Data for 1987

Secondary School Enrolment, 1987

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 1987
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1987, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 1987 covers 90 countries. Seychelles is highest, at 111.850; Burundi is lowest, at 3.732. The middle country reads 38.117. Against 1986, 84 values changed (54 up, 30 down), 6 countries joined, 19 left.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 1987

HighestSeychelles

111.850

LowestBurundi

3.732

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

90countries
1measure
1987the year it describes
90distinct 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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	111.850
2	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	111.130
3	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.887
4	United States`USA`Northern America	97.066
5	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	97.048
6	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	96.501
7	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	89.867
8	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	87.828
9	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	84.936
10	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	84.854
11	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	83.995
12	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	83.266
13	Guyana`GUY`South America	80.936
14	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	79.712
15	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	78.748
16	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	78.571
17	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	77.206
18	Uruguay`URY`South America	75.254
19	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	72.401
20	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	71.837
21	Argentina`ARG`South America	70.307
22	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	70.259
23	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	70.035
24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	66.576
25	Belize`BLZ`Central America	65.117
26	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	63.327
27	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	63.297
28	Peru`PER`South America	63.098
29	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.709
30	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	59.575
31	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	55.830
32	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	55.343
33	Suriname`SUR`South America	54.904
34	Venezuela`VEN`South America	54.316
35	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	51.489
36	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	50.698
37	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	48.428
38	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	47.638
39	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	47.212
40	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	46.312
41	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	46.165
42	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	43.101
43	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	40.835
44	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	40.471
45	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.707
46	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.527
47	India`IND`Southern Asia	36.733
48	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.678
49	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	35.632
50	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	35.142
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.561
52	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	33.730
53	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	32.710
54	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	32.496
55	Paraguay`PRY`South America	31.623
56	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	30.529
57	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	29.560
58	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	28.875
59	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	28.313
60	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.309
61	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	26.831
62	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	25.798
63	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24.304
64	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	23.699
65	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	22.866
66	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.577
67	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	18.987
68	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	18.723
69	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18.058
70	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	17.091
71	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	17.088
72	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.536
73	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.001
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.703
75	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13.882
76	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	13.781
77	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	13.427
78	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13.163
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.843
80	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	12.630
81	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11.171
82	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	10.971
83	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	10.796
84	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6.381
85	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.744
86	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.740
87	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.106
88	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.100
89	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.836
90	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.732

02In 1987

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

90Burundi3.732
89Tanzania3.836
88Chad5.100
87Burkina Faso5.106
86Mali5.740

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 38.117. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −19countries joined / left
84values changed, of 84 in both
54 · 30rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Sri Lanka63.545 → 78.748+15.203
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines36.699 → 47.638+10.939
Bahamas82.213 → 89.867+7.654
Indonesia41.733 → 47.212+5.480
Philippines59.979 → 63.297+3.317

Fell most

United Arab Emirates65.870 → 55.830−10.041
Dominica80.065 → 71.837−8.228
Qatar77.108 → 70.035−7.073
Kuwait81.206 → 78.571−2.635
Iraq50.637 → 48.428−2.210

+ Côte d’Ivoire

+ Cabo Verde

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Mali

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Chad

− Afghanistan

− Brunei

− Dominican Republic

− Georgia

− Guatemala

− Honduras

− Haiti

− Kazakhstan

− Kyrgyzstan

− Laos

− Libya

− Mongolia

− Solomon Islands

− Sierra Leone

− Somalia

− Tonga

− Ukraine

− Uzbekistan

− Samoa

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 90 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1987). Secondary School Enrolment, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/1987

0650 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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