Only 120 out of every 1,000 people aged 15 and older in Uzbekistan have a university degree, according to the final results of the country’s population census.
Data published by the National Statistics Committee show that 3.3 million people, or 12% of the population in this age group, have higher or postgraduate education.
The largest group consists of people with general secondary education, who account for 11.6 million, or 42.8% of the population aged 15 and older. Another 9.7 million people, or 35.8%, have specialized secondary or vocational education.
In per-capita terms, this means that out of every 1,000 people aged 15 and older, 428 have general secondary education, 358 have specialized secondary or vocational qualifications, and 120 have higher or postgraduate education.
The census also found that 9.6 million people aged seven and older are enrolled in educational institutions. Of these, 4.9 million, or 51.5%, are male, while 4.6 million, or 48.5%, are female.
Higher education institutions have a combined enrollment of 1.7 million students, with women accounting for 49% of the total.
