Countries by University Enrollment Rate

Complete ranking of 152 countries • % • Updated 2026

Greece leads all 152 countries in Tertiary Education Enrollment % with a value of 165.113, while Malawi ranks last at 2.71. This represents a 61-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.

What Tertiary Education Enrollment % Measures

Tertiary Education Enrollment % is a comparative indicator tracked across countries by the World Bank. It provides a quantitative basis for cross-national comparison, enabling researchers and policymakers to benchmark national performance on this dimension against global peers.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Tertiary Education Enrollment % across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 2.71 (Malawi) to 165.113 (Greece) — a 61-fold difference across 152 countries.

Regional Patterns

European countries dominate this ranking, holding 12 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.

Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 22.096 to 76.605. The overall spread from 2.71 to 165.113 reflects significant global variation.

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: Greece and Macao are separated by only 16%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.

Continental Leaders

Europe

Greece

165.113

Asia

Macao

141.865

South America

Argentina

107.823

Oceania

Australia

104.648

North America

United States

79.362

Africa

Algeria

54.428

Highest Ranked

The top five countries for Tertiary Education Enrollment % are Greece (165.113), Macao (141.865), Turkey (127.578), Hong Kong (120.09), and Finland (108.13). Together, these nations represent the global leaders in this metric.

Lowest Ranked

At the other end of the spectrum, Malawi (2.71), Tanzania (4.02), Chad (4.40), Suriname (4.94), and Kiribati (4.96) have the lowest values globally.

Data Source & Methodology

Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank, covering 152 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

