Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Canada
Canada: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Canada, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Canada stood at 0.7%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 35.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Canada peaked at 1.3% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2023.
Canada ranks 49th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Canada, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1.3% | — |
| 2013 | 1.2% | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | -16.4% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | -27.6% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | +22.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -9.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | -12.1% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More education data for Canada
- 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 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 141,045 (2000)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Canada?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Canada was 0.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2014.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2023.
- How does Canada rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Canada ranks 49th out of 72 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from programmes in unspecified fields, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release