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Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes (number) by country

Total number of students enrolled in public and private short-cycle tertiary education programmes (ISCED 5).

Countries reporting
138
Highest
20.10 million number
China
Lowest
0 number
Malawi
Median
13,660 number
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,883

What the numbers show

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 20.10 million number in China; the lowest is 0 number in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 13,660 number, and the mean is 316,794 number.

Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 1,790.1%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 20.10 million number 2019 up 54.1% rising
2 United States 6.88 million number 2018 — falling
3 Turkey 2.77 million number 2018 up 269.7% volatile
4 Russia 1.43 million number 2018 down 21.8% falling
5 Indonesia 978,740 number 2018 up 12.6% rising
6 Japan 758,779 number 2018 down 12.2% falling
7 Colombia 686,641 number 2018 up 48.4% rising
8 South Korea 677,032 number 2018 down 12.3% falling
9 Iran 654,441 number 2018 down 14.7% rising
10 Argentina 627,763 number 2017 down 7.0% rising
11 Nigeria 555,491 number 2011 up 81.5% rising
12 Venezuela 509,857 number 2009 up 127.4% rising
13 France 505,057 number 2018 down 6.9% flat
14 Vietnam 449,558 number 2016 up 10.4% rising
15 Spain 414,386 number 2018 up 72.4% rising
16 Malaysia 398,615 number 2019 down 9.0% rising
17 Ukraine 383,710 number 2019 down 3.9% falling
18 South Africa 361,511 number 2018 up 7.4% rising
19 Canada 361,504 number 2018 down 18.8% rising
20 Chile 347,377 number 2018 up 9.6% rising
21 Thailand 345,866 number 2016 down 12.0% falling
22 United Kingdom 284,245 number 2018 down 45.5% falling
23 Saudi Arabia 256,004 number 2019 up 101.0% rising
24 Greece 224,478 number 2012 up 30.8% rising
25 Bangladesh 203,373 number 2019 up 63.0% rising
26 Morocco 188,014 number 2019 — rising
27 Ghana 175,090 number 2019 up 117.1% rising
29 Philippines 173,349 number 2017 down 32.6% falling
30 Uzbekistan 119,718 number 2004 down 9.9% falling
31 Libya 96,284 number 2003 — flat
32 Pakistan 94,991 number 2015 up 604.5% volatile
33 Kazakhstan 94,007 number 2019 down 35.8% rising
34 Belarus 84,380 number 2018 down 31.3% falling
35 Algeria 77,886 number 2018 down 9.9% falling
36 Tajikistan 76,709 number 2017 up 136.6% rising
37 Austria 75,217 number 2018 down 2.1% rising
38 Cote d'Ivoire 74,984 number 2017 up 23.3% rising
41 Israel 59,085 number 2018 up 3.9% rising
42 Laos 52,526 number 2019 down 32.3% volatile
43 Kyrgyzstan 51,439 number 2019 up 137.8% rising
44 New Zealand 51,143 number 2018 down 8.3% falling
45 Lithuania 49,777 number 2012 up 18.9% rising
46 Benin 49,126 number 2010 up 1,139.0% volatile
47 Sri Lanka 46,702 number 2019 up 272.1% rising
48 Cameroon 36,624 number 2018 up 46.8% volatile
49 Denmark 35,572 number 2018 up 28.2% volatile
50 Zambia 34,886 number 2012 up 6.2% volatile
51 Azerbaijan 34,068 number 2019 down 4.4% falling
52 Kuwait 33,072 number 2019 up 8.0% rising
53 Myanmar 28,258 number 2018 up 1,323.6% volatile
54 Syria 27,139 number 2016 down 15.6% flat
55 Costa Rica 26,818 number 2019 up 24.9% rising
56 Kenya 26,225 number 2017 down 27.8% falling
57 Sweden 25,569 number 2018 up 9.8% rising
58 Palestine 25,390 number 2019 up 7.2% rising
59 Netherlands 25,029 number 2018 — volatile
60 Belgium 22,720 number 2018 down 88.7% volatile
61 Lebanon 21,496 number 2019 down 15.2% rising
62 Ireland 19,872 number 2018 down 59.0% falling
63 Dominican Republic 19,587 number 2017 down 18.7% falling
64 Cambodia 19,575 number 2019 up 15.2% rising
65 El Salvador 17,928 number 2018 down 12.7% rising
66 Niger 16,853 number 2019 up 418.2% volatile
