Countries With the Fastest Growth in School enrolment (tertiary) (5-Year Change)

Name: Countries With the Fastest Growth in School enrolment (tertiary) (5-Year Change)
Creator: The World Bank
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Change in School enrolment (tertiary) over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that rose are listed. Source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Macao SAR, China rose the most: by 61.8 pts, from 80.1% gross to 141.9% gross in the five years to 2024. Andorra is second (+52.2 pts), followed by Uzbekistan (+43.8 pts). 97 countries rose over that period; the median change among them was +6.92 pts.

#1: Macao SAR, China · +61.8 pts
Median: +6.92 pts
Coverage: 97 countries
Data year: 2024
Last updated: 2026-11-14

Top 10: 5-year change (points). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Macao SAR, China 61.8; 2. Andorra 52.2; 3. Uzbekistan 43.8; 4. Hong Kong SAR, China 36.2; 5. Cyprus 27; 6. Greece 24.2; 7. Albania 22.7; 8. Malta 22.7; 9. Qatar 21.9; 10. Ecuador 20.6.

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Countries With the Fastest Growth in School enrolment (tertiary) (5-Year Change), 2024
Rank	Country	From	To	5-year change (points)
1	Macao SAR, China	80.1	141.9	+61.8 pts
2	Andorra	15.4	67.7	+52.2 pts
3	Uzbekistan	16	59.8	+43.8 pts
4	Hong Kong SAR, China	83.9	120.1	+36.2 pts
5	Cyprus	93.9	120.9	+27 pts
6	Greece	141	165.1	+24.2 pts
7	Albania	61.4	84.2	+22.7 pts
8	Malta	57.8	80.5	+22.7 pts
9	Qatar	21.1	43	+21.9 pts
10	Ecuador	47.3	67.9	+20.6 pts
11	China	56.6	76.9	+20.3 pts
12	Moldova	54.8	74.7	+19.9 pts
13	Uruguay	60.3	80	+19.7 pts
14	United Kingdom	61.1	80.4	+19.3 pts
15	Chile	92.1	110.2	+18.1 pts
16	Korea, Rep.	94	111.9	+17.9 pts
17	Georgia	71.8	89.5	+17.7 pts
18	Philippines	30.1	47.4	+17.4 pts
19	Argentina	91.1	107.8	+16.7 pts
20	Brazil	53.6	69.7	+16.1 pts
21	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	25.7	41.5	+15.8 pts
22	Finland	94.6	110.3	+15.7 pts
23	Maldives	33.3	48.5	+15.2 pts
24	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.3	25.3	+14 pts
25	Portugal	65.1	77.7	+12.6 pts
26	Italy	64.5	76	+11.5 pts
27	North Macedonia	43.9	55	+11.2 pts
28	Liechtenstein	35	46	+11 pts
29	Morocco	37.7	48.2	+10.5 pts
30	Poland	70.9	80.9	+10 pts
31	United Arab Emirates	53.9	63.7	+9.86 pts
32	Norway	85.8	95.5	+9.74 pts
33	Turkmenistan	11.1	20.4	+9.37 pts
34	Sweden	75.1	84	+8.88 pts
35	Indonesia	36.1	44.9	+8.73 pts
36	Kyrgyz Republic	45.3	53.9	+8.54 pts
37	Cambodia	12.9	21.4	+8.5 pts
38	Brunei Darussalam	27.9	36.4	+8.49 pts
39	Azerbaijan	32.9	41.3	+8.42 pts
40	Singapore	88.9	97.3	+8.4 pts
41	Croatia	72.9	81.2	+8.31 pts
42	Nepal	13.8	21.3	+7.49 pts
43	Viet Nam	30.2	37.6	+7.37 pts
44	San Marino	50.2	57.5	+7.31 pts
45	Switzerland	66.3	73.5	+7.23 pts
46	Iceland	69.3	76.5	+7.18 pts
