Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services female in Macao
Macao: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services female was 12.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Macao, 2005–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Macao recorded 12.3% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2024.
The figure is down 8.5% on the previous year and down 45.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Macao peaked at 25.7% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 2005.
That places Macao 2nd out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services female in Macao, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3.8% | — |
| 2006 | 7.6% | +100.8% |
| 2007 | 11.8% | +55.2% |
| 2008 | 14.3% | +20.7% |
| 2009 | 17.2% | +20.1% |
| 2010 | 17.4% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 22.6% | +30.3% |
| 2012 | 25.7% | +13.4% |
| 2013 | 24.3% | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 22.5% | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 18.1% | -19.7% |
| 2016 | 19.6% | +8.6% |
| 2017 | 20.5% | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 20.1% | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 18.9% | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 15.7% | -17.3% |
| 2021 | 15.1% | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 14.9% | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 13.4% | -9.7% |
| 2024 | 12.3% | -8.5% |
Macao compared with similar countries
- Macao's 12.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 2.9%, 4.3× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Macao's 12.3% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.1%, 4.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services female in Macao changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +100.8% | 3.8% | 7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.9% | 3.8% | 17.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 21.0% | 17.4% | 25.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.3% | 12.3% | 15.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Macao
More education data for Macao
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 89.37 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 89.21 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2,938 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 239 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 8,379 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7,809 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 31,617 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 38,349 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
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 12.3% 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 25.7% in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 2005.
- How does Macao rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Macao ranks 2nd out of 122 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 45.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release