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Secondary school enrollment — Gambia

Secondary school enrollment in the Gambia in 2021 — 107%. Ranked 26 in the world out of 148. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 100 pp.

2021 107% +61.5 pp vs 2010
World rank 26of 148
Period maximum 107%2021
Period minimum 7%1971

Trend over time

1971–2021 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — Gambia, 1971–2021050100150197119761981198619911996200120062011201620211971: 7%1972: 7.3%1973: 7.5%1974: 8.5%1975: 8.4%1976: 8.7%1977: 9.8%1978: 9.9%1979: 10.1%1980: 10.8%1981: 11.2%1982: 11.8%1983: 13.4%1984: 15%1985: 15.9%1986: 15.3%1987: 14.7%1988: 14.2%1989: 14.6%1990: 15%1991: 15.4%1992: 15.8%1993: 18.1%1994: 18.3%1995: 20.6%1996: 20.1%2008: 45.3%2009: 46.2%2010: 45.5%2021: 107%
Change over the period: +100 pp Annual average: 2 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Gambia

Gambia 107%
World 77.3%
Sub-Saharan Africa 45.3%
Secondary school enrollment — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 107 —
2010 45.5 −0.7 pp
2009 46.2 +0.9 pp
2008 45.3 —
1996 20.1 −0.5 pp
1995 20.6 +2.3 pp
1994 18.3 +0.2 pp
1993 18.1 +2.3 pp
1992 15.8 +0.4 pp
1991 15.4 +0.4 pp
1990 15 +0.4 pp
1989 14.6 +0.4 pp
1988 14.2 −0.5 pp
1987 14.7 −0.6 pp
1986 15.3 −0.6 pp
1985 15.9 +0.9 pp
1984 15 +1.6 pp
1983 13.4 +1.6 pp
1982 11.8 +0.6 pp
1981 11.2 +0.4 pp
1980 10.8 +0.6 pp
1979 10.1 +0.3 pp
1978 9.9 +0.1 pp
1977 9.8 +1.1 pp
1976 8.7 +0.3 pp
1975 8.4 −0.1 pp
1974 8.5 +1.1 pp
1973 7.5 +0.1 pp
1972 7.3 +0.3 pp
1971 7 —

Western Africa, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

GM Gambia 107 CV Cabo Verde 97 GH Ghana 76.2 SL Sierra Leone 73.4 TG Togo 63.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 57.1 NG Nigeria 45.4 SN Senegal 45.2 BJ Benin 44.3 BF Burkina Faso 38.1
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About the indicator

The gross secondary enrollment ratio — the ratio of the total number of secondary school pupils, of any age, to the population of the official age for that level. It can exceed 100% when pupils older than the official age are in school — because of repetition or a late start, for example.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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