Data for 2003

Secondary School Enrolment, 2003

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 2003
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2003, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 2003 covers 141 countries. Belgium is highest, at 158.879; Niger is lowest, at 6.867. The middle country reads 82.703. Against 2002, 125 values changed (92 up, 33 down), 16 countries joined, 19 left.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 2003

HighestBelgium

158.879

LowestNiger

6.867

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

141countries
1measure
2003the year it describes
141distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Secondary School Enrolment, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	158.879
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	136.474
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	132.235
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	124.619
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	119.909
6	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	117.798
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	117.428
8	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	116.793
9	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	114.453
10	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	114.018
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	113.382
12	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	111.740
13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	111.063
14	Uruguay`URY`South America	109.803
15	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	109.539
16	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	108.311
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	107.853
18	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	107.190
19	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	106.756
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	106.250
21	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	105.020
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	102.772
23	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	102.667
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	102.157
25	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	101.929
26	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	101.851
27	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	101.250
28	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	101.227
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.526
30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.397
31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.077
32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.993
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	97.556
34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	96.966
35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	96.538
36	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	96.063
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	96.047
38	Argentina`ARG`South America	96.046
39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	95.496
40	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	95.447
41	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	94.904
42	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	94.637
43	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	94.341
44	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	94.284
45	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	94.035
46	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	93.351
47	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	93.111
48	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	91.946
49	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	91.823
50	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	91.787
51	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	91.033
52	Chile`CHL`South America	90.621
53	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	89.574
54	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	88.702
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	88.294
56	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	88.147
57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	88.119
58	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	87.895
59	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	87.804
60	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	87.801
61	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	85.630
62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	85.578
63	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	85.501
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	84.221
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	83.764
66	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	83.658
67	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	83.631
68	Bolivia`BOL`South America	83.470
69	Guyana`GUY`South America	83.459
70	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	83.059
71	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	82.703
72	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	82.268
73	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	81.413
74	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	81.316
75	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	80.868
76	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	80.174
77	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	80.089
78	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	78.980
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	78.554
80	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	78.507
81	Peru`PER`South America	78.481
82	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	78.081
83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	77.767
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	77.752
85	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	77.532
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	76.822
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	76.565
88	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	76.059
89	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	75.603
90	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	75.536
91	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	75.436
92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	75.235
93	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	74.552
94	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	73.578
95	Venezuela`VEN`South America	68.405
96	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	67.970
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	67.521
98	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	67.327
99	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	65.259
100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	64.856
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	64.144
102	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	64.054
103	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	60.724
104	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	60.370
105	Ecuador`ECU`South America	56.817
106	India`IND`Southern Asia	51.426
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	49.526
108	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	47.332
109	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	47.253
110	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	46.584
111	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.651
112	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	44.469
113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	43.581
114	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	42.180
115	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	42.075
116	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	40.835
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	40.681
118	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.597
119	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	40.411
120	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	39.101
121	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	38.922
122	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	38.709
123	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	38.034
124	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	36.139
125	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33.655
126	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	33.353
127	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	32.032
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	30.936
129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	27.839
130	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	24.900
131	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.657
132	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21.539
133	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	19.839
134	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.768
135	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	19.567
136	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	14.830
137	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13.960
138	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	13.585
139	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.285
140	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.256
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.867

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Belgium158.879
2Sweden136.474
3Finland132.235
4Denmark124.619
5Netherlands119.909

Lowest

141Niger6.867
140Burundi10.256
139Burkina Faso11.285
138Rwanda13.585
137Afghanistan13.960

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 82.703. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+16 / −19countries joined / left
125values changed, of 125 in both
92 · 33rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Syria46.175 → 60.370+14.195
Tonga101.047 → 109.539+8.492
Mongolia74.548 → 82.268+7.720
Maldives61.351 → 67.970+6.619
Kiribati81.595 → 87.801+6.206

Fell most

Sweden144.219 → 136.474−7.744
Peru85.146 → 78.481−6.666
Marshall Islands78.422 → 73.578−4.845
Bahrain85.689 → 81.413−4.276
Greece98.184 → 94.341−3.843

+ Afghanistan

+ Burkina Faso

+ Belize

+ Guyana

+ Iraq

+ Kuwait

+ Liechtenstein

+ Mali

+ Montenegro

+ Pakistan

+ Palau

+ Russia

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

+ Uzbekistan

+ Yemen

− Angola

− Bahamas

− Central African Republic

− Colombia

− Costa Rica

− Cayman Islands

− Dominican Republic

− Gabon

− Equatorial Guinea

− Guatemala

− Mozambique

− Malawi

− Nigeria

− Nicaragua

− Panama

− Senegal

− Solomon Islands

− Suriname

− Thailand

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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How values are stored

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Every one of the 141 countries has every column.

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Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2003). Secondary School Enrolment, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/2003

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