Over the past decade, the number of applicants has grown significantly, but since 2021, this indicator has begun to decline.

The peak was observed in 2020, when 1.48 million applicants applied. In subsequent years, this figure was around 1 million, and in 2024 it fell to 894 thousand.

The dynamics of applicants who submitted documents for admission to universities in 2011-2023 is as follows:

• 418 598 people in 2011;

• 2012 - 432,017 people;

• in 2013 - 480,447 people;

• 2014 - 543,155 people;

• 2015 - 605,845 people;

• 663,304 people in 2016;

• 2017 - 729,950 people;

• 2018 - 814,952 people;

• 2019 - 1,066,926 people;

• 1,484,085 people in 2020;

• In 2021 - 948,211 people;

• 1,214,232 people in 2022;

• 1,018,007 people in 2023;

• 894,279 people in 2024.