Education > Tertiary enrollment: Countries Compared

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Tertiary Ratio of female to male primary Ratio of female to male secondary Repeaters, primary, female > % of female Repeaters, primary, male > % of male Repeaters, primary, total > % of total Repeaters, secondary, female > % of female Repeaters, secondary, male > % of male Repeaters, secondary, total > % of total Repetition rate > Primary > Female > % of total Repetition rate > Primary > % of total

enrollment education, teachers > % female > Students studying abroad > Students studying abroad per thousand people > Students studying abroad proportion

Select year 1995 1997 2000 2002

• Totals

#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE	GRAPH
1	United StatesUnited States	72.6%	2000
2	FinlandFinland	70.4%	1995
=3	NorwayNorway	70%	2000
=3	SwedenSweden	70%	2000
5	New ZealandNew Zealand	69.2%	2000
6	RussiaRussia	64.1%	2000
7	AustraliaAustralia	63.3%	2000
8	LatviaLatvia	63.1%	2000
9	SloveniaSlovenia	60.5%	2000
10	CanadaCanada	60%	2002
11	United KingdomUnited Kingdom	59.5%	2000
12	SpainSpain	59.4%	2000
13	DenmarkDenmark	58.9%	2000
14	AustriaAustria	57.7%	2000
15	EstoniaEstonia	57.5%	2000
16	BelgiumBelgium	57%	2002
17	BelarusBelarus	56%	2000
18	PolandPoland	55.5%	2000
19	NetherlandsNetherlands	55%	2000
20	FranceFrance	53.6%	2000
21	IsraelIsrael	52.7%	2000
22	LithuaniaLithuania	52.5%	2000
	High income OECD countries averageHigh income OECD countries average (profile)	52.34%	2000
23	MacauMacau	52.1%	2000
24	PortugalPortugal	50.2%	2000
25	ItalyItaly	49.9%	2000
26	LibyaLibya	48.8%	2000
27	IcelandIceland	48.7%	2000
28	ArgentinaArgentina	48%	2002
29	JapanJapan	47.7%	2000
30	IrelandIreland	47.5%	2000
31	GermanyGermany	46.3%	2002
32	UkraineUkraine	43.3%	2002
=33	LebanonLebanon	42.3%	2000
=33	GreeceGreece	42.3%	1995
35	SwitzerlandSwitzerland	42.1%	2000
36	KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan	41.1%	2000
37	BulgariaBulgaria	40.8%	2000
38	HungaryHungary	40%	2000
39	BarbadosBarbados	38.2%	2000
40	ChileChile	37.5%	2000
41	UruguayUruguay	36.1%	2000
42	BoliviaBolivia	35.7%	2000
43	ThailandThailand	35.3%	2000
44	PanamaPanama	34.9%	2002
45	GeorgiaGeorgia	34.5%	2000
46	SingaporeSingapore	33.7%	1995
47	MongoliaMongolia	33.3%	2000
48	PhilippinesPhilippines	31.2%	2000
49	KazakhstanKazakhstan	30.9%	2000
50	SlovakiaSlovakia	30.3%	2000
51	Czech RepublicCzech Republic	29.8%	2000
52	ArubaAruba	29.5%	2000
53	PeruPeru	28.8%	2002
54	JordanJordan	28.6%	2002
55	VenezuelaVenezuela	28.5%	2000
56	CroatiaCroatia	28.3%	1995
57	MalaysiaMalaysia	28.2%	2000
58	MoldovaMoldova	27.9%	2000
59	RomaniaRomania	27.3%	2000
60	Saint LuciaSaint Lucia	25.4%	2002
61	BahrainBahrain	25.2%	2002
62	QatarQatar	24.6%	2000
63	Republic of MacedoniaMacedonia Rep.	24.4%	2000
64	CubaCuba	24.2%	2000
65	ColombiaColombia	23.3%	2000
66	Dominican RepublicDominican Rep.	22.9%	1997
