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China: Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes

20.10Mcount · 2019+54.1% since 2009

Total number of students enrolled in public and private short-cycle tertiary education programmes (ISCED 5). Annual figures for China from 1999 to 2019.

19992019

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
201920,098,956
201819,091,160
201718,628,666
201618,655,586
201518,492,154
201417,937,695
201313,901,342
201213,467,438
201113,397,511
201013,758,964
200913,039,434
200811,893,093
200711,493,508
200610,834,485
20059,680,074
20048,862,951
20037,363,004
20025,429,127
20014,237,340
20003,497,355
19993,214,478

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-enrolment-in-tertiary-education-isced-5-programmes-both (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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