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Data for 1988
Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1988
Figures for 1988, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1988 covers 74 countries on 3 measures. United States is highest, at 66.824; Rwanda is lowest, at 0.400. The middle country reads 7.127. Against 1987, 60 values changed (36 up, 24 down), 14 countries joined, 18 left.
Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · Data for 1988
HighestUnited States
66.824
LowestRwanda
0.400Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1988, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 74 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesUSANorthern America | 66.824 | 73.46 | 60.526 |
| 2 |  RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 54.975 | — | — |
| 3 |  UkraineUKREastern Europe | 48.808 | — | — |
| 4 |  BelarusBLREastern Europe | 47.889 | — | — |
| 5 |  KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia | 38.471 | — | — |
| 6 |  PeruPERSouth America | 28.602 | — | — |
| 7 |  KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia | 27.568 | — | — |
| 8 |  VenezuelaVENSouth America | 24.521 | 23.52 | 25.499 |
| 9 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 22.835 | — | — |
| 10 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 22.275 | — | — |
| 11 |  CubaCUBCaribbean | 22.072 | 25.26 | 19.056 |
| 12 |  IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 21.321 | — | — |
| 13 |  PanamaPANCentral America | 21.062 | 24.56 | 17.652 |
| 14 |  TajikistanTJKCentral Asia | 20.371 | — | — |
| 15 |  North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | 19.782 | — | — |
| 16 |  ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 19.547 | — | — |
| 17 |  BahamasBHSCaribbean | 18.495 | 25.34 | 11.685 |
| 18 |  SyriaSYRWestern Asia | 18.116 | 12.97 | 23.144 |
| 19 |  JordanJORWestern Asia | 17.708 | 18.33 | 17.118 |
| 20 |  EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 17.413 | 11.74 | 22.749 |
| 21 |  QatarQATWestern Asia | 16.494 | 34.00 | 7.681 |
| 22 |  UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia | 15.763 | — | — |
| 23 |  KuwaitKWTWestern Asia | 15.292 | 17.57 | 13.223 |
| 24 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 14.972 | — | — |
| 25 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 14.533 | — | — |
| 26 |  TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia | 11.666 | — | — |
| 27 |  IraqIRQWestern Asia | 10.870 | 8.61 | 13.127 |
| 28 |  South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa | 10.521 | 9.81 | 11.212 |
| 29 |  BahrainBHRWestern Asia | 10.395 | 14.25 | 7.527 |
| 30 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | 9.844 | 7.46 | 12.313 |
| 31 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 9.765 | 6.71 | 12.652 |
| 32 |  MoroccoMARNorthern Africa | 9.298 | 6.27 | 12.314 |
| 33 |  AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa | 8.638 | — | — |
| 34 |  ParaguayPRYSouth America | 8.436 | — | — |
| 35 |  SurinameSURSouth America | 7.904 | 8.29 | 7.534 |
| 36 |  MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia | 7.472 | 6.21 | 8.703 |
| 37 |  AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe | 7.465 | 7.49 | 7.443 |
| 38 |  IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 6.790 | — | — |
| 39 |  Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean | 5.739 | — | — |
| 40 |  MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 5.577 | — | — |
| 41 |  Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa | 5.576 | 1.99 | 9.231 |
| 42 |  IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 5.528 | 3.61 | 7.309 |
| 43 |  GabonGABMiddle Africa | 5.403 | 3.18 | 7.654 |
| 44 |  TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa | 5.371 | 4.14 | 6.519 |
| 45 |  NepalNPLSouthern Asia | 5.255 | — | — |
| 46 |  Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean | 4.724 | 3.86 | 5.556 |
| 47 |  EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa | 4.427 | — | — |
| 48 |  GuyanaGUYSouth America | 4.354 | 3.77 | 4.957 |
| 49 |  BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 3.862 | 1.22 | 6.454 |
| 50 |  NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | 3.830 | 1.92 | 5.750 |
| 51 |  MadagascarMDGEastern Africa | 3.423 | — | — |
