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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 (tertiary education): 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 South 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 East Timor 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
34 Angola 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.4% flat
34 Albania 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Andorra 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 United Arab Emirates 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Argentina 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
34 Armenia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Austria 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Azerbaijan 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Burkina Faso 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Bangladesh 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Bulgaria 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Bahrain 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Belarus 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Belize 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Brunei 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Bhutan 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Switzerland 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 China 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Cote d'Ivoire 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Cameroon 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Cyprus 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Germany 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Denmark 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Algeria 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Ecuador 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
34 Egypt 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Spain 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Estonia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Finland 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 France 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Ghana 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Gibraltar 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Guatemala 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
34 Hong Kong 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Hungary 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Indonesia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 India 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Israel 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Jamaica 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Jordan 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Kazakhstan 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Kyrgyzstan 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Laos 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Lithuania 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Luxembourg 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Latvia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Macao 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Morocco 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Monaco 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Moldova 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Mexico 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Marshall Islands 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Mongolia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Mauritius 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.4% flat
34 Nicaragua 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
34 Norway 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Nepal 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Oman 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Philippines 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Palau 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Poland 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Palestine 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
34 Qatar 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Russia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Rwanda 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Saudi Arabia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Senegal 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Singapore 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
34 San Marino 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Serbia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Slovakia 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Sweden 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Thailand 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Turkmenistan 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Tanzania 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Ukraine 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Uruguay 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
34 Uzbekistan 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 British Virgin Islands 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 Vietnam 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% flat
34 South Africa 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Belgium 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Bermuda 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Bolivia 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
116 Botswana 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Canada 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Congo 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Colombia 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
116 Czechia 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 United Kingdom 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Guinea 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Greece 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Grenada 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Croatia 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Iceland 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Italy 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Japan 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Lebanon 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Saint Lucia 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Madagascar 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.4% flat
116 North Macedonia 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Malta 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Montenegro 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Mozambique 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
116 Namibia 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
116 Netherlands 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Panama 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
116 Papua New Guinea 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
116 Puerto Rico 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Portugal 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Paraguay 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
116 Romania 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Slovenia 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Turks and Caicos Islands 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Trinidad and Tobago 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Tunisia 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Turkey 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 United States 2,022 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% flat
116 Zambia 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
116 Zimbabwe 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Aruba 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Antigua and Barbuda 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Benin 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Bahamas 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Barbados 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Central African Republic 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Democratic Republic of Congo 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Comoros 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Cape Verde 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Curacao 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Cayman Islands 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Djibouti 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Dominica 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Eritrea 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.6% flat
156 Ethiopia 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Micronesia (country) 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Gabon 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Guinea-Bissau 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Equatorial Guinea 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Guyana 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Haiti 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Ireland 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Iran 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Iraq 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Kenya 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Kuwait 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Liberia 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Libya 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Liechtenstein 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Lesotho 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Mali 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Myanmar 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Mauritania 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Malawi 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Niger 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Nigeria 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 North Korea 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Sudan 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Sierra Leone 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Somalia 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 South Sudan 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Sao Tome and Principe 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.4% flat
156 Suriname 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Eswatini 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Syria 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Chad 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Togo 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Tajikistan 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Uganda 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Venezuela 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.4% flat
156 Yemen 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Anguilla 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
156 Montserrat 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% flat
211 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