67 Bulgaria 16,210 number 2012 down 2.6% rising
68 Namibia 14,991 number 2017 up 191.0% volatile
69 Latvia 14,919 number 2018 down 29.0% rising
70 Moldova 14,688 number 2019 down 14.6% falling
71 Oman 14,045 number 2019 down 6.1% rising
72 Botswana 13,942 number 2019 down 40.6% falling
73 Italy 13,378 number 2018 up 71.0% volatile
74 Congo 12,792 number 2017 down 21.2% volatile
75 Portugal 12,777 number 2018 up 1,790.1% volatile
76 Guinea 12,593 number 2014 up 62.8% rising
77 Hungary 12,236 number 2018 down 56.9% volatile
78 Togo 11,864 number 2018 up 203.3% rising
79 Lesotho 11,470 number 2018 up 534.1% volatile
80 Tanzania 11,040 number 2016 up 28.2% rising
81 Armenia 10,625 number 2019 down 54.6% falling
82 Uruguay 10,469 number 2006 down 53.6% falling
83 Slovenia 10,353 number 2018 down 75.7% volatile
84 Honduras 10,165 number 2018 up 48.8% rising
86 Jordan 9,810 number 2018 down 65.4% falling
87 Qatar 8,686 number 2019 up 222.2% volatile
88 Norway 8,615 number 2018 up 407.4% volatile
89 United Arab Emirates 8,562 number 2017 down 42.9% falling
90 Eswatini 6,581 number 2015 — volatile
91 Guyana 6,050 number 2012 up 10.6% rising
92 Trinidad and Tobago 5,636 number 2004 up 291.1% volatile
93 Peru 5,224 number 2019 down 14.0% volatile
94 Paraguay 4,726 number 2012 down 84.4% falling
95 Cyprus 4,648 number 2018 down 60.3% falling
96 Belize 4,447 number 2019 up 47.9% rising
97 Rwanda 4,306 number 2019 up 53.8% volatile
98 Albania 4,198 number 2019 up 125.8% volatile
99 Switzerland 4,180 number 2018 down 91.1% volatile
100 Barbados 3,904 number 2011 up 8.7% rising
101 Mauritius 3,551 number 2017 down 63.7% falling
102 Central African Republic 3,390 number 2012 up 523.2% volatile
103 Eritrea 3,295 number 2016 up 204.2% rising
104 Burkina Faso 2,900 number 2019 down 66.5% falling
105 Brunei 2,899 number 2019 up 31.2% rising
106 Bahrain 2,887 number 2019 up 85.9% rising
107 Georgia 2,716 number 2019 down 70.1% volatile
108 Slovakia 2,640 number 2018 up 18.9% falling
109 Malta 2,068 number 2018 up 60.9% rising
110 Madagascar 2,005 number 2018 down 78.6% falling
111 North Macedonia 1,921 number 2012 down 38.4% falling
112 Grenada 1,692 number 2018 up 3.0% flat
113 Mali 1,497 number 2015 down 86.0% volatile
114 Bhutan 1,452 number 2020 up 63.1% rising
115 Saint Lucia 1,432 number 2019 up 504.2% volatile
116 Comoros 1,080 number 2014 up 97.4% volatile
117 Brazil 993 number 2018 down 99.8% volatile
118 Czechia 979 number 2018 down 97.0% volatile
119 Cayman Islands 816 number 2008 up 264.3% rising
120 Luxembourg 766 number 2018 — falling
121 Bermuda 712 number 2018 down 34.8% falling
123 San Marino 618 number 2012 down 23.8% falling
124 Romania 610 number 2011 down 98.8% volatile
125 Iceland 588 number 2018 up 37.1% falling
126 Senegal 498 number 2019 — volatile
127 Samoa 443 number 2018 — volatile
128 Mauritania 368 number 2017 up 15.0% rising
129 Germany 349 number 2018 down 35.4% volatile
130 British Virgin Islands 348 number 2018 up 248.0% volatile
131 Aruba 288 number 2016 down 80.0% falling
132 Cape Verde 239 number 2018 down 58.8% falling
133 Poland 234 number 2018 down 99.0% volatile
134 Macao 191 number 2019 down 93.6% volatile
135 Mongolia 124 number 2018 down 96.6% falling
136 Monaco 122 number 2020 down 6.2% flat
137 Seychelles 119 number 2019 up 170.5% volatile
138 Croatia 51 number 2018 — falling
139 Andorra 21 number 2019 down 30.0% falling
139 Finland 21 number 2014 down 86.8% volatile
141 Burundi 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
141 Egypt 0 number 2017 down 100.0% falling
141 Malawi 0 number 2007 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
188 places, 2,883 data points, 1997–2020
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Total number of students enrolled in public and private short-cycle tertiary education programmes (ISCED 5).