| 52 |  PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 3.141 | 1.73 | 4.468 |
| 53 |  ChinaCHNEastern Asia | 3.091 | — | — |
| 54 |  MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa | 3.021 | 0.78 | 5.253 |
| 55 |  CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | 2.630 | — | — |
| 56 |  Saint LuciaLCACaribbean | 2.405 | 2.68 | 2.140 |
| 57 |  OmanOMNWestern Asia | 2.386 | 2.07 | 2.623 |
| 58 |  ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 2.153 | 1.16 | 3.174 |
| 59 |  TogoTGOWestern Africa | 2.106 | 0.52 | 3.704 |
| 60 |  BeninBENWestern Africa | 2.017 | 0.56 | 3.495 |
| 61 |  MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 1.936 | 1.35 | 2.477 |
| 62 |  DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 1.695 | — | — |
| 63 |  Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa | 1.611 | — | — |
| 64 |  LesothoLSOSouthern Africa | 1.472 | 1.79 | 1.143 |
| 65 |  LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 1.332 | 0.99 | 1.661 |
| 66 |  GuineaGINWestern Africa | 1.105 | 0.26 | 1.951 |
| 67 |  Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa | 1.081 | 0.28 | 1.958 |
| 68 |  UgandaUGAEastern Africa | 0.921 | 0.51 | 1.342 |
| 69 |  EthiopiaETHEastern Africa | 0.741 | 0.25 | 1.248 |
| 70 |  BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 0.728 | 0.36 | 1.094 |
| 71 |  Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 0.659 | 0.32 | 1.007 |
| 72 |  AngolaAGOMiddle Africa | 0.582 | — | — |
| 73 |  MalawiMWIEastern Africa | 0.413 | 0.18 | 0.691 |
| 74 | RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 0.400 | 0.14 | 0.657 |
02In 1988
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1United States66.824
- 2Russia54.975
- 3Ukraine48.808
- 4Belarus47.889
- 5Kazakhstan38.471
Lowest
- 74Rwanda0.400
- 73Malawi0.413
- 72Angola0.582
- 71Burkina Faso0.659
- 70Burundi0.728
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 7.127. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest
United States73.46Lowest
Rwanda0.14Middle country: 3.61
Male
Highest
United States60.526Lowest
Rwanda0.657Middle country: 6.519
031987 → 1988
Since 1987
What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +14 / −18countries joined / left
- 60values changed, of 60 in both
- 36 · 24rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
- Bahrain7.041 → 10.395+3.354
- United States64.017 → 66.824+2.807
- Peru27.096 → 28.602+1.506
- Philippines21.491 → 22.835+1.343
- Syria16.791 → 18.116+1.325
Fell most
- Jordan20.018 → 17.708−2.310
- Panama23.117 → 21.062−2.055
- Saint Kitts and Nevis6.142 → 4.724−1.418
- Russia56.272 → 54.975−1.297
- Myanmar6.562 → 5.577−0.985
+ Angola+ Armenia+ Guyana+ Kazakhstan+ Kyrgyzstan+ Laos+ Sierra Leone+ El Salvador+ Thailand+ Tajikistan+ Turkmenistan+ Ukraine+ Uzbekistan+ South Africa
− Afghanistan
− Argentina
− Brunei
− Botswana
− Côte d’Ivoire
− Jamaica
− Kenya
− Lebanon
− Liberia
− Mali
− Mozambique
− Niger
− Nicaragua
− Saudi Arabia
− Somalia
− Tanzania
− Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
− United States Virgin IslandsChanges in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
The position is ours
UIS publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
58 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
05The files
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The publisher’s original
UIS’s own file, on its own site.
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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1988). Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tertiary-enrolment/1988
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How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1988: questions and answers
Which country has the highest tertiary enrolment in Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1988?
United States, at 66.824, of the 74 countries in the file.
What year does Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1988 describe?
1988.
How many countries does Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1988 cover?
74.
Where can I download Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1988?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 1988 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2024.