Data for 1982

Secondary School Enrolment, 1982

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 1982
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1982, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 1982 covers 94 countries. Tonga is highest, at 109.49; Burundi is lowest, at 2.90. The middle country reads 32.15. Against 1981, 88 values changed (67 up, 21 down), 6 countries joined, 19 left.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 1982

HighestTonga

109.49

LowestBurundi

2.90

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

94countries
1measure
1982the year it describes
94distinct 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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	109.49
2	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	100.34
3	United States`USA`Northern America	97.28
4	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	96.75
5	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	92.43
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	87.64
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	86.63
8	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	84.19
9	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	81.05
10	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	79.93
11	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	78.88
12	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	77.96
13	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	77.13
14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	76.15
15	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	73.80
16	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	71.72
17	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	67.78
18	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	66.81
19	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	64.97
20	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	64.34
21	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.33
22	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	62.35
23	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.16
24	Argentina`ARG`South America	59.58
25	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.26
26	Peru`PER`South America	58.87
27	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	57.87
28	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	57.33
29	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	57.10
30	Belize`BLZ`Central America	56.18
31	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	55.06
32	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	54.92
33	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	53.76
34	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	51.85
35	Venezuela`VEN`South America	51.18
36	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	49.57
37	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	46.76
38	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	44.82
39	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.31
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	42.31
41	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	41.55
42	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	35.33
43	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	35.32
44	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.90
45	Honduras`HND`Central America	32.97
46	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	32.63
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	32.49
48	India`IND`Southern Asia	31.81
49	Paraguay`PRY`South America	30.28
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	30.27
51	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	29.33
52	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	28.99
53	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.62
54	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27.66
55	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	27.53
56	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	27.31
57	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	27.28
58	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26.40
59	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	24.18
60	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	23.82
61	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	22.16
62	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	21.07
63	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	20.38
64	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	19.60
65	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	19.56
66	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18.76
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	18.56
68	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	18.47
69	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17.43
70	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.81
71	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	15.94
72	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.90
73	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	15.22
74	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14.20
75	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	13.99
76	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.11
77	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	13.01
78	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.31
79	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12.30
80	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11.81
81	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	11.39
82	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11.19
83	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.98
84	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	9.18
85	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8.84
86	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.90
87	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.81
88	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.60
89	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7.43
90	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	6.37
91	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.53
92	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.22
93	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.93
94	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.90

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

94Burundi2.90
93Burkina Faso2.93
92Tanzania3.22
91Niger4.53
90Maldives6.37

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 32.15. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −19countries joined / left
88values changed, of 88 in both
67 · 21rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Seychelles57.59 → 67.78+10.19
Suriname33.30 → 42.31+9.01
Zimbabwe15.19 → 22.16+6.96
Trinidad and Tobago71.12 → 77.13+6.01
São Tomé and Príncipe21.56 → 27.53+5.97

Fell most

Afghanistan20.09 → 12.30−7.80
Albania88.37 → 84.19−4.18
China36.69 → 32.63−4.06
Angola13.98 → 9.98−4.00
Jamaica67.25 → 64.34−2.91

+ Bhutan

+ Honduras

+ Nicaragua

+ Togo

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

+ United States Virgin Islands

− Bangladesh

− Botswana

− Côte d’Ivoire

− Comoros

− Cayman Islands

− Fiji

− Georgia

− Kazakhstan

− Kyrgyzstan

− Laos

− Libya

− Mongolia

− Mauritania

− Russia

− Sierra Leone

− Turks and Caicos Islands

− Uzbekistan

− British Virgin Islands

− 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 94 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1982). Secondary School Enrolment, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/1982

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