Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2016

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2016: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary (%)	Female	Male
1	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	131.403	129.57	133.18
2	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	119.683	141.22	99.17
3	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	103.716	97.50	109.63
4	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	100.643	116.80	84.57
5	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	96.795	110.20	84.10
6	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	93.658	82.15	103.88
7	BelarusBLREastern Europe	91.521	103.78	80.00
8	SpainESPSouthern Europe	89.811	98.23	81.82
9	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	89.328	97.44	81.58
10	ChileCHLSouth America	88.846	94.35	83.52
11	United StatesUSANorthern America	88.835	102.29	76.06
12	ArgentinaARGSouth America	86.674	109.30	65.00
13	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	83.941	90.57	77.86
14	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	83.860	90.73	77.25
15	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	82.850	90.94	75.28
16	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	82.171	94.96	70.00
17	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	81.883	98.51	66.32
18	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	81.863	97.12	67.86
19	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	80.640	89.52	72.25
20	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	80.605	98.11	64.08
21	MacauMACEastern Asia	79.925	90.99	69.07
22	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	79.845	84.45	75.41
23	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	79.475	94.17	65.56
24	FijiFJIMelanesia	77.560	79.73	75.42
25	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	77.557	81.56	73.72

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 49.263. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Female

  HighestAustralia141.22

  LowestNiger2.47

  Middle country: 57.24

• Male

  HighestGreece133.18

  LowestEritrea3.75

  Middle country: 40.63

• +5 / −17countries joined / left
• 131values changed, of 131 in both
• 82 · 49rose · fell
• 0unchanged

+ DR Congo+ Greece+ Monaco+ Peru+ Singapore− Bermuda− Cook Islands− Ecuador− Guatemala− Jamaica− Cambodia− Saint Kitts and Nevis− Lesotho− North Macedonia− Mali− Malawi− North Korea− Sudan− São Tomé and Príncipe− Sint Maarten− Chad− Zimbabwe

Changes 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.

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