Data for 1985

Secondary School Enrolment, 1985

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 1985
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1985, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 1985 covers 95 countries. United States Virgin Islands is highest, at 114.96; Burundi is lowest, at 3.18. The middle country reads 38.19. Against 1984, 86 values changed (58 up, 28 down), 9 countries joined, 13 left.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 1985

HighestUnited States Virgin Islands

114.96

LowestBurundi

3.18

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

95countries
1measure
1985the year it describes
95distinct 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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	114.96
2	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	109.46
3	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.78
4	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	97.02
5	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	96.23
6	United States`USA`Northern America	95.62
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	92.81
8	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	85.33
9	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	82.81
10	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	81.70
11	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	81.39
12	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	81.30
13	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	81.14
14	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	80.67
15	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	80.57
16	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	79.95
17	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	76.41
18	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	75.48
19	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	74.60
20	Guyana`GUY`South America	73.03
21	Uruguay`URY`South America	72.39
22	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	72.24
23	Argentina`ARG`South America	70.64
24	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	67.54
25	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	65.77
26	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	65.29
27	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	65.10
28	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	64.44
29	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	63.91
30	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	62.65
31	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	62.46
32	Peru`PER`South America	61.92
33	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	60.96
34	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	60.63
35	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.47
36	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	55.82
37	Venezuela`VEN`South America	54.56
38	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	53.22
39	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	53.14
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	51.56
41	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	50.60
42	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	49.16
43	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	45.13
44	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	44.68
45	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.44
46	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	41.20
47	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	39.72
48	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.19
49	Honduras`HND`Central America	37.63
50	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	36.63
51	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	36.12
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33.64
53	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.55
54	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	33.06
55	Paraguay`PRY`South America	32.59
56	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	31.64
57	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	31.45
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	31.32
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	30.33
60	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.13
61	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29.03
62	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	26.19
63	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	25.47
64	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	24.66
65	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	23.72
66	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	23.05
67	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.28
68	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	21.41
69	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	21.05
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.94
71	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.84
72	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	19.01
73	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	18.25
74	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	18.18
75	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	17.71
76	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17.45
77	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	17.37
78	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	17.02
79	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.89
80	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.22
81	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	14.51
82	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14.23
83	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13.50
84	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11.75
85	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11.29
86	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10.92
87	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	10.03
88	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.99
89	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8.48
90	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.59
91	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6.44
92	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.68
93	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.77
94	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.50
95	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.18

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

95Burundi3.18
94Tanzania3.50
93Burkina Faso3.77
92Chad5.68
91Mali6.44

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 38.19. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+9 / −13countries joined / left
86values changed, of 86 in both
58 · 28rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Suriname43.70 → 51.56+7.86
Kenya30.53 → 38.19+7.66
United States Virgin Islands108.50 → 114.96+6.47
Saint Lucia30.63 → 36.63+6.00
Saint Kitts and Nevis71.15 → 76.41+5.25

Fell most

British Virgin Islands101.22 → 80.57−20.66
Tonga91.76 → 82.81−8.95
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines39.63 → 33.06−6.57
Bahamas86.24 → 79.95−6.29
Nicaragua33.38 → 29.03−4.34

+ Central African Republic

+ Iran

+ Lebanon

+ Mozambique

+ Nauru

+ Eswatini

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

+ Chad

+ Zambia

− Cabo Verde

− Dominica

− Dominican Republic

− Ethiopia

− Haiti

− Indonesia

− India

− Madagascar

− Niger

− Papua New Guinea

− El Salvador

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− Türkiye

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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Every one of the 95 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1985). Secondary School Enrolment, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/1985

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