Data for 1988

Secondary School Enrolment, 1988

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 1988
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1988, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 1988 covers 85 countries. Seychelles is highest, at 113.87; Burundi is lowest, at 3.90. The middle country reads 39.05. Against 1987, 76 values changed (50 up, 26 down), 9 countries joined, 14 left.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 1988

HighestSeychelles

113.87

LowestBurundi

3.90

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

85countries
1measure
1988the year it describes
85distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Secondary School Enrolment, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	113.87
2	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	109.36
3	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.41
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	97.25
5	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	96.69
6	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	96.16
7	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	88.99
8	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	87.36
9	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	86.86
10	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	84.94
11	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	84.57
12	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	83.21
13	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	80.93
14	Uruguay`URY`South America	77.99
15	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	77.02
16	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	76.47
17	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	73.56
18	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	70.95
19	Argentina`ARG`South America	70.92
20	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	68.43
21	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	66.62
22	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	64.03
23	Peru`PER`South America	63.91
24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	62.36
25	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.30
26	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	59.13
27	Suriname`SUR`South America	54.45
28	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	54.14
29	Venezuela`VEN`South America	54.09
30	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	52.77
31	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	52.67
32	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	51.99
33	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	49.94
34	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.29
35	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	47.65
36	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	47.61
37	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	46.71
38	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.31
39	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	40.27
40	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	39.73
41	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	39.52
42	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	39.22
43	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	39.05
44	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	37.21
45	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	37.17
46	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.92
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.79
48	India`IND`Southern Asia	36.73
49	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	34.94
50	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	33.40
51	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	32.70
52	Paraguay`PRY`South America	31.80
53	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	31.46
54	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	30.15
55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	29.59
56	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29.23
57	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	25.72
58	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25.26
59	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.61
60	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.13
61	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.68
62	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19.74
63	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	19.50
64	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.44
65	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	19.30
66	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	19.22
67	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	18.97
68	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17.51
69	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.61
70	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	15.16
71	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.15
72	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.14
73	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.24
74	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13.37
75	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13.21
76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13.15
77	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.61
78	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11.38
79	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.44
80	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.81
81	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.73
82	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.23
83	Niger`NER`Western Africa	5.09
84	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4.15
85	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.90

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

85Burundi3.90
84Tanzania4.15
83Niger5.09
82Guinea-Bissau5.23
81Burkina Faso5.73

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 39.05. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+9 / −14countries joined / left
76values changed, of 76 in both
50 · 26rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe28.88 → 34.94+6.06
Saint Kitts and Nevis79.71 → 83.21+3.50
Jamaica63.33 → 66.62+3.29
Uruguay75.25 → 77.99+2.73
Cuba84.85 → 87.36+2.51

Fell most

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines47.64 → 39.05−8.59
Republic of the Congo66.58 → 62.36−4.22
United Arab Emirates55.83 → 52.67−3.16
Malaysia70.26 → 68.43−1.83
United States Virgin Islands111.13 → 109.36−1.77

+ Afghanistan

+ Iran

+ Laos

+ Madagascar

+ New Caledonia

+ Niger

+ Sierra Leone

+ El Salvador

+ Ukraine

− Benin

− Bahamas

− Belize

− Côte d’Ivoire

− Comoros

− Dominica

− Fiji

− Guinea

− Guyana

− Saint Lucia

− Mozambique

− Nigeria

− Chad

− United States

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 85 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1988). Secondary School Enrolment, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/1988

0650 held

Other years

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Secondary School Enrolment, 1987
90 countries
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Secondary School Enrolment, 1989
86 countries
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Secondary School Enrolment: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

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