Only 7.86% of West Sumatra's Population Attend Higher Education

The Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil) of the Ministry of Home Affairs recorded the population of West Sumatra (Sumbar) as 5.6 million in June 2021. Of this number, only 439,800 people, or 7.86%, had attained tertiary education.

This includes those with doctoral degrees (S3). There were 1,361 individuals (0.02%) with doctoral degrees from the total West Sumatra population.

Furthermore, 19,760 people (0.35%) completed a master's degree (S2), and 290,200 people (5.19%) held a bachelor's degree (S1). A total of 93,460 people (1.67%) in West Sumatra completed a Diploma 3 (D3) education, and 35,020 people (0.63%) completed a Diploma 1 or Diploma 2 (D1/D2) education.

Meanwhile, 1.97 million people (35.15%) of West Sumatra's population completed secondary education. This includes 1.17 million (21%) who completed upper secondary education (SLTA) and 791,610 (14.15%) who completed lower secondary education (SLTP).

In addition, 1.04 million (18.5%) of West Sumatra's population completed primary school (SD), 911,350 (16.28%) did not complete primary school, and 1,240 (0.02%) had no formal education.