UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary (%)

Name: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary (%)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/getting-started

Total enrolment in tertiary (university and higher) education as a percentage of the population in the five-year age group following upper-secondary. UNESCO UIS national estimate, both sexes.

Trend

Latest values

Period	Area	Value	Unit
2016	Syria	43.76	% gross
2015	Syria	47.84	% gross
2014	Syria	44.46	% gross
2013	Syria	31.41	% gross
2012	Syria	28.84	% gross
2011	Syria	24.53	% gross
2010	Syria	24.73	% gross
2009	Syria	22.90	% gross
2008	Syria	21.80	% gross
2007	Syria	21.34	% gross
2006	Syria	20.85	% gross
2005	Syria	18.30	% gross
2004	Syria	15.24	% gross
2003	Syria	13.23	% gross
2002	Syria	12.65	% gross
1995	Syria	14.57	% gross
1994	Syria	15.13	% gross
1993	Syria	16.55	% gross
1992	Syria	16.54	% gross
1991	Syria	17.32	% gross
1990	Syria	17.39	% gross
1989	Syria	17.17	% gross
1988	Syria	18.12	% gross
1987	Syria	16.79	% gross
1986	Syria	17.20	% gross
1985	Syria	17.08	% gross
1984	Syria	16.38	% gross
1983	Syria	16.39	% gross
1982	Syria	16.69	% gross
1981	Syria	16.72	% gross
1980	Syria	14.26	% gross
1979	Syria	14.89	% gross
1978	Syria	13.65	% gross
1977	Syria	12.51	% gross
1976	Syria	10.57	% gross
1975	Syria	10.10	% gross
1974	Syria	9.25	% gross
1973	Syria	8.77	% gross
1972	Syria	9.05	% gross
1971	Syria	7.45	% gross

About this data

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Dataset: UNESCO UIS Syria education indicators
License: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Dataset version: 20260721141533-2be8a06a6658
Last source check: 2026-07-21
Data quality: Source-published
Original download: Source API request; UNESCO Institute for Statistics national both-sexes estimate; reported or modelled values as published by UIS.
What this data is and is not: These are UNESCO UIS national series for Syria, both sexes, not governorate-level measurements. Some values are reported by national authorities and some are UIS estimates, and coverage varies sharply by year—out-of-school rates run to recent years while some spending and completion figures predate the war. Sanad keeps the national total for each year.; Official methodology documentation

Citation

How to cite this data

Syria Data Observatory, “Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary (%)”. Dataset: UNESCO UIS Syria education indicators. Original source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Version: 20260721141533-2be8a06a6658. Last source check: 2026-07-21. https://observatory.sanaddata.com/en/indicators/unesco-enrolment-tertiary.

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