Data for 1979

Secondary School Enrolment, 1979

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 1979
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1979, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 1979 covers 91 countries. Bermuda is highest, at 109.86; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 2.13. The middle country reads 28.81. Against 1978, 84 values changed (68 up, 16 down), 7 countries joined, 11 left.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 1979

HighestBermuda

109.86

LowestBurkina Faso

2.13

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

91countries
1measure
1979the year it describes
91distinct values14 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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	109.86
2	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.06
3	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	86.11
4	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	85.44
5	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	83.97
6	United States`USA`Northern America	80.31
7	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	78.17
8	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	75.30
9	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	75.11
10	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	73.58
11	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	72.26
12	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	70.68
13	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	70.26
14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	67.22
15	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	67.02
16	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	66.54
17	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	65.61
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.75
19	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.39
20	Peru`PER`South America	59.26
21	Uruguay`URY`South America	57.59
22	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	57.50
23	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	57.13
24	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	55.55
25	Argentina`ARG`South America	55.07
26	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	53.46
27	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	52.56
28	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	50.21
29	Venezuela`VEN`South America	49.06
30	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	48.18
31	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	47.59
32	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	47.55
33	Suriname`SUR`South America	46.68
34	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	46.60
35	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	44.19
36	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	44.03
37	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	42.15
38	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	40.09
39	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	38.57
40	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	38.22
41	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	35.39
42	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	35.38
43	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	33.36
44	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	31.22
45	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30.02
46	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	28.81
47	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	27.27
48	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27.23
49	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.85
50	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	26.32
51	Paraguay`PRY`South America	26.15
52	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	25.67
53	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.97
54	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	23.39
55	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	22.48
56	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	22.06
57	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.24
58	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	21.17
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	19.37
60	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	18.69
61	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	17.37
62	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	16.94
63	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.72
64	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	15.64
65	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	15.62
66	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	15.23
67	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.22
68	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	15.01
69	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	14.74
70	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	14.57
71	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	13.07
72	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.64
73	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	11.54
74	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	11.14
75	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10.98
76	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.13
77	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.90
78	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.88
79	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8.73
80	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.63
81	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8.46
82	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.01
83	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.31
84	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.70
85	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.45
86	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.92
87	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.62
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.60
89	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.95
90	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.46
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.13

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Bermuda109.86
2Belarus98.06
3Barbados86.11
4Albania85.44
5Iceland83.97

Lowest

91Burkina Faso2.13
90Burundi2.46
89Niger2.95
88Rwanda3.60
87Tanzania3.62

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 28.81. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+7 / −11countries joined / left
84values changed, of 84 in both
68 · 16rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cuba60.76 → 67.02+6.25
Libya50.46 → 55.55+5.09
United Arab Emirates33.59 → 38.57+4.99
Bermuda105.19 → 109.86+4.67
Seychelles39.80 → 44.19+4.39

Fell most

China53.20 → 47.59−5.61
United States85.62 → 80.31−5.31
Barbados87.55 → 86.11−1.44
Pakistan16.47 → 15.22−1.26
Gabon28.38 → 27.23−1.16

+ Bangladesh

+ Haiti

+ Jamaica

+ Madagascar

+ Mongolia

+ Saudi Arabia

+ British Virgin Islands

− Afghanistan

− Angola

− Antigua and Barbuda

− Indonesia

− India

− Lebanon

− Saint Lucia

− Monaco

− Turks and Caicos Islands

− Tonga

− Vanuatu

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

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UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 91 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1979). Secondary School Enrolment, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/1979

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