67	Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia	22.4%	2002
68	AzerbaijanAzerbaijan	22.3%	2002
69	Netherlands AntillesN. Antilles	21.8%	2000
70	TunisiaTunisia	21.7%	2000
71	MaltaMalta	21.5%	2002
72	KuwaitKuwait	21.1%	2002
73	MexicoMexico	20.7%	2000
74	ArmeniaArmenia	20.2%	2000
75	CyprusCyprus	20%	2002
76	El SalvadorEl Salvador	17.5%	2000
77	BrazilBrazil	16.5%	2000
78	JamaicaJamaica	16.4%	2000
79	Costa RicaCosta Rica	16%	2000
80	South AfricaSouth Africa	15.2%	2000
81	AlbaniaAlbania	15.1%	2000
=82	AlgeriaAlgeria	15%	2002
=82	TurkeyTurkey	15%	2002
84	HondurasHonduras	14.7%	2000
85	IndonesiaIndonesia	14.6%	2000
86	BruneiBrunei	14.4%	2000
87	TajikistanTajikistan	14%	2000
88	IraqIraq	13.6%	2002
89	United Arab EmiratesUAE	12.1%	2002
=90	BurmaBurma	11.5%	2000
=90	NicaraguaNicaragua	11.5%	1995
92	MauritiusMauritius	11.4%	2000
93	SamoaSamoa	10.9%	2000
94	IndiaIndia	10.5%	2002
95	MoroccoMorocco	10.3%	2000
96	ParaguayParaguay	10.1%	1995
=97	VietnamVietnam	9.7%	2000
=97	GuyanaGuyana	9.7%	1995
99	LuxembourgLuxembourg	9.3%	2000
=100	OmanOman	8.5%	2000
=100	GuatemalaGuatemala	8.5%	1995
102	GabonGabon	8%	2002
103	ChinaChina	7.5%	2002
=104	Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire	7%	2002
=104	SurinameSuriname	7%	2002
106	SudanSudan	6.9%	2002
107	BangladeshBangladesh	6.6%	2000
108	Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad+	6.5%	2000
109	SyriaSyria	6.1%	2002
110	NamibiaNamibia	5.9%	2002
111	SwazilandSwaziland	5.2%	2000
112	Sri LankaSri Lanka	5.1%	1995
113	CameroonCameroon	4.9%	2000
=114	NepalNepal	4.6%	2000
=114	BotswanaBotswana	4.6%	2000
116	NigeriaNigeria	4.3%	1997
117	ZimbabweZimbabwe	3.9%	2000
118	TongaTonga	3.8%	2002
=119	TogoTogo	3.7%	2002
=119	SenegalSenegal	3.7%	2002
=119	MauritaniaMauritania	3.7%	2000
122	BeninBenin	3.6%	2002
123	GhanaGhana	3.3%	2000
=124	KenyaKenya	3%	2000
=124	UgandaUganda	3%	2000
126	CambodiaCambodia	2.8%	2000
127	Equatorial GuineaEqu. Guinea	2.7%	2002
128	LesothoLesotho	2.6%	2000
129	ZambiaZambia	2.5%	2000
130	Papua New GuineaPapua NG	2.3%	2002
=131	MadagascarMadagascar	2.2%	2000
=131	Sierra LeoneSierra Leone	2.2%	2000
=133	Central African RepublicCentral Africa	1.9%	2002
=133	MaliMali	1.9%	2002
=135	RwandaRwanda	1.7%	2000
=135	EritreaEritrea	1.7%	2000
=135	The GambiaThe Gambia	1.7%	1997
138	EthiopiaEthiopia	1.6%	2000
139	NigerNiger	1.5%	2000
=140	BurundiBurundi	1.2%	2000
=140	GuineaGuinea	1.2%	1995
142	ComorosComoros	1.1%	2002
143	Burkina FasoBurkina Faso	1%	1995
=144	ChadChad	0.9%	2002
=144	DjiboutiDjibouti	0.9%	2000
=146	AngolaAngola	0.7%	2002
=146	TanzaniaTanzania	0.7%	2000
148	MozambiqueMozambique	0.6%	2000
149	Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau	0.4%	2002
=150	VanuatuVanuatu	0.3%	2002
=150	MalawiMalawi	0.3%	2002

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I'd say that this is the percentage of the entire population, not only the college-aged population.

Posted on 05 Oct 2009

Michael