Gross tertiary enrollment (% of school-age population)
Definition
Tertiary enrollment of any age as a share of the population in the five-year age group after secondary school. UIS estimate, republished by the World Bank.
- Formula
- Total tertiary enrollment / population of the reference age group × 100.
- Unit
- %
- License
- CC-BY-4.0
Gross tertiary enrollment (% of school-age population)
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Chile
- Colombia
- Mexico
- Latin America & Caribbean
- World
- Gross tertiary enrollment (% of school-age population)
- Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators · Source version: 2026-10-08 · Collected on: 2026-11-01 · License: CC-BY-4.0
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| Year | Brazil | Argentina | Chile | Colombia | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | – | 26.9 | – | – | – | – | 11.5 |
| 1976 | – | 26.9 | – | – | – | – | 10.7 |
| 1977 | – | 24.0 | – | – | – | – | 10.9 |
| 1978 | – | 21.2 | – | – | – | – | 11.2 |
| 1979 | – | 22.0 | – | – | – | – | 11.4 |
| 1980 | – | 21.6 | – | – | – | – | 11.9 |
| 1981 | – | 23.0 | – | – | – | – | 12.2 |
| 1982 | – | 23.7 | – | – | – | – | 12.4 |
| 1983 | – | 24.8 | – | – | – | – | 12.3 |
| 1984 | – | 28.7 | – | – | – | – | 13.7 |
| 1985 | – | 35.7 | – | – | – | – | 13.6 |
| 1986 | – | 37.8 | – | – | – | – | 12.5 |
| 1987 | – | 39.8 | – | – | – | – | 13.0 |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13.0 |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13.3 |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13.3 |
| 1991 | – | 38.3 | – | – | – | – | 13.5 |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14.9 |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15.3 |
| 1994 | – | 37.4 | – | – | – | – | 15.8 |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16.3 |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16.4 |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17.9 |
| 1998 | – | 48.0 | – | – | – | – | 18.1 |
| 1999 | – | 49.5 | – | – | – | 22.6 | 18.8 |
| 2000 | – | 54.1 | 35.4 | 25.5 | 20.5 | 23.8 | 19.5 |
| 2001 | – | 58.5 | – | 26.4 | 21.4 | 25.3 | 20.4 |
| 2002 | – | 61.7 | 40.3 | 26.5 | 22.3 | 27.1 | 21.6 |
| 2003 | – | 64.0 | 43.5 | – | 23.0 | 28.7 | 22.8 |
| 2004 | – | 64.6 | 44.3 | 29.5 | 23.7 | 30.1 | 23.6 |
| 2005 | – | 63.5 | 50.3 | 32.3 | 24.1 | 31.8 | 24.3 |
| 2006 | – | 66.9 | 49.3 | 34.4 | 24.6 | 38.6 | 25.7 |
| 2007 | – | 66.7 | 54.7 | 35.5 | 25.1 | 36.4 | 26.3 |
| 2008 | – | 68.6 | 56.8 | 37.9 | 25.8 | 39.3 | 27.4 |
| 2009 | – | 70.7 | 60.0 | 39.5 | 26.2 | 40.3 | 28.3 |
| 2010 | – | 73.8 | 66.3 | 41.5 | 27.2 | 41.8 | 29.6 |
| 2011 | – | 77.0 | 70.8 | 45.3 | 28.0 | 43.2 | 31.1 |
| 2012 | 43.8 | 78.1 | 75.1 | 47.5 | 29.3 | 44.4 | 32.3 |
| 2013 | 45.0 | 78.6 | 79.9 | 50.7 | 30.3 | 45.5 | 33.1 |
| 2014 | 47.8 | 81.1 | 83.7 | 53.2 | 31.2 | 47.1 | 35.6 |
| 2015 | 49.1 | 83.8 | 86.4 | 54.8 | 32.0 | 48.4 | 36.6 |
| 2016 | 49.0 | 86.7 | 88.8 | 57.1 | 38.6 | 50.4 | 37.1 |
| 2017 | 50.7 | 89.3 | 89.9 | 58.4 | 40.3 | 51.8 | 37.5 |
| 2018 | 52.1 | 91.1 | 91.2 | 57.3 | 41.6 | 52.4 | 37.9 |
| 2019 | 53.6 | 95.2 | 92.1 | 56.7 | 43.0 | 53.4 | 38.7 |
| 2020 | 55.5 | 99.4 | 89.1 | 55.7 | 45.2 | 54.9 | 39.7 |
| 2021 | 57.6 | 107.2 | 96.2 | 58.3 | 45.7 | 56.8 | 41.1 |
| 2022 | 61.0 | 107.1 | 99.3 | 59.3 | 46.4 | 58.2 | 42.0 |
| 2023 | – | 107.8 | 104.7 | – | 47.5 | 60.6 | 43.2 |
| 2024 | 69.7 | – | 110.2 | – | 48.2 | 58.9 | 43.6 |
Criticisms of the metric
- Because it includes students of any age, it can exceed one hundred percent in systems with many adult students. It does not separate undergraduate from graduate or in-person from distance learning.
References
- World Bank. World Development Indicators — metadata for SE.TER.ENRR. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Education and science data: methodology. https://uis.unesco.org/