School enrolment, tertiary (gross) in North America

16 countries in North America, 2023. Unit: % gross. World ranking →

First in the ranking
77.9 %
Puerto Rico
Median country
31.4 %
half above, half below
World
43.2 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
7.7 to 77.9
Sint Maarten - Puerto Rico

How to read it

Across 16 countries in North America, the highest value is in Puerto Rico (77.9 %) and the lowest in Sint Maarten (7.7 %).

The median country is at 31.4 %: half are above, half below.

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.

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Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through… · via World Bank WDI (SE.TER.ENRR) · licence

Tertiary enrolment over time

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Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Puerto Rico77.9
2Canada76.3
3Dominican Republic58.2
4Barbados54.3
5Panama53.7
6Cuba49.7
7Mexico47.5
8El Salvador32.4
9Nicaragua30.4
10Guatemala27.3
11British Virgin Islands26.6
12Turks and Caicos Islands25.3
13Belize22.4
14Bermuda17.3
15Saint Lucia15.0
16Sint Maarten7.7
World Bank, WDI · SE.TER.ENRR · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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