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Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female (%) by country

Total female enrollment in primary and lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the female population of official primary and lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and...

Countries reporting
189
Highest
129.0%
Nepal
Lowest
52.0%
Equatorial Guinea, Republic of
Median
100.8%
Years covered
40
1981–2020
Data points
4,500

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female (%) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 129.0% in Nepal; the lowest is 52.0% in Equatorial Guinea, Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 100.8%, and the mean is 98.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 78.6%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 33.1%).

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nepal 129.0% 2019 up 13.3% rising
2 Sweden 127.1% 2018 up 29.4% rising
3 Sierra Leone 125.5% 2019 up 37.3% rising
4 Costa Rica 124.7% 2019 up 7.9% rising
5 Belgium 120.2% 2018 up 9.0% flat
6 Algeria 119.1% 2011 up 23.7% rising
7 Namibia 118.5% 2017 up 11.8% rising
8 Argentina 116.4% 2017 down 1.2% flat
9 Mexico 114.5% 2018 up 2.8% rising
10 Bangladesh 114.2% 2018 up 27.6% rising
11 Tonga 114.0% 2015 up 6.8% flat
12 Netherlands 113.8% 2018 up 0.8% flat
13 Samoa 113.8% 2019 up 7.1% rising
14 Tunisia 113.3% 2018 up 3.7% rising
15 Naoero 113.2% 2019 up 46.6% rising
16 Brazil 113.1% 2011 down 16.3% falling
17 Fiji, Republic of 113.0% 2019 up 9.3% rising
18 Uruguay 112.8% 2018 up 0.5% flat
19 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 112.7% 2018 up 1.9% flat
20 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 111.2% 2019 up 8.8% rising
21 Grenada 110.9% 2018 up 1.0% flat
22 Vietnam 110.6% 2019 up 18.2% rising
23 Colombia 110.6% 2018 down 3.6% rising
24 Peru 109.8% 2019 up 2.7% flat
25 Nicaragua 109.2% 2010 up 19.2% rising
26 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 109.2% 2012 down 0.9% flat
27 Portugal 109.0% 2018 down 4.3% falling
28 Kazakhstan, Republic of 108.8% 2019 up 4.9% rising
29 St. Kitts and Nevis 108.8% 2016 up 2.7% flat
30 Spain 108.6% 2018 up 0.8% rising
31 Rwanda 108.3% 2019 down 5.7% rising
32 San Marino 108.0% 2019 down 0.1% rising
33 Malawi 107.6% 2019 up 9.5% rising
34 Lesotho, Kingdom of 107.6% 2017 up 1.8% rising
35 Iran, Islamic Republic of 107.4% 2017 up 12.1% rising
36 Ireland 107.3% 2018 up 4.2% rising
37 Timor-Leste 107.3% 2019 up 3.1% rising
37 Least developed countries 86.3% 2019 up 8.7% rising
38 Sao Tome and Principe 106.9% 2017 up 2.7% flat
39 Morocco 106.6% 2019 up 15.7% rising
40 Malta 106.4% 2018 up 6.2% flat
41 United Arab Emirates 106.3% 2017 up 11.2% rising
42 Luxembourg 106.2% 2018 up 2.1% flat
43 Denmark 106.2% 2018 up 0.1% flat
44 Palau, Republic of 106.1% 2014 up 3.0% rising
45 United Kingdom 105.9% 2018 up 2.4% rising
46 Israel 105.9% 2018 up 3.7% flat
47 Mauritius 105.8% 2019 up 2.9% rising
48 Thailand 105.7% 2019 up 8.1% rising
49 Oman 105.7% 2019 up 4.5% rising
50 Antigua and Barbuda 105.7% 2018 down 8.7% falling
51 Eswatini 105.4% 2016 up 7.2% rising
52 Libya 105.4% 2006 down 2.0% flat
53 Egypt, Arab Republic of 105.0% 2019 up 9.4% rising
54 Switzerland 105.0% 2018 down 0.7% flat
55 Benin 105.0% 2016 up 53.7% rising
56 Ecuador 104.8% 2018 up 6.6% rising
57 Bhutan 104.8% 2020 up 7.7% rising
58 Lithuania 104.4% 2018 up 2.1% rising
59 Suriname 104.4% 2019 up 2.2% rising
60 Canada 104.4% 2018 up 6.1% flat
61 Belize 104.2% 2019 up 2.8% flat
62 Dominican Republic 104.1% 2019 up 3.0% flat
63 Turks and Caicos Islands 104.0% 2018 up 4.0% flat
