Data for 1973

Secondary School Enrolment, 1973

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 1973
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1973, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 1973 covers 100 countries. Micronesia is highest, at 153.856; Oman is lowest, at 0.211. The middle country reads 23.899. Against 1972, 91 values changed (73 up, 18 down), 9 countries joined, 16 left.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 1973

HighestMicronesia

153.856

LowestOman

0.211

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

100countries
1measure
1973the year it describes
100distinct values15 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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	153.856
2	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	93.268
3	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	92.462
4	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	90.669
5	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	89.268
6	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	82.858
7	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	72.688
8	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	71.866
9	Guyana`GUY`South America	71.440
10	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	66.936
11	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	64.592
12	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.590
13	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	64.472
14	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	61.557
15	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	55.264
16	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	55.197
17	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	54.334
18	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	53.852
19	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	53.043
20	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	52.460
21	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	52.027
22	Argentina`ARG`South America	49.836
23	Panama`PAN`Central America	49.328
24	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	48.152
25	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	46.373
26	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.980
27	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	44.880
28	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	43.921
29	Peru`PER`South America	42.720
30	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	42.148
31	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	41.460
32	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	40.412
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	40.093
34	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	37.766
35	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	36.860
36	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	36.658
37	Suriname`SUR`South America	36.422
38	Venezuela`VEN`South America	35.566
39	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	35.217
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	33.932
41	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	33.909
42	Bolivia`BOL`South America	32.668
43	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	31.928
44	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.382
45	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.458
46	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	25.611
47	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.754
48	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	24.246
49	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	24.211
50	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	24.101
51	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	23.697
52	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.963
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.700
54	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	22.373
55	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.619
56	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	20.273
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	20.077
58	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	19.579
59	Paraguay`PRY`South America	19.143
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	19.086
61	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	18.894
62	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	18.770
63	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	18.242
64	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	15.738
65	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.328
66	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14.075
67	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	13.983
68	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	12.979
69	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.932
70	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	12.298
71	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.970
72	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	11.815
73	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11.479
74	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	11.087
75	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.932
76	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	10.657
77	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.616
78	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10.466
79	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10.017
80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9.383
81	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8.475
82	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8.330
83	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7.661
84	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	7.451
85	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	7.120
86	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	6.614
87	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	6.020
88	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5.974
89	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.898
90	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.895
91	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.816
92	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.803
93	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.156
94	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.593
95	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.528
96	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.959
97	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.445
98	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.400
99	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.182
100	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.211

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Micronesia153.856
2Belarus93.268
3Bahamas92.462
4Bermuda90.669
5Barbados89.268

Lowest

100Oman0.211
99Niger1.182
98Burundi1.400
97Burkina Faso1.445
96Tanzania2.959

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 23.899. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+9 / −16countries joined / left
91values changed, of 91 in both
73 · 18rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cayman Islands58.820 → 72.688+13.869
China43.898 → 53.852+9.954
Mongolia58.511 → 64.592+6.082
Micronesia147.821 → 153.856+6.035
Bermuda84.934 → 90.669+5.735

Fell most

Antigua and Barbuda80.426 → 54.334−26.092
British Virgin Islands76.165 → 66.936−9.229
Grenada40.791 → 36.860−3.931
Andorra21.666 → 19.579−2.087
Brunei54.379 → 53.043−1.337

+ Bangladesh

+ Comoros

+ Dominica

+ Ghana

+ Jamaica

+ Lebanon

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

+ Uganda

+ Samoa

− Bhutan

− Cabo Verde

− Guinea-Bissau

− Honduras

− Iceland

− Cambodia

− Liberia

− Monaco

− Madagascar

− Mauritania

− Malaysia

− Senegal

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− Chad

− United States

− Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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

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Every one of the 100 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1973). Secondary School Enrolment, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/1973

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