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

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

Countries reporting
137
Highest
9.96 million number
China
Lowest
0 number
Malawi
Median
7,540 number
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,834

What the numbers show

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female (number) is currently reported for 137 countries. The highest value is 9.96 million number in China; the lowest is 0 number in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 7,540 number, and the mean is 162,155 number.

Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 2,166.0%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 9.96 million number 2019 up 49.7% rising
2 United States 3.99 million number 2018 — falling
3 Turkey 1.34 million number 2018 up 335.4% volatile
4 Russia 737,964 number 2018 down 22.9% falling
5 Indonesia 564,833 number 2018 up 48.8% rising
6 Japan 467,959 number 2018 down 12.2% falling
7 Argentina 389,401 number 2017 down 13.4% rising
8 Colombia 329,439 number 2018 up 75.7% rising
9 Vietnam 271,614 number 2016 up 132.9% volatile
10 South Korea 267,753 number 2018 down 12.4% falling
11 Nigeria 249,756 number 2011 up 56.9% rising
12 France 241,586 number 2018 down 19.5% flat
13 Iran 213,998 number 2018 down 32.6% rising
14 South Africa 210,011 number 2018 up 11.2% rising
15 Malaysia 203,649 number 2019 down 14.9% rising
16 Spain 197,924 number 2018 up 58.7% rising
17 Canada 193,989 number 2018 down 22.8% rising
18 Chile 189,260 number 2018 up 32.5% volatile
19 Ukraine 180,355 number 2019 down 15.4% falling
20 United Kingdom 168,813 number 2018 down 50.5% falling
21 Thailand 152,542 number 2016 down 18.7% falling
22 Greece 96,459 number 2012 up 14.4% rising
23 Morocco 95,035 number 2019 — rising
24 Ghana 92,846 number 2019 up 201.9% volatile
25 Bangladesh 89,745 number 2019 up 170.5% volatile
26 Saudi Arabia 75,546 number 2019 up 179.4% volatile
27 Philippines 73,869 number 2017 down 45.7% falling
28 Mexico 70,157 number 2018 up 93.1% rising
29 Uzbekistan 64,177 number 2004 down 8.3% falling
30 Kazakhstan 48,655 number 2019 down 30.3% rising
31 Libya 47,731 number 2003 — rising
32 Tajikistan 44,975 number 2017 up 142.0% rising
33 Algeria 43,419 number 2018 up 6.7% falling
34 Pakistan 42,956 number 2015 up 995.3% volatile
35 Belarus 42,258 number 2018 down 36.8% falling
36 Austria 40,188 number 2018 down 2.6% rising
37 Cote d'Ivoire 36,291 number 2017 up 51.4% rising
38 Singapore 34,576 number 2018 down 19.8% falling
39 Hong Kong 32,380 number 2019 down 20.4% rising
40 Kyrgyzstan 31,761 number 2019 up 103.7% rising
41 Sri Lanka 31,308 number 2019 up 335.5% rising
42 Israel 28,890 number 2018 down 8.8% rising
43 Laos 28,355 number 2019 down 20.7% volatile
44 Lithuania 27,458 number 2012 up 3.7% rising
45 New Zealand 27,372 number 2018 down 9.8% falling
46 Azerbaijan 22,867 number 2019 down 9.0% falling
47 Cameroon 17,695 number 2018 up 59.2% volatile
48 Denmark 16,458 number 2018 up 22.0% volatile
49 Costa Rica 15,944 number 2019 up 36.6% rising
50 Zambia 15,646 number 2012 up 6.6% volatile
51 Kuwait 15,021 number 2019 down 2.7% flat
52 Belgium 13,850 number 2018 down 88.2% volatile
53 Myanmar 13,841 number 2018 up 836.5% volatile
54 Netherlands 13,677 number 2018 — volatile
55 Sweden 12,574 number 2018 up 4.7% rising
56 Syria 12,243 number 2016 down 22.5% falling
57 Kenya 12,035 number 2017 down 22.9% falling
58 Palestine 12,015 number 2019 up 17.2% rising
59 Lebanon 11,721 number 2014 up 19.8% rising
60 Namibia 10,491 number 2017 up 288.8% volatile
61 Cambodia 10,291 number 2019 up 104.1% rising
63 Benin 9,747 number 2010 up 909.0% volatile
64 Dominican Republic 9,563 number 2017 up 58.3% rising
65 Latvia 8,926 number 2018 down 34.7% rising
