Data for 1990

Secondary School Enrolment, 1990

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 1990
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 1990, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 1990 covers 92 countries. United States Virgin Islands is highest, at 106.13; Burundi is lowest, at 4.60. The middle country reads 46.94. Against 1989, 75 values changed (44 up, 31 down), 17 countries joined, 11 left.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 1990

HighestUnited States Virgin Islands

106.13

LowestBurundi

4.60

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

92countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
92distinct 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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	106.13
2	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	101.84
3	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	101.26
4	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.71
5	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	97.58
6	United States`USA`Northern America	97.02
7	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	96.61
8	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	96.54
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	95.51
10	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	92.19
11	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	91.97
12	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	90.84
13	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	90.82
14	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	90.40
15	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	88.81
16	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	88.58
17	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	88.44
18	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	84.76
19	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	83.86
20	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	83.78
21	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	83.22
22	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	82.77
23	Uruguay`URY`South America	82.04
24	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	77.90
25	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	76.59
26	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	75.01
27	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	74.70
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	72.96
29	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	71.54
30	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	70.71
31	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	68.72
32	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	67.81
33	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	67.66
34	Peru`PER`South America	66.38
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	65.02
36	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	60.62
37	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.44
38	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	55.93
39	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	54.88
40	Venezuela`VEN`South America	53.39
41	Suriname`SUR`South America	53.33
42	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	52.76
43	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	50.27
44	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	48.76
45	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.61
46	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	47.12
47	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	46.75
48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	46.74
49	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.17
50	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	43.10
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	43.08
52	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	39.18
53	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	39.00
54	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	38.93
55	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.76
56	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.62
57	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	35.21
58	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	35.12
59	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.00
60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	32.94
61	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	32.03
62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	30.02
63	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25.88
64	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.43
65	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.98
66	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	22.89
67	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.21
68	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	20.57
69	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	20.21
70	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	19.93
71	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.89
72	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.44
73	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17.40
74	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	17.17
75	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	16.62
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.06
77	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.01
78	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14.36
79	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.64
80	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	13.33
81	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12.87
82	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	12.12
83	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	11.04
84	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11.02
85	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	9.76
86	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.64
87	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.79
88	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.79
89	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6.29
90	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.08
91	Niger`NER`Western Africa	5.60
92	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	4.60

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

92Burundi4.60
91Niger5.60
90Chad6.08
89Mali6.29
88Burkina Faso6.79

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 46.94. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+17 / −11countries joined / left
75values changed, of 75 in both
44 · 31rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Egypt57.98 → 68.72+10.73
Oman34.40 → 39.18+4.78
South Africa63.83 → 67.81+3.97
Botswana39.16 → 43.08+3.92
Nicaragua32.14 → 35.62+3.48

Fell most

Republic of the Congo53.56 → 47.12−6.44
Myanmar26.96 → 21.21−5.75
Kuwait74.57 → 71.54−3.03
Barbados91.79 → 88.81−2.98
Zimbabwe47.83 → 45.17−2.66

+ Argentina

+ Bahamas

+ Dominica

+ Iran

+ Laos

+ Saint Lucia

+ Mongolia

+ Mozambique

+ Solomon Islands

+ Tonga

+ Tuvalu

+ Uganda

+ Ukraine

+ United States

+ British Virgin Islands

+ Vietnam

+ Zambia

− Ethiopia

− Gabon

− Guinea-Bissau

− India

− Iraq

− Jamaica

− Saint Kitts and Nevis

− El Salvador

− Seychelles

− Tanzania

− 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

The position is ours
UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 92 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1990). Secondary School Enrolment, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/1990

0650 held

Other years

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Secondary School Enrolment, 1989
86 countries
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Secondary School Enrolment, 1991
94 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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