.5% rising
65 Estonia 7.3% 2018 down 12.6% falling
66 Republic of Korea 7.2% 2017 down 12.5% flat
67 Iran, Islamic Republic of 7.0% 2018 up 5.0% falling
68 Italy 6.9% 2018 down 34.4% falling
69 Finland 6.8% 2018 up 5.6% flat
70 United States of America 6.8% 2016 down 41.4% falling
71 Qatar 6.7% 2019 down 5.1% volatile
72 Puerto Rico 6.5% 2018 down 65.1% falling
73 Malta 6.4% 2017 down 46.8% falling
74 Malaysia 6.3% 2019 down 62.1% falling
75 Lithuania 5.9% 2018 down 57.3% falling
76 Ireland 5.7% 2016 down 8.9% rising
77 Croatia 5.6% 2017 down 24.4% falling
78 Canada 5.6% 2018 down 27.7% falling
79 Denmark 5.2% 2018 down 34.1% falling
80 Lebanon 5.0% 2011 up 51.8% rising
81 Portugal 4.8% 2017 down 47.6% falling
82 Bahrain 4.7% 2019 down 11.7% falling
83 Burkina Faso 4.5% 2019 down 47.7% falling
84 Oman 4.3% 2019 down 59.8% volatile
85 Romania 4.2% 2016 up 52.2% rising
86 France 4.1% 2018 up 181.4% volatile
87 North Macedonia 3.7% 2018 down 72.4% falling
88 Bermuda 3.5% 2018 up 17.6% volatile
89 Niger 3.2% 2019 — falling
90 Algeria 2.9% 2018 up 144.1% rising
91 United Arab Emirates 2.8% 2017 down 74.6% falling
92 Morocco 2.7% 2019 down 41.9% volatile
93 Burundi 2.5% 2018 down 91.6% volatile
94 Madagascar 2.5% 2018 up 142.6% rising
95 Georgia 2.2% 2019 down 37.9% volatile
96 Seychelles 1.9% 2019 down 44.3% volatile

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Indicator
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
98 places, 1,156 data points, 1998–2020
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Share of all tertiary graduates who completed education programmes in the reference year.