Data for 1986

Secondary School Enrolment, 1986

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 1986
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1986, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 1986 covers 103 countries. Georgia is highest, at 113.06; Burundi is lowest, at 3.38. The middle country reads 41.40. Against 1985, 82 values changed (57 up, 25 down), 21 countries joined, 13 left.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 1986

HighestGeorgia

113.06

LowestBurundi

3.38

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

103countries
1measure
1986the year it describes
103distinct 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, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	113.06
2	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	111.53
3	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	109.94
4	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	107.21
5	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	103.53
6	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.61
7	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.90
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	97.09
9	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	96.74
10	United States`USA`Northern America	96.56
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	94.04
12	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	87.84
13	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	85.48
14	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	84.64
15	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	83.12
16	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	82.86
17	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	82.21
18	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	81.21
19	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	80.50
20	Guyana`GUY`South America	80.09
21	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	80.07
22	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	78.74
23	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	78.51
24	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	77.79
25	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	77.11
26	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	75.23
27	Uruguay`URY`South America	75.06
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	70.53
29	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.45
30	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	69.88
31	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	68.50
32	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	65.87
33	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.87
34	Belize`BLZ`Central America	64.21
35	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	63.54
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	63.49
37	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	63.48
38	Peru`PER`South America	62.41
39	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.98
40	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.59
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	57.94
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	56.81
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	55.30
44	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	54.77
45	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	50.64
46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	50.12
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	49.89
48	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	48.98
49	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	45.92
50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.25
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	41.73
52	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41.40
53	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	40.11
54	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	39.10
55	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.02
56	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.71
57	India`IND`Southern Asia	37.17
58	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	36.70
59	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.30
60	Honduras`HND`Central America	35.58
61	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.39
62	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	34.01
63	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	32.99
64	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	32.64
65	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	32.26
66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	32.13
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	31.39
68	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30.07
69	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	27.69
70	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.01
71	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	26.99
72	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.59
73	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	24.90
74	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	22.93
75	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.42
76	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	21.94
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.24
78	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	20.99
79	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19.44
80	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.31
81	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	18.40
82	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	18.38
83	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	17.47
84	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17.44
85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	17.38
86	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	17.17
87	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.34
88	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.26
89	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	15.00
90	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	14.75
91	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.62
92	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	12.72
93	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.68
94	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	12.53
95	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12.31
96	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12.14
97	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11.46
98	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9.88
99	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	9.79
100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.52
101	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.49
102	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.62
103	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.38

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

103Burundi3.38
102Tanzania3.62
101Burkina Faso4.49
100Mozambique7.52
99Uganda9.79

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 41.40. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+21 / −13countries joined / left
82values changed, of 82 in both
57 · 25rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guyana73.03 → 80.09+7.06
Suriname51.56 → 56.81+5.25
Bahrain75.48 → 80.50+5.02
Qatar72.24 → 77.11+4.87
Algeria44.68 → 48.98+4.30

Fell most

Tonga82.81 → 75.23−7.58
United States Virgin Islands114.96 → 111.53−3.43
Jordan81.30 → 78.51−2.80
Philippines62.65 → 59.98−2.67
Benin17.37 → 15.00−2.38

+ Belize

+ Comoros

+ Dominica

+ Dominican Republic

+ Ethiopia

+ Georgia

+ Haiti

+ Indonesia

+ India

+ Kazakhstan

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Libya

+ Mongolia

+ Mauritania

+ Namibia

+ Papua New Guinea

+ Russia

+ Solomon Islands

+ Türkiye

+ Uzbekistan

+ Samoa

− Barbados

− Bhutan

− Côte d’Ivoire

− Gibraltar

− Guinea-Bissau

− Iran

− Lebanon

− Mali

− Nauru

− Eswatini

− Turks and Caicos Islands

− Chad

− British Virgin Islands

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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Nothing missing
Every one of the 103 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1986). Secondary School Enrolment, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/1986

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Other years

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90 countries
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How it has moved, charted by country

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