12% of Uzbekistan's population over 15 hold a university degree

According to the population census, 120 out of every 1,000 residents of Uzbekistan aged 15 and over have higher or postgraduate education.

Uzbekistan

In Uzbekistan, there are 120 people with higher or postgraduate education for every 1,000 residents aged 15 and over. The figures were published by the National Statistics Committee based on the results of the population census.

According to the data, 3.3 million people, or 12% of this age group, have higher or postgraduate education. Another 9.7 million (35.8%) have specialised secondary or vocational education, and 11.6 million (42.8%) have general secondary education.

A total of 9.6 million people aged seven and over are enrolled in the country's educational institutions, of whom 4.9 million are male (51.5%) and 4.6 million are female (48.5%).

Higher education institutions have 1.7 million students, 49% of whom are women.

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