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Report year 2008Data year 2008
Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%)Higher is better — rank 1 leadsPublished by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
50 reference years (1971-2024), covering 84 to 156 countries, produced by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and pulled through the World Bank indicator API (SE.SEC.ENRR). ⚠ This is a GROSS ratio, so it can legitimately exceed 100%: it divides everyone enrolled in secondary school, at any age, by the population of official secondary-school age, and repeaters and over-age pupils push several countries well past 100 (Monaco is at 158 in 2024). A figure above 100 is therefore not an error and does not mean universal enrolment. ⚠ There is a five-year hole from 1995 to 1998 - UNESCO reported too few countries in those years to publish, so the trend line has a real gap rather than an interpolation. ⚠ A statistic, not an index: no rank is published, so none is stored; the POSITION shown on the statistics page is derived here by ordering the score, and labelled as ours.
Secondary School Enrolment 2008 — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Gross enrolment ratios as published by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and served through the World Bank's indicator API (SE.SEC.ENRR) — total secondary enrolment of any age as a share of the population of official secondary-school age. UNESCO does not rank countries on it, so no rank is stored and none is derived.
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| Country | ISO Code | Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | BEL | 160.469 |
| Monaco | MCO | 147.505 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | ATG | 122.262 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 121.512 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 118.054 |
| Denmark | DNK | 117.273 |
| Spain | ESP | 117.211 |
| Grenada | GRD | 116.674 |
| Belarus | BLR | 115.714 |
| Gibraltar | GIB | 111.749 |
| Norway | NOR | 111.518 |
| Ireland | IRL | 111.294 |
| Barbados | BRB | 110.919 |
| Georgia | GEO | 110.878 |
| Dominica | DMA | 110.860 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | KNA | 109.900 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | VCT | 108.906 |
| Finland | FIN | 108.298 |
| Liechtenstein | LIE | 107.566 |
| France | FRA | 106.433 |
| Iceland | ISL | 106.230 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 106.109 |
| Estonia | EST | 105.395 |
| Latvia | LVA | 104.898 |
| Tonga | TON | 103.847 |
| Germany | DEU | 103.241 |
| Canada | CAN | 102.278 |
| Portugal | PRT | 101.610 |
| Sweden | SWE | 101.521 |
| Malta | MLT | 101.423 |
| Italy | ITA | 100.291 |
| Austria | AUT | 100.126 |
| Poland | POL | 99.951 |
| Slovenia | SVN | 99.934 |
| Kuwait | KWT | 99.558 |
| Croatia | HRV | 98.999 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 98.816 |
| Brunei Darussalam | BRN | 98.772 |
| Hungary | HUN | 98.380 |
| Czechia | CZE | 98.081 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 97.740 |
| Qatar | QAT | 97.629 |
| Aruba | ABW | 97.063 |
| Israel | ISR | 96.553 |
| Armenia | ARM | 96.533 |
| Korea, Rep. | KOR | 96.349 |
| Luxembourg | LUX | 95.758 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 95.514 |
| Slovak Republic | SVK | 94.755 |
| Cayman Islands | CYM | 94.587 |
| St. Lucia | LCA | 94.539 |
| Romania | ROU | 94.538 |
| Colombia | COL | 94.232 |
| Oman | OMN | 93.222 |
| Argentina | ARG | 93.183 |
| Cuba | CUB | 93.169 |
| Montenegro | MNE | 93.031 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 92.384 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 92.369 |
| Chile | CHL | 91.542 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 91.054 |
| Serbia | SRB | 90.464 |
| Peru | PER | 90.265 |
| West Bank and Gaza | PSE | 89.904 |
| Macao SAR, China | MAC | 89.817 |
| Bahamas, The | BHS | 89.318 |
| Turkiye | TUR | 89.057 |
| Bahrain | BHR | 89.021 |
| Jordan | JOR | 88.447 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 88.262 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 88.230 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 88.050 |
| Uruguay | URY | 88.047 |
| Albania | ALB | 87.834 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | 87.049 |
| Guyana | GUY | 86.241 |
| Mauritius | MUS | 86.222 |
| Mexico | MEX | 86.076 |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | HKG | 85.703 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 85.368 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 85.228 |
| Marshall Islands | MHL | 84.752 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 84.047 |
| North Macedonia | MKD | 84.032 |
| Kiribati | KIR | 82.931 |
| China | CHN | 82.679 |
| Tajikistan | TJK | 82.294 |
| Andorra | AND | 82.181 |
| Cabo Verde | CPV | 82.109 |
| Seychelles | SYC | 81.155 |
| Algeria | DZA | 80.231 |
| Venezuela, RB | VEN | 79.881 |
| Fiji | FJI | 79.277 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | 78.850 |
| Dominican Republic | DOM | 78.757 |
| Philippines | PHL | 78.009 |
| Botswana | BWA | 77.807 |
| Belize | BLZ | 75.410 |
| Thailand | THA | 75.208 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 74.836 |
| Suriname | SUR | 70.897 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 70.774 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 70.533 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 70.168 |
| Lebanon | LBN | 68.899 |
| Panama | PAN | 68.757 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | SYR | 68.491 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 66.125 |
| San Marino | SMR | 62.963 |
| India | IND | 62.212 |
| Naoero | NRU | 61.959 |
| Honduras | HND | 59.502 |
| Morocco | MAR | 57.667 |
| Timor-Leste | TLS | 57.065 |
| Kenya | KEN | 57.035 |
| Bhutan | BTN | 53.504 |
| Eritrea | ERI | 51.395 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 49.979 |
| Nepal | NPL | 48.019 |
| Ghana | GHA | 46.060 |
| Gambia, The | GMB | 45.291 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 45.231 |
| Lesotho | LSO | 44.751 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 44.573 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 44.250 |
| Lao PDR | LAO | 44.127 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | STP | 43.615 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | 38.931 |
| Yemen, Rep. | YEM | 37.978 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 37.849 |
| Sudan | SDN | 35.894 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | COD | 35.838 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 33.611 |
| Guinea | GIN | 33.238 |
| Malawi | MWI | 32.692 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 31.311 |
| Mali | MLI | 31.038 |
| Senegal | SEN | 30.702 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 29.177 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 27.463 |
| Angola | AGO | 22.799 |
| Rwanda | RWA | 22.101 |
| Chad | TCD | 20.790 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 20.172 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 18.580 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 17.995 |
| Niger | NER | 10.659 |