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Start of the academic school year (tertiary education) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
211
Highest
2,024 tertiary education
Afghanistan
Lowest
2,008 tertiary education
American Samoa
Median
2,023 tertiary education
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
11,132

What the numbers show

Start of the academic school year (tertiary education) is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 2,024 tertiary education in Afghanistan; the lowest is 2,008 tertiary education in American Samoa.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,023 tertiary education, and the mean is 2,022 tertiary education.

Start of the academic school year: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Australia 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Burundi 2,024 tertiary education 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Brazil 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Chile 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Costa Rica 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Cuba 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Dominican Republic 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Fiji 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Georgia 2,024 tertiary education 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Gambia 2,024 tertiary education 2025 up 0.5% flat
1 Honduras 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Cambodia 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Kiribati 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Korea 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Sri Lanka 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Maldives 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Malaysia 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Nauru 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 New Zealand 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Pakistan 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Peru 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Solomon Islands 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 El Salvador 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Seychelles 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Timor-Leste 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Tonga 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Tuvalu 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Vanuatu 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Samoa 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Cook Islands 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Niue 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Tokelau 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
4 Anguilla 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
4 Montserrat 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
31 Angola 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.4% flat
31 Albania 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Andorra 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 United Arab Emirates 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Argentina 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
31 Armenia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Austria 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Azerbaijan 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Burkina Faso 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Bangladesh 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Bulgaria 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Bahrain 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Belarus 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Belize 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Brunei Darussalam 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Bhutan 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Switzerland 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 China (People’s Republic of) 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Côte d’Ivoire 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Cameroon 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Cyprus 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Germany 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Denmark 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Algeria 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Ecuador 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
31 Egypt 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Spain 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Estonia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Finland 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 France 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Ghana 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Gibraltar 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Guatemala 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
31 Hong Kong (China) 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Hungary 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Indonesia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 India 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Israel 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Jamaica 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Jordan 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Kazakhstan 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Kyrgyzstan 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Lithuania 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Luxembourg 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Latvia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Macau (China) 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Morocco 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Monaco 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Moldova 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Mexico 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Marshall Islands 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Mongolia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Mauritius 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.4% flat
31 Nicaragua 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
31 Norway 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Nepal 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Oman 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Philippines 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Palau 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Poland 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Palestine, State of 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
31 Qatar 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Russia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Rwanda 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Saudi Arabia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Senegal 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Singapore 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
31 San Marino 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Serbia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Slovak Republic 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Sweden 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Thailand 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Turkmenistan 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Tanzania 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Ukraine 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Uruguay 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
31 Uzbekistan 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 British Virgin Islands 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 Viet Nam 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
31 South Africa 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Belgium 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Bermuda 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Bolivia 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
113 Botswana 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Canada 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Congo 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Colombia 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
113 Czechia 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 United Kingdom 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Guinea 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Greece 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Grenada 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Croatia 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Iceland 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Italy 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Japan 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Lebanon 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Saint Lucia 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Madagascar 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.4% flat
113 North Macedonia 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Malta 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Montenegro 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Mozambique 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
113 Namibia 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
113 Netherlands 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Panama 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
113 Papua New Guinea 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
113 Puerto Rico 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Portugal 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Paraguay 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
113 Romania 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Slovenia 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Sint Maarten 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Turks and Caicos Islands 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Trinidad and Tobago 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Tunisia 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Türkiye 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 United States 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
113 Zambia 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
113 Zimbabwe 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Aruba 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Antigua and Barbuda 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Benin 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Bahamas 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Barbados 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Central African Republic 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Comoros 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Cabo Verde 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Curaçao 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Cayman Islands 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Djibouti 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Dominica 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Eritrea 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.6% flat
153 Ethiopia 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Gabon 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Guinea-Bissau 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Equatorial Guinea 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Guyana 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Haiti 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Ireland 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Iran 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Iraq 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Kenya 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Kuwait 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Liberia 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Libya 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Liechtenstein 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Lesotho 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Mali 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Myanmar 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Mauritania 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Malawi 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Niger 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Nigeria 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Sudan 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Sierra Leone 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Somalia 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 South Sudan 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Sao Tome and Principe 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.4% flat
153 Suriname 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Eswatini 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Syrian Arab Republic 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Chad 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Togo 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Tajikistan 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Uganda 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
153 Venezuela 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.4% flat
153 Yemen 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
206 American Samoa 2,008 tertiary education 2009 up 0.1% flat

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Indicator
Start of the academic school year (tertiary education)
Unit
tertiary education
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
211 places, 11,132 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release