66 Botswana 8,783 number 2019 down 32.5% falling
67 Bulgaria 8,511 number 2012 down 12.9% flat
68 Moldova 7,942 number 2019 down 18.1% falling
69 El Salvador 7,931 number 2018 down 27.4% rising
70 Hungary 7,540 number 2018 down 62.0% volatile
71 Oman 6,974 number 2019 down 20.9% rising
72 Niger 6,969 number 2019 up 317.1% volatile
73 Lesotho 6,878 number 2018 up 445.4% volatile
74 Congo 6,759 number 2017 down 5.0% volatile
75 Honduras 6,211 number 2018 down 16.1% rising
76 Armenia 6,187 number 2019 down 63.3% falling
77 Uruguay 6,005 number 2006 down 63.4% falling
78 Guinea 5,981 number 2014 up 394.3% rising
79 Panama 5,930 number 2015 down 20.7% falling
80 Togo 5,839 number 2018 up 1,227.0% volatile
81 Jordan 5,411 number 2018 down 66.5% falling
82 Tanzania 5,348 number 2016 up 87.8% volatile
83 Qatar 5,165 number 2019 up 575.2% volatile
84 Portugal 4,753 number 2018 up 968.1% volatile
85 Guyana 4,170 number 2012 up 19.8% rising
86 Slovenia 4,134 number 2018 down 81.3% volatile
87 Italy 3,652 number 2018 down 16.2% volatile
88 Eswatini 3,560 number 2015 — volatile
89 United Arab Emirates 3,332 number 2017 down 60.3% falling
90 Barbados 2,794 number 2011 up 0.6% rising
91 Trinidad and Tobago 2,717 number 2004 up 179.0% rising
92 Belize 2,647 number 2019 up 55.5% rising
93 Switzerland 2,603 number 2018 down 88.9% volatile
94 Paraguay 2,578 number 2012 down 87.6% falling
95 Rwanda 2,447 number 2019 up 63.8% volatile
96 Mauritius 2,167 number 2017 down 59.1% falling
97 Slovakia 1,727 number 2018 up 19.5% falling
98 Bahrain 1,687 number 2019 up 113.0% rising
99 Cyprus 1,536 number 2018 down 64.8% falling
100 Peru 1,492 number 2019 down 36.4% volatile
101 Brunei 1,487 number 2019 up 15.5% rising
102 Norway 1,478 number 2018 up 36.9% volatile
103 Eritrea 1,461 number 2016 up 720.8% rising
104 Georgia 1,415 number 2019 down 71.7% volatile
106 North Macedonia 1,381 number 2012 up 2.4% rising
107 Albania 1,279 number 2019 up 66.3% rising
108 Burkina Faso 1,134 number 2019 down 69.4% volatile
109 Central African Republic 1,133 number 2012 up 2,166.0% volatile
110 Grenada 1,033 number 2018 down 10.9% falling
111 Saint Lucia 896 number 2019 up 611.1% volatile
112 Madagascar 777 number 2018 down 81.5% falling
113 Mali 701 number 2015 down 87.6% volatile
114 Bhutan 682 number 2020 up 179.5% rising
115 Brazil 646 number 2018 down 99.7% volatile
116 Czechia 628 number 2018 down 97.2% volatile
117 Romania 505 number 2011 down 98.4% volatile
119 Bermuda 421 number 2018 down 42.6% falling
120 San Marino 351 number 2012 down 25.0% falling
121 Djibouti 294 number 2009 up 332.4% rising
122 Samoa 274 number 2018 — volatile
123 Iceland 270 number 2018 up 35.0% volatile
124 Germany 226 number 2018 down 48.8% volatile
125 British Virgin Islands 222 number 2018 up 1,380.0% volatile
126 Senegal 199 number 2019 — volatile
127 Poland 196 number 2018 down 98.9% volatile
128 Cape Verde 166 number 2018 down 25.6% falling
129 Aruba 144 number 2016 down 81.6% falling
130 Macao 133 number 2019 down 92.7% volatile
131 Seychelles 88 number 2019 up 340.0% volatile
132 Mauritania 69 number 2017 up 81.6% volatile
133 Monaco 51 number 2020 down 25.0% falling
134 Mongolia 21 number 2018 down 99.3% falling
135 Croatia 11 number 2018 — volatile
136 Andorra 8 number 2019 down 50.0% falling
137 Finland 5 number 2014 down 93.1% volatile
138 Burundi 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
138 Egypt 0 number 2017 down 100.0% falling
138 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, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
185 places, 2,834 data points, 1997–2020
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Total number of female students enrolled in public and private short-cycle tertiary education programmes (ISCED 5).