47	Lebanon	47.2	54.4	+7.17 pts
48	Tunisia	31	38.1	+7.16 pts
49	Canada	69.4	76.3	+6.92 pts
50	Thailand	42.6	49.1	+6.49 pts
51	Hungary	54.2	60.5	+6.31 pts
52	Austria	86.3	92.6	+6.29 pts
53	Slovak Republic	48.2	54.5	+6.28 pts
54	Saudi Arabia	78	83.9	+5.92 pts
55	Jordan	30.1	35.9	+5.81 pts
56	Bahrain	52.9	58.4	+5.46 pts
57	British Virgin Islands	24.3	29.6	+5.31 pts
58	Mexico	43	48.2	+5.16 pts
59	Costa Rica	50.3	55	+4.69 pts
60	India	29.8	34.4	+4.63 pts
61	El Salvador	28.5	32.8	+4.32 pts
62	Togo	10.8	14.9	+4.09 pts
63	Germany	72.7	76.7	+4 pts
64	Ghana	17.4	21.3	+3.97 pts
65	France	67.7	71.5	+3.8 pts
66	Namibia	22.5	26.1	+3.63 pts
67	Romania	52	55.2	+3.17 pts
68	Burkina Faso	6.91	10	+3.14 pts
69	Rwanda	6.31	9.41	+3.1 pts
70	Belgium	79.1	82.1	+3.02 pts
71	Luxembourg	19.4	22.4	+3.01 pts
72	Netherlands	83.7	86.6	+2.94 pts
73	Sri Lanka	17.9	20.7	+2.85 pts
74	Serbia	67.8	70.6	+2.79 pts
75	Mauritius	43	45.8	+2.79 pts
76	Slovenia	77.3	80.1	+2.78 pts
77	Senegal	12.6	15.3	+2.72 pts
78	Ukraine	84.5	87.2	+2.71 pts
79	Samoa	13.6	16	+2.45 pts
80	Spain	91.5	93.8	+2.23 pts
81	Côte d'Ivoire	10.3	12.3	+2.01 pts
82	Japan	62.6	64.5	+1.88 pts
83	Cameroon	15.1	16.7	+1.61 pts
84	Chad	3.23	4.4	+1.17 pts
85	Tanzania	2.86	4.02	+1.16 pts
86	South Africa	22.4	23.5	+1.14 pts
87	Mongolia	68	69	+1.07 pts
88	Madagascar	5.12	6.15	+1.03 pts
89	Bangladesh	22.7	23.7	+1.02 pts
90	Colombia	58.4	59.3	+0.894 pts
91	Algeria	53.9	54.4	+0.563 pts
92	Lithuania	75.1	75.6	+0.524 pts
93	Lao PDR	14.5	14.9	+0.387 pts
94	St. Lucia	14.7	15	+0.384 pts
95	Marshall Islands	37.4	37.7	+0.322 pts
96	Mauritania	5.88	5.97	+0.088 pts
97	Ireland	77.5	77.6	+0.074 pts

About the top 10

#1 Macao SAR, China

Macao SAR, China ranks #1 on this list with +61.8 pts.

Continent: Asia
Income group: High income
Population: 685,900 people (2025)
GDP: US$52.06 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$75,902 (2025)
Life expectancy: 83.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 100% of population (2025)
International tourist arrivals: 5.9 million arrivals (2020)

Also ranks #1 in population density · #2 in school enrolment (tertiary) · #2 in services value added share of gdp.

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#2 Andorra

Andorra ranks #2 on this list with +52.2 pts.

Capital: Andorra la Vella
Continent: Europe
Income group: High income
Population: 82,904 people (2025)
GDP: US$4.5 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$54,292 (2025)
Life expectancy: 84.2 years (2024)
Urban population: 88.9% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in access to sanitation · #1 in access to clean cooking fuels · #3 in electricity access rate.

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#3 Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan ranks #3 on this list with +43.8 pts.

