Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Macao
Macao: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Macao, 2005–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Macao recorded 0.9% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.3% on the previous year and down 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Macao peaked at 1.7% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2024.
That places Macao 36th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Macao, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1.6% | — |
| 2006 | 1.7% | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 1.6% | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | -22.2% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | +9.6% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -11.7% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | -7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 5 |
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More education data for Macao
- 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)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2,896 (2024)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 71.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Macao?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Macao was 0.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7% in 2006.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2024.
- How does Macao rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Macao ranks 36th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Macao data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Services programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release