Data for 1972

Secondary School Enrolment, 1972

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 1972
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1972, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 1972 covers 107 countries. Monaco is highest, at 148.43; Oman is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 20.16. Against 1971, 100 values changed (84 up, 16 down), 6 countries joined, 9 left.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 1972

HighestMonaco

148.43

LowestOman

0.00

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

107countries
1measure
1972the year it describes
107distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Secondary School Enrolment, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	148.43
2	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	147.82
3	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	93.74
4	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	90.85
5	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	88.04
6	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	84.93
7	United States`USA`Northern America	84.21
8	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	83.79
9	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	81.04
10	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	80.43
11	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	76.16
12	Guyana`GUY`South America	69.42
13	Uruguay`URY`South America	62.92
14	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	62.04
15	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	61.03
16	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	58.82
17	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	58.51
18	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	55.56
19	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	54.38
20	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	53.01
21	Argentina`ARG`South America	47.46
22	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	45.35
23	Panama`PAN`Central America	45.00
24	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.79
25	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	44.32
26	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	43.95
27	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	43.90
28	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	43.06
29	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	42.37
30	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	41.07
31	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	40.79
32	Peru`PER`South America	40.61
33	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	39.02
34	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	34.80
35	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	33.26
36	Venezuela`VEN`South America	33.18
37	Suriname`SUR`South America	32.88
38	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	32.77
39	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32.38
40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	31.99
41	Bolivia`BOL`South America	31.96
42	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	27.79
43	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.08
44	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	25.89
45	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	24.72
46	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	24.58
47	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.35
48	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	23.27
49	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	21.67
50	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	21.11
51	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20.86
52	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	20.81
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	20.54
54	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	20.16
55	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	20.06
56	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	18.74
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	18.71
58	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	18.55
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	18.45
60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	17.77
61	Honduras`HND`Central America	15.12
62	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	15.04
63	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14.89
64	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	14.88
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14.44
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.23
67	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12.66
68	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.52
69	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	12.12
70	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.81
71	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.27
72	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.13
73	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	10.98
74	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	10.68
75	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10.65
76	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.41
77	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	10.20
78	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	10.18
79	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	10.05
80	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	9.92
81	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9.81
82	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9.40
83	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.37
84	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9.02
85	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8.05
86	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.04
87	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.57
88	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	7.31
89	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6.83
90	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.65
91	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.97
92	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5.39
93	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.88
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.52
95	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.39
96	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.31
97	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.26
98	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.64
99	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.17
100	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.16
101	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2.91
102	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.86
103	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.01
104	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.78
105	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.37
106	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.05
107	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Monaco148.43
2Micronesia147.82
3Bahamas93.74
4Belarus90.85
5Barbados88.04

Lowest

107Oman0.00
106Niger1.05
105Burkina Faso1.37
104Burundi1.78
103Chad2.01

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 20.16. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −9countries joined / left
100values changed, of 101 in both
84 · 16rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

China34.35 → 43.90+9.55
Grenada33.02 → 40.79+7.77
Iran25.90 → 33.26+7.36
Monaco141.33 → 148.43+7.10
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines19.81 → 24.58+4.77

Fell most

Gibraltar79.21 → 61.03−18.18
Tonga86.92 → 83.79−3.13
Qatar34.29 → 31.99−2.31
Cuba22.84 → 20.81−2.03
Suriname34.86 → 32.88−1.98

+ Antigua and Barbuda

+ Cabo Verde

+ Cayman Islands

+ Saint Lucia

+ Mauritania

+ Malawi

− Comoros

− Ghana

− Guinea

− Equatorial Guinea

− Lebanon

− Maldives

− Russia

− Rwanda

− Turks and Caicos Islands

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

The position is ours
UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 107 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1972). Secondary School Enrolment, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/1972

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