Uzbekistan's university enrolment rose from 8% to 57%
Gross tertiary enrolment ratio, % of the university-age group, Central Asia, 2015 and 2024, UNESCO via World Bank.
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Uzbekistan's gross tertiary enrolment ratio in 2024, up from 8% in 2015, one of the lowest rates in Asia then.
The year Uzbekistan passed Kazakhstan (53%), the region's leader in 2015. Kazakhstan has slipped since its 62% peak in 2020.
Uzbekistan's ratio in 2025, the latest year. Central Asia's most populous country is building a mass student body.
the numbers & method
| 2015 (%) | 2024 (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Uzbekistan | 8 | 57 |
| Kazakhstan | 48 | 54 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 47 | 53 |
| Tajikistan | 26 | 36 |
Claim types Fact · Interpretation
World Bank WDI series SE.TER.ENRR (data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics), edition last updated 2026-10-08, read from the World Bank API as loaded into the progrss vault (dataset 549). Gross ratio: total tertiary enrolment, regardless of age, divided by the population of the five-year age group after secondary school; it can count older, part-time and distance students and measures access, not quality. Uzbekistan by year: 2015 8.1; 2016 8.3; 2017 8.6; 2018 10.0; 2019 13.0; 2020 16.0; 2021 22.1; 2022 31.7; 2023 45.8; 2024 56.5; 2025 59.8. Kazakhstan: 2015 48.3; 2020 62.3 (peak); 2023 54.7; 2024 53.5; 2025 52.9. Kyrgyzstan: 2015 46.5; 2024 53.2; 2025 53.9. Tajikistan: 2015 26.1; 2024 35.6 (no 2025 value). Turkmenistan has no 2015 value (20.4 in 2024) and is not shown. 2024 is the last year with values for all four countries shown. Licence: World Bank, CC BY 4.0.
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