Data for 1977

Secondary School Enrolment, 1977

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 1977
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1977, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 1977 covers 97 countries. Micronesia is highest, at 148.12; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 1.94. The middle country reads 26.22. Against 1976, 90 values changed (71 up, 19 down), 7 countries joined, 12 left.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 1977

HighestMicronesia

148.12

LowestBurkina Faso

1.94

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

97countries
1measure
1977the year it describes
97distinct values14 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Secondary School Enrolment, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	148.12
2	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	103.49
3	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	97.38
4	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	85.09
5	United States`USA`Northern America	84.93
6	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	83.43
7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	83.17
8	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	76.41
9	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	75.75
10	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	75.56
11	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	71.74
12	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	69.44
13	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	67.67
14	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	65.86
15	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	64.01
16	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	63.14
17	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	61.77
18	Uruguay`URY`South America	60.20
19	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.37
20	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	57.17
21	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	55.68
22	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	55.46
23	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	55.38
24	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	55.25
25	Argentina`ARG`South America	55.13
26	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	52.91
27	Peru`PER`South America	52.75
28	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	48.49
29	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	47.02
30	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	46.91
31	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	46.90
32	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	46.67
33	Venezuela`VEN`South America	46.51
34	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	45.11
35	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	44.86
36	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	44.80
37	Suriname`SUR`South America	43.81
38	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	39.18
39	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.08
40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	35.69
41	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	34.90
42	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	33.22
43	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32.45
44	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	31.75
45	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	31.66
46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.92
47	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30.18
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	26.97
49	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.22
50	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	26.11
51	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	25.81
52	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	25.16
53	Honduras`HND`Central America	23.59
54	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.46
55	Paraguay`PRY`South America	23.24
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.63
57	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	22.55
58	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	21.22
59	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20.45
60	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	19.84
61	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	19.43
62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	19.36
63	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17.94
64	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	16.67
65	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16.45
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	15.39
67	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	14.66
68	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14.62
69	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14.06
70	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	14.00
71	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.77
72	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	13.64
73	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13.26
74	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	13.17
75	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12.96
76	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.33
77	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12.19
78	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.47
79	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	11.33
80	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9.78
81	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.04
82	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8.40
83	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.79
84	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.15
85	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	6.86
86	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.27
87	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.11
88	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.88
89	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.53
90	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.13
91	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.04
92	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.01
93	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.98
94	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.33
95	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.24
96	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.07
97	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.94

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Micronesia148.12
2Bermuda103.49
3Belarus97.38
4Cayman Islands85.09
5United States84.93

Lowest

97Burkina Faso1.94
96Niger2.07
95Burundi2.24
94Oman2.33
93Mozambique2.98

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 26.22. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+7 / −12countries joined / left
90values changed, of 90 in both
71 · 19rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bermuda89.55 → 103.49+13.94
Cuba45.32 → 55.38+10.05
Kuwait52.83 → 61.77+8.94
Honduras16.34 → 23.59+7.26
Republic of the Congo40.25 → 46.67+6.42

Fell most

Micronesia153.11 → 148.12−4.99
Turks and Caicos Islands78.21 → 75.56−2.64
Somalia5.44 → 3.01−2.42
Barbados85.34 → 83.17−2.18
São Tomé and Príncipe27.28 → 25.16−2.11

+ Bhutan

+ Guinea

+ Kiribati

+ Laos

+ Mozambique

+ Nigeria

+ Trinidad and Tobago

− Albania

− Andorra

− Bahamas

− Equatorial Guinea

− Guyana

− Liberia

− Sri Lanka

− Mongolia

− Russia

− Seychelles

− Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

− British Virgin 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

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UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 97 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1977). Secondary School Enrolment, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/1977

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