Full Rankings

University Enrollment Rate ranking for 152 countries
				Percentile
1st	Greece	165.1%	Europe	100%
2nd	Macao	141.9%	Asia	99%
3rd	Turkey	127.6%	Europe	99%
4th	Hong Kong	120.1%	Asia	98%
5th	Finland	108.1%	Europe	97%
6th	Argentina	107.8%	South America	97%
7th	South Korea	106.7%	Asia	96%
8th	Chile	104.7%	South America	95%
9th	Australia	104.6%	Oceania	95%
10th	Cyprus	99.0%	Europe	94%
11th	Singapore	97.3%	Asia	93%
12th	Norway	95.1%	Europe	93%
13th	Spain	93.7%	Europe	92%
14th	Austria	91.7%	Europe	91%
15th	Netherlands	86.6%	Europe	91%
16th	Latvia	85.7%	Europe	90%
17th	Ukraine	85.3%	Europe	89%
18th	Saudi Arabia	83.9%	Asia	89%
19th	Belgium	82.1%	Europe	88%
20th	Albania	82.0%	Europe	88%
21st	Sweden	81.4%	Europe	87%
22nd	Denmark	81.2%	Europe	86%
23rd	Croatia	81.2%	Europe	86%
24th	Malta	80.5%	Europe	85%
25th	United Kingdom	80.5%	Europe	84%
26th	Slovenia	80.1%	Europe	84%
27th	Uruguay	80.0%	South America	83%
28th	Bulgaria	79.9%	Europe	82%
29th	United States	79.4%	North America	82%
30th	Germany	78.6%	Europe	81%
31st	Georgia	78.3%	Europe	80%
32nd	Puerto Rico	77.9%	North America	80%
33rd	Portugal	77.7%	Europe	79%
34th	Monaco	77.5%	Europe	78%
35th	Lithuania	77.0%	Europe	78%
36th	Poland	76.9%	Europe	77%
37th	China	76.9%	Asia	76%
38th	Ireland	76.6%	Europe	76%
39th	Iceland	76.5%	Europe	75%
40th	New Zealand	76.4%	Oceania	74%
41st	Canada	76.3%	North America	74%
42nd	Italy	75.9%	Europe	73%
43rd	Fiji	75.0%	Oceania	72%
44th	Moldova	74.7%	Europe	72%
45th	Switzerland	74.0%	Europe	71%
46th	Serbia	73.2%	Europe	70%
47th	France	70.5%	Europe	70%
48th	Belarus	70.1%	Europe	69%
49th	Mongolia	69.0%	Asia	68%
50th	Ecuador	67.9%	South America	68%
51st	Andorra	67.7%	Europe	67%
52nd	Estonia	67.6%	Europe	66%
53rd	Czechia	66.7%	Europe	66%
54th	Japan	64.9%	Asia	65%
55th	United Arab Emirates	63.7%	Asia	64%
56th	Brazil	60.4%	South America	64%
57th	Russia	60.4%	Europe	63%
58th	Colombia	59.3%	North America	63%
59th	Iran	58.7%	Asia	62%
60th	Bahrain	58.4%	Asia	61%
61st	Dominican Republic	57.7%	North America	61%
62nd	San Marino	57.5%	Europe	60%
63rd	Hungary	56.6%	Europe	59%
64th	Uzbekistan	56.5%	Asia	59%
65th	Israel	55.8%	Asia	58%
66th	Montenegro	55.2%	Europe	57%
67th	Romania	55.2%	Europe	57%
68th	North Macedonia	55.0%	Europe	56%
69th	Algeria	54.4%	Africa	55%
70th	Lebanon	54.4%	Asia	55%
71st	Panama	53.7%	North America	54%
72nd	Barbados	53.6%	North America	53%
73rd	Kazakhstan	53.5%	Asia	53%
74th	Slovakia	53.4%	Europe	52%
75th	Kyrgyzstan	53.2%	Asia	51%
76th	Armenia	52.8%	Europe	51%
77th	Kuwait	51.9%	Asia	50%
78th	Maldives	48.5%	Asia	49%
79th	Morocco	48.2%	Africa	49%
80th	Mexico	47.5%	North America	48%
81st	Philippines	47.4%	Asia	47%
82nd	Liechtenstein	46.0%	Europe	47%
83rd	Mauritius	45.8%	Africa	46%
84th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.5%	Europe	45%
85th	Thailand	45.0%	Asia	45%
86th	Indonesia	44.9%	Asia	44%
87th	Palestine	44.5%	Asia	43%
88th	Oman	43.8%	Asia	43%
89th	Cuba	43.1%	North America	42%
90th	Tonga	42.9%	Oceania	41%
91st	Azerbaijan	41.3%	Europe	41%
92nd	Palau	41.1%	Oceania	40%
93rd	Malaysia	38.5%	Asia	39%
94th	Tunisia	38.1%	Africa	39%
95th	Marshall Islands	37.7%	Oceania	38%
96th	Vietnam	37.6%	Asia	38%
97th	Egypt	37.6%	Africa	37%
98th	Brunei	36.4%	Asia	36%
99th	Jordan	35.9%	Asia	36%
100th	Tajikistan	35.6%	Asia	35%
101st	Qatar	35.1%	Asia	34%
102nd	India	34.4%	Asia	34%
103rd	El Salvador	32.8%	North America	33%
104th	Timor-Leste	31.0%	Asia	32%
105th	Nicaragua	30.4%	North America	32%
106th	British Virgin Islands	29.6%	North America	31%
107th	Guatemala	27.3%	North America	30%
108th	Guyana	26.4%	North America	30%
109th	Namibia	26.1%	Africa	29%
110th	Turks and Caicos Islands	25.3%	North America	28%
111st	Belize	24.8%	North America	28%
112nd	Bangladesh	23.7%	Asia	27%
113rd	South Africa	23.5%	Africa	26%
114th	Ghana	22.1%	Africa	26%
115th	Luxembourg	21.5%	Europe	25%
116th	Cambodia	21.4%	Asia	24%
117th	Botswana	21.4%	Africa	24%
118th	Nepal	21.3%	Asia	23%
119th	Sri Lanka	20.7%	Asia	22%
120th	Turkmenistan	20.4%	Asia	22%
121st	Tuvalu	19.4%	Oceania	21%
122nd	Bermuda	17.3%	North America	20%
123rd	Cameroon	16.7%	Africa	20%
124th	Senegal	15.3%	Africa	19%
125th	Saint Lucia	15.0%	North America	18%
126th	Togo	14.9%	Africa	18%
127th	Laos	14.9%	Asia	17%
128th	Samoa	14.6%	Oceania	16%
129th	Seychelles	14.5%	Africa	16%
130th	Aruba	14.1%	North America	15%
131st	Gambia	13.5%	Africa	14%
132nd	Bhutan	13.0%	Asia	14%
133rd	Côte d'Ivoire	11.6%	Africa	13%
134th	Pakistan	10.9%	Asia	13%
135th	Afghanistan	10.9%	Asia	12%
136th	Kenya	10.4%	Africa	11%
137th	Congo	10.4%	Africa	11%
138th	Benin	10.2%	Africa	10%
139th	Burkina Faso	10.0%	Africa	9%
140th	Angola	10.0%	Africa	9%
141st	Rwanda	9.4%	Africa	8%
142nd	Zimbabwe	7.7%	Africa	7%
143rd	Sint Maarten	7.7%	North America	7%
144th	Congo, Democratic Republic	6.4%	Africa	6%
145th	Madagascar	6.1%	Africa	5%
146th	Burundi	6.0%	Africa	5%
147th	Mauritania	6.0%	Africa	4%
148th	Kiribati	5.0%	Oceania	3%
149th	Suriname	4.9%	North America	3%
150th	Chad	4.4%	Africa	2%
151st	Tanzania	4.0%	Africa	1%
152nd	Malawi	2.7%	Africa	1%