School enrollment, tertiary in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: School enrollment, tertiary was 80.4% in 2023. β² Rising
School enrollment, tertiary in United Kingdom, 2000β2023
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % gross.
Analysis
United Kingdom recorded 80.4% for school enrollment, tertiary in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 41.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, tertiary in United Kingdom peaked at 80.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 56.4%, in 2015.
United Kingdom ranks 28th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59.1% | 57.4% | 61.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.2% | 56.4% | 65.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.6% | 69.4% | 80.4% | 4 |
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More education data for United Kingdom
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 281,128 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0041 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, tertiary in United Kingdom?
- School enrollment, tertiary in United Kingdom was 80.4% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, tertiary recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 80.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, tertiary recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.4% in 2015.
- How does United Kingdom rank for school enrollment, tertiary?
- United Kingdom ranks 28th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school enrollment, tertiary rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, tertiary (% gross). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.