Data for 1978

Secondary School Enrolment, 1978

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 1978
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1978, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 1978 covers 95 countries. Monaco is highest, at 153.117; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 2.011. The middle country reads 27.323. Against 1977, 87 values changed (74 up, 13 down), 8 countries joined, 10 left.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 1978

HighestMonaco

153.117

LowestBurkina Faso

2.011

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

95countries
1measure
1978the year it describes
95distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Secondary School Enrolment, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	153.117
2	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	105.191
3	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	97.949
4	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	87.550
5	United States`USA`Northern America	85.617
6	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	84.955
7	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	83.421
8	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	82.834
9	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	76.782
10	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	76.179
11	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	72.136
12	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	69.442
13	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	68.923
14	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	68.672
15	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	64.726
16	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	64.365
17	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.224
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.312
19	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	60.763
20	Uruguay`URY`South America	58.644
21	Peru`PER`South America	57.956
22	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	57.733
23	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	55.980
24	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	55.632
25	Argentina`ARG`South America	55.047
26	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	53.551
27	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	53.201
28	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	50.602
29	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	50.459
30	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	49.253
31	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	49.230
32	Venezuela`VEN`South America	47.724
33	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	46.920
34	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	46.354
35	Suriname`SUR`South America	46.214
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	42.530
37	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	41.053
38	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	39.804
39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	38.126
40	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	36.457
41	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	34.088
42	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.841
43	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	33.586
44	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.872
45	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	31.285
46	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.385
47	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	27.543
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	27.323
49	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.998
50	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.604
51	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	26.601
52	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	26.310
53	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	24.945
54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.675
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	23.972
56	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.864
57	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	22.466
58	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	22.061
59	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	20.294
60	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20.010
61	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	19.721
62	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19.397
63	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	18.281
64	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	18.041
65	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16.472
66	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	15.902
67	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	15.742
68	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	15.104
69	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	14.763
70	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	14.621
71	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	14.403
72	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14.003
73	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13.821
74	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	13.301
75	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12.710
76	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.590
77	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10.833
78	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.451
79	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9.866
80	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.181
81	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.179
82	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8.911
83	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8.472
84	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8.318
85	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.989
86	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.860
87	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.748
88	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.355
89	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.564
90	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.563
91	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.386
92	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.052
93	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.483
94	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.375
95	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.011

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Monaco153.117
2Bermuda105.191
3Belarus97.949
4Barbados87.550
5United States85.617

Lowest

95Burkina Faso2.011
94Burundi2.375
93Niger2.483
92Somalia3.052
91Rwanda3.386

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 27.323. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+8 / −10countries joined / left
87values changed, of 87 in both
74 · 13rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Jordan64.012 → 69.442+5.430
Cuba55.375 → 60.763+5.388
Peru52.753 → 57.956+5.203
Iraq38.082 → 42.530+4.448
Bahrain44.861 → 49.253+4.392

Fell most

Antigua and Barbuda76.406 → 64.365−12.041
San Marino46.907 → 41.053−5.855
China57.165 → 53.201−3.964
Dominica65.865 → 63.224−2.641
Nicaragua30.182 → 27.543−2.639

+ Angola

+ Albania

+ Lebanon

+ Liberia

+ Monaco

+ Senegal

+ Seychelles

+ Tonga

− Bangladesh

− Bhutan

− Cayman Islands

− Micronesia

− Iran

− Jamaica

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− Chad

− Trinidad and Tobago

− Vietnam

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 95 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1978). Secondary School Enrolment, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/1978

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