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Tertiary Enrollment by African country

2025

Gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education, regardless of age.

Africa, 20252 of 54 countries
34.6%population-weighted average
Highest in 2025Egypt · 38.0%Lowest in 2025Burundi · 6.4%Reported in 20252 of 54 countries surveyed
Click a country to pin it — pinned countries are named on the map. Hatching means no record.
Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — no dataDemocratic Republic of the Congo — no dataSomalia — no dataKenya — no dataSudan — no dataChad — no dataSouth Africa — no dataLesotho — no dataZimbabwe — no dataBotswana — no dataNamibia — no dataSenegal — no dataMali — no dataMauritania — no dataBenin — no dataNiger — no dataNigeria — no dataCameroon — no dataTogo — no dataGhana — no dataCote d'Ivoire — no dataGuinea — no dataGuinea-Bissau — no dataLiberia — no dataSierra Leone — no dataBurkina Faso — no dataCentral African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — no dataGabon — no dataEquatorial Guinea — no dataZambia — no dataMalawi — no dataMozambique — no dataEswatini — no dataAngola — no dataBurundi — 6.4%Madagascar — no dataGambia — no dataTunisia — no dataAlgeria — no dataEritrea — no dataMorocco — no dataEgypt — 38.0%Libya — no dataEthiopia — no dataDjibouti — no dataUganda — no dataRwanda — no dataSouth Sudan — no dataNigeriaNigeriaEthiopiaEthiopiaKenyaKenyaSouth AfricaSouth Africa2025HIGHEST IN 2025Egypt38.0%Burundi6.4%LOWEST IN 2025Burundi6.4%Egypt38.0%PINNEDEthiopiano dataKenyano dataNigeriano dataSouth Africano dataOTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawnno dataComorosnot drawnno dataMauritiusnot drawnno dataSao Tome and Principenot drawnno dataSeychellesnot drawnno data% of the age group · quintiles of the observed range6.4%6.4%6.4%6.4%6.4%38%no record
20142025
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Northern Africa1 of 6 countries38.0%
Eastern Africa1 of 18 countries6.4%
Western Africa0 of 16 countries—
Middle Africa0 of 9 countries—
Southern Africa0 of 5 countries—
Africaall 54 countries · 2 with a 2025 figure34.6%

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
52 countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 47 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Tertiary EnrollmentGross enrollment ratio in tertiary education, regardless of age.
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unit% of the age group
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1970–2025
Coverage2 of 54 countries · 2 reported, 0 modelled, 52 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 2 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Tertiary Enrollment". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/tertiary-enrollment
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=tertiary_enrollment_pct&year=2025&limit=100

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Tertiary Enrollment: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

22 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryTertiary EnrollmentPeriod
1Algeria54.4%2024
2Morocco48.2%2024
3Mauritius45.8%2024
4Tunisia38.1%2023
5Egypt38%2025
6South Africa23.5%2023
7Botswana21.4%2024
8Ghana21.3%2024
9Cameroon16.7%2024
10Senegal15.3%2024
11Seychelles14.5%2024
12Gambia13.5%2024
13Cote d'Ivoire12.3%2024
14Kenya10.4%2024
15Republic of the Congo10.4%2023
16Burkina Faso10%2024
17Angola10%2024
18Rwanda9.4%2024
19Zimbabwe7.7%2024
20Burundi6.4%2025
21Madagascar6.1%2023
22Tanzania4%2024
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 22 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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