School enrollment, tertiary in Egypt
Egypt: School enrollment, tertiary was 38.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, tertiary in Egypt, 1971–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % gross.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 38.0% for school enrollment, tertiary in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, tertiary in Egypt peaked at 38.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 1971.
Egypt ranks 103rd of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.4% | 7.2% | 15.5% | 9 |
| 1980s | 17.4% | 14.8% | 19.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.8% | 11.2% | 28.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 28.2% | 26.0% | 29.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 30.7% | 25.6% | 36.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.3% | 35.1% | 38.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More education data for Egypt
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 483,053 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 96.7% (2024)
- Labor force, female 20.6% (2025)
- Labor force, total 36.11 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, tertiary in Egypt?
- School enrollment, tertiary in Egypt was 38.0% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, tertiary recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 38.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, tertiary recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 1971.
- How does Egypt rank for school enrollment, tertiary?
- Egypt ranks 103rd out of 192 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school enrollment, tertiary rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, tertiary (% gross). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.