Data for 2019

Secondary School Enrolment, 2019

Name: Secondary School Enrolment, 2019
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2019, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Secondary School Enrolment, 2019 covers 141 countries. Belgium is highest, at 156.635; Chad is lowest, at 20.193. The middle country reads 96.093. Against 2018, 130 values changed (69 up, 61 down), 11 countries joined, 10 left.

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Secondary School Enrolment · Data for 2019

HighestBelgium

156.635

LowestChad

20.193

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

141countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
141distinct values13 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	156.635
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	144.613
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	144.057
4	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	139.321
5	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	137.076
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	136.641
7	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	132.849
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	129.311
9	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	127.188
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	120.266
11	Uruguay`URY`South America	119.849
12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	119.519
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	119.421
14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	119.379
15	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	119.210
16	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	118.921
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	117.157
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	114.804
19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	112.287
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	112.034
21	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	111.910
22	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	111.901
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	111.370
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	110.980
25	Argentina`ARG`South America	110.460
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	109.753
27	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	107.864
28	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	107.602
29	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	106.947
30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	106.836
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	106.528
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	106.086
33	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	105.626
34	Mexico`MEX`Central America	105.516
35	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	105.163
36	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	105.136
37	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	105.069
38	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	104.622
39	Chile`CHL`South America	104.406
40	France`FRA`Western Europe	104.077
41	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	104.071
42	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	104.048
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	103.789
44	Brazil`BRA`South America	103.668
45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	102.657
46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	102.439
47	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	102.141
48	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	102.128
49	Colombia`COL`South America	101.989
50	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	101.747
51	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	101.742
52	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	101.544
53	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	101.153
54	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	101.017
55	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	100.983
56	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	100.826
57	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.816
58	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.660
59	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	100.472
60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	100.468
61	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	100.439
62	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	100.216
63	United States`USA`Northern America	100.063
64	Peru`PER`South America	99.530
65	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99.015
66	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.381
67	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	97.885
68	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	96.537
69	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	96.208
70	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	96.207
71	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	96.093
72	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	95.651
73	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	95.290
74	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	94.947
75	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	94.655
76	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	94.472
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	93.837
78	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	93.135
79	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	92.646
80	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	91.876
81	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	91.840
82	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.669
83	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	91.325
84	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	91.206
85	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	90.669
86	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	90.619
87	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	90.314
88	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	89.510
89	Bolivia`BOL`South America	88.824
90	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	88.746
91	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	88.346
92	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	88.291
93	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	88.123
94	Belize`BLZ`Central America	87.453
95	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	86.826
96	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	86.407
97	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	86.113
98	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	85.762
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	85.540
100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	85.382
101	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	85.125
102	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	84.457
103	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	84.108
104	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	82.531
105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	81.856
106	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	81.721
107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	80.280
108	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	80.220
109	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	79.344
110	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	79.013
111	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	78.567
112	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	77.909
113	India`IND`Southern Asia	75.872
114	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	75.323
115	Suriname`SUR`South America	74.411
116	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	71.863
117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	71.188
118	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	70.264
119	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	68.086
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	65.277
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	65.119
122	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	64.986
123	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	64.849
124	Honduras`HND`Central America	64.352
125	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	61.198
126	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	61.006
127	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	53.792
128	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	52.556
129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	49.734
130	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	46.267
131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	44.462
132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	44.078
133	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	43.538
134	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	41.835
135	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	40.077
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.751
137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	37.579
138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	35.521
139	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	32.816
140	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	30.182
141	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	20.193

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Belgium156.635
2Finland144.613
3Australia144.057
4Aruba139.321
5Ireland137.076

Lowest

141Chad20.193
140Tanzania30.182
139Madagascar32.816
138Malawi35.521
137Mauritania37.579

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 96.093. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+11 / −10countries joined / left
130values changed, of 130 in both
69 · 61rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Sierra Leone43.119 → 61.198+18.079
Australia136.106 → 144.057+7.951
New Zealand112.411 → 120.266+7.855
Liechtenstein112.010 → 119.210+7.200
Costa Rica125.964 → 132.849+6.885

Fell most

Ireland154.163 → 137.076−17.088
Finland153.651 → 144.613−9.038
Seychelles108.274 → 100.826−7.448
Burundi46.330 → 41.835−4.495
Turks and Caicos Islands95.505 → 91.206−4.300

+ Dominica

+ Gabon

+ Gibraltar

+ Honduras

+ Marshall Islands

+ Nepal

+ Nauru

+ Senegal

+ Turkmenistan

+ Tonga

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

− Afghanistan

− Antigua and Barbuda

− Comoros

− Eritrea

− Grenada

− Sri Lanka

− Mali

− Myanmar

− Nigeria

− Puerto Rico

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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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2019). Secondary School Enrolment, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/secondary-enrolment/2019

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