Data for 1971

Secondary School Enrolment, 1971

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 1971
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1971, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 1971 covers 110 countries. Micronesia is highest, at 143.329; Oman is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 18.522.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 1971

HighestMicronesia

143.329

LowestOman

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

110countries
1measure
1971the year it describes
110distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Secondary School Enrolment, 1971, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Secondary School Enrolment, 1971: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	143.329
2	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	141.329
3	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	93.346
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	92.447
5	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	88.410
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	88.030
7	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	86.922
8	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	85.617
9	United States`USA`Northern America	83.399
10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	79.459
11	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	79.205
12	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	77.578
13	Guyana`GUY`South America	64.911
14	Uruguay`URY`South America	60.715
15	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.453
16	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.189
17	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	52.154
18	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	51.689
19	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	51.555
20	Argentina`ARG`South America	45.542
21	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	44.695
22	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.326
23	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	43.697
24	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	42.392
25	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	42.240
26	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	41.671
27	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41.257
28	Panama`PAN`Central America	40.769
29	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	40.197
30	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	40.027
31	Peru`PER`South America	38.341
32	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	36.274
33	Suriname`SUR`South America	34.856
34	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	34.349
35	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	34.294
36	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	33.020
37	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	32.015
38	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	31.424
39	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30.749
40	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30.522
41	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	30.026
42	Bolivia`BOL`South America	29.139
43	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.633
44	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	25.897
45	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.438
46	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.980
47	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	23.606
48	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	23.413
49	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.837
50	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21.381
51	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20.473
52	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.812
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	19.134
54	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	18.615
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	18.568
56	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.476
57	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	18.111
58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	17.841
59	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	17.814
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	17.164
61	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	15.761
62	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14.884
63	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.120
64	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	13.314
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	13.017
66	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	12.759
67	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	12.741
68	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	12.696
69	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.375
70	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12.109
71	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	12.046
72	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	12.027
73	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	10.215
74	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.164
75	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	9.727
76	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.681
77	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9.378
78	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9.293
79	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	9.283
80	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	9.244
81	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	9.220
82	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	8.750
83	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.742
84	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	8.629
85	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.157
86	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	7.410
87	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	7.368
88	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.978
89	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6.436
90	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6.289
91	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.195
92	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6.159
93	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4.847
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.438
95	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.099
96	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.076
97	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.724
98	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.526
99	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3.513
100	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.512
101	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.904
102	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.824
103	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	2.634
104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.251
105	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.860
106	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.714
107	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.696
108	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.345
109	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.946
110	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Micronesia143.329
2Monaco141.329
3Bahamas93.346
4Russia92.447
5Belarus88.410

Lowest

110Oman0.000
109Niger0.946
108Burkina Faso1.345
107Burundi1.696
106Maldives1.714

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 18.522. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1971). Secondary School Enrolment, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/1971

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