Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Germany
Germany: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 1.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Germany, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Germany recorded 1.3% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2024.
That represents a change of up 79.6% on the previous year and up 93.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Germany peaked at 1.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2001.
Germany ranks 17th of 72 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Germany, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1.0% | — |
| 2000 | 1.4% | +30.0% |
| 2001 | 0.6% | -54.6% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | +63.3% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -32.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | +30.8% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | +18.3% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | -34.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | +31.7% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | +34.6% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 1.4% | +17.1% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -48.7% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | +79.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 14 Puerto Rico 1.4% compare
- 15 Italy 1.4% compare
- 16 Philippines 1.3% compare
- 18 Switzerland 1.3% compare
- 19 Austria 1.3% compare
- 20 Ireland 1.2% compare
More education data for Germany
- 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 283,851 (2024)
- 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 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Germany?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Germany was 1.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2001.
- How does Germany rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Germany ranks 17th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 93.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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