Tertiary Access & Participation — National Capability Index

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

gross tertiary enrolment ratio
tertiary attainment at ages 25 to 34
first-generation participation rate

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2

Advanced 27

Established 45

Transitional 35

Foundational 51

Nascent 34

Inception 3

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
2	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
4	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	17	Advanced	±0.00
5	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
6	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
7	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
8	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
11	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
12	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇫🇷France	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
16	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
19	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
20	🇺🇸United States	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.00
21	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
22	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
23	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
24	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
25	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.71
26	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
27	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
28	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
29	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
30	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
31	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
32	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
33	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
34	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
35	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
36	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
37	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
38	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
39	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
40	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
41	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	14	Established	±0.50
42	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
43	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
44	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
45	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
46	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
47	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
48	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
49	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
50	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
51	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
52	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
53	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
54	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
55	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
56	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
57	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
58	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	12	Established	±0.50
59	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
60	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
61	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
62	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	12	Established	±0.83
63	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
64	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	12	Established	±0.50
65	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
66	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
67	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
68	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	12	Established	±0.50
69	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	12	Established	±0.50
70	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
71	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
72	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
73	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	12	Established	±0.50
74	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	12	Established	±0.50
75	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
76	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
77	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.50
78	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
79	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
80	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
81	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.50
82	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
83	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
84	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
85	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
86	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
87	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
88	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
89	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
90	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
91	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
92	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
93	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
94	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
95	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
96	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
97	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
98	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
99	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.50
100	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
101	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
102	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
103	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
104	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
105	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
106	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	9	Transitional	±1.00
107	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
108	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
109	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
110	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
111	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
112	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
113	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
114	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
115	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
116	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
117	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
118	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
119	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
120	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
121	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
122	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
123	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
124	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
125	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
126	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
127	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
128	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
129	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
130	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
131	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
132	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
133	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
134	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
135	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
136	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
137	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
138	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
139	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
140	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
141	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
142	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
143	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
144	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
145	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
146	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
147	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.71
148	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
149	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
150	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
151	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
152	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
153	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
154	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
155	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
156	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
157	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
158	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
159	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
160	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
161	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
162	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
163	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
164	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
165	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
166	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
167	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
168	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
169	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
170	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.50
171	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
172	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
173	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
174	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
175	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
176	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
177	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
178	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
179	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
180	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
181	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
182	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
183	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
184	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
185	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
186	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
187	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
188	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
189	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
190	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
191	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
192	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
193	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
194	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
195	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
196	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	1	Inception	±0.50

Others in Advanced Education

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Graduate Formation & Employability	8.4	1–18	United States
Doctoral & Research Training	7.5	0–20	United States