Data for 1981

Secondary School Enrolment, 1981

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 1981
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1981, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 1981 covers 107 countries. Georgia is highest, at 110.62; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 2.64. The middle country reads 32.57. Against 1980, 90 values changed (64 up, 26 down), 17 countries joined, 10 left.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 1981

HighestGeorgia

110.62

LowestBurkina Faso

2.64

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

107countries
1measure
1981the 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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	110.62
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	107.77
3	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	107.59
4	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	105.01
5	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	102.42
6	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	100.58
7	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.47
8	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	96.96
9	United States`USA`Northern America	94.29
10	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	92.27
11	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	88.37
12	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	87.77
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	85.49
14	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	83.79
15	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	82.80
16	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	79.24
17	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	78.07
18	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	73.07
19	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	72.76
20	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	72.09
21	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	71.12
22	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	70.56
23	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	69.67
24	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	68.50
25	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.25
26	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	66.89
27	Uruguay`URY`South America	63.25
28	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	62.79
29	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	61.71
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.64
31	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.17
32	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	60.14
33	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	59.59
34	Peru`PER`South America	59.47
35	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	57.86
36	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	57.77
37	Argentina`ARG`South America	57.60
38	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	57.59
39	Belize`BLZ`Central America	55.11
40	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	54.62
41	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	52.11
42	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	51.76
43	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	51.05
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	50.63
45	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	50.33
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	49.32
47	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	46.18
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	41.21
49	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	40.19
50	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	36.69
51	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	34.58
52	Suriname`SUR`South America	33.30
53	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33.20
54	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	32.57
55	India`IND`Southern Asia	30.29
56	Paraguay`PRY`South America	28.78
57	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.77
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	28.56
59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	28.12
60	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27.68
61	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	26.31
62	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	24.91
63	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24.49
64	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	24.20
65	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.14
66	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	22.52
67	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	22.09
68	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.56
69	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	20.09
70	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	19.82
71	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.37
72	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	19.28
73	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	18.45
74	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18.33
75	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	18.03
76	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	17.99
77	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	17.74
78	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	17.27
79	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	16.79
80	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	16.77
81	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.72
82	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	15.67
83	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	15.26
84	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15.19
85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	14.11
86	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	14.08
87	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13.98
88	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.14
89	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	12.73
90	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12.70
91	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	12.58
92	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.79
93	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.58
94	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	11.39
95	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11.19
96	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.65
97	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	10.59
98	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8.06
99	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6.77
100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.74
101	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.73
102	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.11
103	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.29
104	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.02
105	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.26
106	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.73
107	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.64

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Georgia110.62
2Uzbekistan107.77
3Tonga107.59
4Kyrgyzstan105.01
5Cayman Islands102.42

Lowest

107Burkina Faso2.64
106Burundi2.73
105Tanzania3.26
104Niger4.02
103Maldives4.29

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 32.57. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+17 / −10countries joined / left
90values changed, of 90 in both
64 · 26rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cayman Islands75.23 → 102.42+27.18
Somalia4.23 → 12.73+8.50
Seychelles49.65 → 57.59+7.94
Republic of the Congo55.09 → 62.79+7.70
Zimbabwe8.94 → 15.19+6.25

Fell most

Suriname49.11 → 33.30−15.81
Bahamas90.27 → 82.80−7.47
Kiribati26.00 → 19.82−6.18
Grenada73.80 → 69.67−4.13
Saint Lucia30.26 → 26.31−3.95

+ Comoros

+ Georgia

+ Indonesia

+ Kazakhstan

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Mauritania

+ Nepal

+ Papua New Guinea

+ Russia

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

+ Tonga

+ Trinidad and Tobago

+ Ukraine

+ Uruguay

+ Uzbekistan

+ British Virgin Islands

− Bermuda

− Equatorial Guinea

− Honduras

− Liberia

− Madagascar

− Nicaragua

− El Salvador

− Eswatini

− Togo

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

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) (1981). Secondary School Enrolment, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/1981

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