Data for 2016

Secondary School Enrolment, 2016

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 2016
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2016, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 2016 covers 147 countries. Belgium is highest, at 160.689; Central African Republic is lowest, at 13.947. The middle country reads 92.815. Against 2015, 137 values changed (78 up, 59 down), 10 countries joined, 18 left.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 2016

HighestBelgium

160.689

LowestCentral African Republic

13.947

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

147countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
147distinct values13 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	160.689
2	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	155.594
3	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	153.586
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	152.471
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	137.561
6	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	132.325
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	131.441
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	123.737
9	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	122.563
10	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	118.204
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	117.123
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	117.029
13	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	116.914
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	116.611
15	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	116.028
16	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	115.488
17	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	115.217
18	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	113.688
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	112.994
20	Uruguay`URY`South America	112.033
21	Canada`CAN`Northern America	111.607
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	111.596
23	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	111.297
24	Argentina`ARG`South America	109.598
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	109.117
26	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	108.548
27	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	108.311
28	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	107.780
29	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	107.751
30	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	107.746
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	106.398
32	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	106.085
33	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	106.047
34	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	105.492
35	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	105.224
36	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	104.095
37	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	103.966
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	103.952
39	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	103.856
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	103.719
41	France`FRA`Western Europe	103.308
42	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	103.015
43	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	103.004
44	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	102.969
45	Mexico`MEX`Central America	102.871
46	Brazil`BRA`South America	102.693
47	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	102.305
48	Peru`PER`South America	102.150
49	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	101.713
50	Chile`CHL`South America	101.488
51	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	101.297
52	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	100.852
53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	100.743
54	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	100.584
55	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	100.228
56	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	99.464
57	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.275
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99.171
59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.831
60	United States`USA`Northern America	98.770
61	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.718
62	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	98.642
63	Colombia`COL`South America	98.416
64	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	98.253
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	98.080
66	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.801
67	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	97.441
68	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	97.046
69	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	96.235
70	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	95.843
71	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	94.652
72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	94.436
73	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	93.904
74	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	92.815
75	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	92.225
76	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	91.453
77	Bolivia`BOL`South America	90.615
78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	90.558
79	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	90.486
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	90.326
81	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	90.158
82	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	90.099
83	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	89.672
84	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	89.182
85	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	88.780
86	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	88.661
87	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	88.546
88	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	87.940
89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	87.819
90	Belize`BLZ`Central America	87.731
91	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	87.353
92	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	86.822
93	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	86.586
94	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	85.677
95	Venezuela`VEN`South America	85.133
96	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	85.069
97	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	84.968
98	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	83.879
99	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	83.328
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	83.170
101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	82.784
102	Panama`PAN`Central America	82.601
103	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	82.024
104	Paraguay`PRY`South America	81.865
105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	80.094
106	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	79.828
107	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	79.261
108	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	78.668
109	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	77.932
110	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	77.386
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	75.937
112	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	75.752
113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	74.470
114	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	73.975
115	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	71.774
116	Suriname`SUR`South America	71.625
117	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	70.014
118	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	68.297
119	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	67.759
120	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	67.264
121	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	64.763
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	64.166
123	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	61.404
124	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	59.464
125	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	56.839
126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	55.295
127	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	54.425
128	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	54.417
129	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	53.435
130	Honduras`HND`Central America	51.047
131	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	47.472
132	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	46.243
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	43.691
134	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.139
135	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	40.956
136	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	40.100
137	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	39.307
138	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	38.506
139	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	38.184
140	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	36.077
141	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35.864
142	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	34.934
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	32.188
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	25.643
145	Niger`NER`Western Africa	22.670
146	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	22.530
147	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	13.947

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Belgium160.689
2Australia155.594
3Monaco153.586
4Finland152.471
5Sweden137.561

Lowest

147Central African Republic13.947
146Chad22.530
145Niger22.670
144Tanzania25.643
143Mauritania32.188

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 92.815. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+10 / −18countries joined / left
137values changed, of 137 in both
78 · 59rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Seychelles92.091 → 101.713+9.622
Bahamas76.044 → 85.069+9.025
Belize81.294 → 87.731+6.438
Panama76.595 → 82.601+6.007
Eswatini76.287 → 82.024+5.737

Fell most

Puerto Rico99.059 → 86.822−12.237
Tuvalu87.627 → 77.932−9.695
Turks and Caicos Islands81.020 → 73.975−7.046
Nigeria43.825 → 39.307−4.518
Qatar101.947 → 97.441−4.505

+ Angola

+ Central African Republic

+ Egypt

+ Gibraltar

+ Monaco

+ Myanmar

+ Nauru

+ Paraguay

+ Singapore

+ Yemen

− Armenia

− Antigua and Barbuda

− Bermuda

− DR Congo

− Dominica

− Eritrea

− Ethiopia

− United Kingdom

− Kuwait

− Liberia

− North Macedonia

− Mozambique

− North Korea

− Senegal

− South Sudan

− Tonga

− Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

− 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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Every one of the 147 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2016). Secondary School Enrolment, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/2016

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