Capital: Tashkent
Continent: Asia
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 37.05 million people (2025)
GDP: US$147.04 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$3,968 (2025)
Life expectancy: 72.5 years (2024)
Urban population: 51% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Tashkent.

Also ranks #2 in literacy rate · #4 in deposit interest rate · #5 in bank branches per 100,000 adults.

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#4 Hong Kong SAR, China

Hong Kong SAR, China ranks #4 on this list with +36.2 pts.

Continent: Asia
Income group: High income
Population: 7.5 million people (2025)
GDP: US$427.31 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$56,983 (2025)
Life expectancy: 85.4 years (2024)
Urban population: 100% of population (2025)
International tourist arrivals: 3.57 million arrivals (2020)

Also ranks #1 in female population share · #1 in trade share of gdp · #2 in female life expectancy.

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#5 Cyprus

Cyprus ranks #5 on this list with +27 pts.

Capital: Nicosia
Continent: Europe
Income group: High income
Population: 1.37 million people (2025)
GDP: US$41.23 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$41,783 (2025)
Life expectancy: 81.8 years (2024)
Urban population: 66.7% of population (2025)

Also ranks #3 in school enrolment (tertiary) · #4 in secure internet servers per million · #4 in immunisation (measles) rate.

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#6 Greece

Greece ranks #6 on this list with +24.2 pts.

Capital: Athens
Continent: Europe
Income group: High income
Population: 10.41 million people (2025)
GDP: US$280.64 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$26,948 (2025)
Life expectancy: 81.8 years (2024)
Urban population: 79.2% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in school enrolment (tertiary) · #4 in physicians per 1,000 · #6 in population ages 65+ share.

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#7 Albania

Albania ranks #7 on this list with +22.7 pts.

Capital: Tirana
Continent: Europe
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 2.35 million people (2025)
GDP: US$30.54 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$12,998 (2025)
Life expectancy: 79.8 years (2024)
Urban population: 58.9% of population (2025)

Also ranks #2 in electricity access rate · #2 in access to electricity (rural) · #11 in completion rate (lower secondary).

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#8 Malta

Malta ranks #8 on this list with +22.7 pts.

Capital: Valletta
Continent: Europe
Income group: High income
Population: 579,700 people (2025)
GDP: US$27.77 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$47,907 (2025)
Life expectancy: 83 years (2024)
Urban population: 95.7% of population (2025)

Also ranks #4 in access to sanitation · #6 in trade share of gdp · #6 in irrigated land share.

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#9 Qatar

Qatar ranks #9 on this list with +21.9 pts.

Capital: Doha
Continent: Asia
Income group: High income
Population: 2.97 million people (2025)
GDP: US$215.56 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$72,525 (2025)
Life expectancy: 82.5 years (2024)
Urban population: 99.4% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Doha.

Also ranks #1 in male population share · #1 in population ages 15-64 share · #1 in labour force participation rate.

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#10 Ecuador

Ecuador ranks #10 on this list with +20.6 pts.

Capital: Quito
Continent: South America
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 18.29 million people (2025)
GDP: US$130.32 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$7,125 (2025)
Life expectancy: 77.6 years (2024)
Urban population: 63.4% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Guayaquil, Quito.

Also ranks #5 in homicide rate · #9 in gini index · #9 in women in ministerial positions share.

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Source and method

Change in School enrolment (tertiary) over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that rose are listed.

Source: The World Bank, indicator SE.TER.ENRR. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved: 2026-11-14.

The World Bank: School enrollment, tertiary (% gross): Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (via World Development Indicators)

Original data provider, as recorded by the World Bank: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Values are shown as published (changes are computed from the published values). Provider terms: The World Bank. All licences: Sources & licences.

Summary

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About the top 10

#1 Macao SAR, China

#2 Andorra

#3 Uzbekistan

#4 Hong Kong SAR, China

#5 Cyprus

#6 Greece

#7 Albania

#8 Malta

#9 Qatar

#10 Ecuador

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