64 Gibraltar 103.9% 2019 down 2.2% rising
65 Croatia 103.5% 2018 up 1.3% rising
66 Seychelles 103.5% 2019 down 5.6% falling
67 Kyrgyz Republic 103.3% 2019 up 8.3% rising
68 Albania 102.9% 2019 up 8.9% flat
69 Qatar 102.6% 2019 down 3.8% flat
70 Saudi Arabia 102.5% 2019 up 2.0% rising
71 Brunei Darussalam 102.5% 2019 down 4.9% flat
72 Austria 102.5% 2018 up 1.6% flat
73 Kuwait 102.4% 2012 up 1.1% flat
74 Indonesia 102.4% 2018 up 3.4% rising
75 Russia 102.4% 2018 up 15.0% rising
76 Trinidad and Tobago 102.3% 2009 up 6.5% rising
77 Georgia 102.2% 2019 up 0.0% flat
78 Kiribati 102.1% 2017 down 6.3% rising
79 Australia 102.1% 2018 — flat
80 Cape Verde 102.0% 2018 down 7.6% flat
81 Togo 101.9% 2017 up 26.4% rising
82 France 101.9% 2018 down 1.6% flat
83 New Zealand 101.8% 2018 up 0.6% flat
84 Zimbabwe 101.8% 2013 up 9.6% rising
85 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 101.8% 2019 up 5.1% flat
86 Dominica 101.6% 2019 up 2.0% falling
87 United States 101.3% 2018 down 1.3% flat
88 Norway 101.2% 2018 up 2.8% flat
89 Liechtenstein 101.2% 2018 down 2.4% flat
90 Slovenia 101.0% 2018 up 2.8% flat
91 Kenya 101.0% 2016 up 9.7% rising
92 Botswana 100.9% 2015 down 5.2% falling
93 Azerbaijan, Republic of 100.9% 2019 up 8.9% rising
94 Finland 100.8% 2018 up 2.0% flat
95 Burundi 100.8% 2019 up 14.5% rising
96 Latvia 100.6% 2018 down 2.5% rising
97 Chile 100.6% 2018 down 2.8% flat
98 Mongolia 100.5% 2018 down 1.1% rising
99 Iceland 100.4% 2018 up 1.8% flat
100 Italy 100.3% 2018 down 2.8% flat
101 Malaysia 100.1% 2017 up 4.1% flat
102 China (People’s Republic of) 100.0% 2019 down 0.2% flat
103 Germany 99.8% 2018 down 2.2% flat
104 Sri Lanka 99.8% 2018 up 2.6% falling
105 Cyprus 99.7% 2018 down 2.4% flat
106 Ghana 99.6% 2019 up 9.2% rising
107 Estonia 99.6% 2018 down 1.2% flat
108 Serbia, Republic of 99.5% 2019 up 1.3% flat
109 Czechia 99.5% 2018 down 1.6% flat
110 Uzbekistan 99.4% 2019 up 5.8% flat
111 Türkiye 99.4% 2018 up 0.7% rising
112 Greece 99.4% 2018 up 3.8% rising
113 Maldives 99.3% 2019 down 13.0% falling
114 Poland 99.3% 2018 up 5.1% flat
115 Guyana 99.3% 2012 down 6.3% falling
116 Barbados 99.2% 2019 down 0.5% flat
117 Belarus, Republic of 99.1% 2018 down 12.2% flat
118 St. Lucia 98.9% 2019 up 0.6% flat
119 Ukraine 98.8% 2014 down 0.7% falling
120 Bahrain, Kingdom of 98.8% 2019 up 3.7% falling
121 Tajikistan, Republic of 98.7% 2017 up 6.0% rising
122 Philippines 98.6% 2018 down 1.8% flat
123 Hungary 98.6% 2018 up 1.2% flat
124 Palestine, State of 98.5% 2019 up 8.0% rising
125 Korea 98.5% 2018 down 2.3% flat
126 South Africa 97.9% 2018 down 4.3% flat
127 Cuba 97.4% 2019 down 0.1% flat
128 Solomon Islands 97.1% 2018 up 10.0% rising
129 Paraguay 97.0% 2012 down 5.6% falling
130 Montenegro 96.8% 2019 down 13.9% falling
131 Madagascar, Republic of 96.7% 2019 down 6.5% rising
132 Slovak Republic 96.6% 2018 down 0.4% flat
133 Bolivia 96.5% 2018 down 10.1% falling
134 Gambia 95.9% 2019 up 29.0% rising
135 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 95.7% 2017 down 4.8% flat
136 Cambodia 95.3% 2019 down 2.1% rising
137 Bermuda 95.2% 2015 down 1.7% flat
138 Myanmar 94.8% 2018 up 19.6% rising
139 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 94.3% 2015 up 28.9% rising
140 Vanuatu 94.1% 2015 up 1.1% rising
141 Panama 93.8% 2017 down 5.3% flat
142 Cameroon 93.8% 2016 up 37.7% rising
143 Congo, Republic of 93.6% 2012 up 17.9% rising
144 North Macedonia 93.6% 2018 up 6.5% falling
145 India 93.3% 2019 down 4.7% rising
146 Micronesia, Federated States of 93.1% 2019 down 15.5% falling
147 British Virgin Islands 92.4% 2018 down 21.0% flat
148 Zambia 91.8% 2017 down 8.8% rising
149 Armenia, Republic of 91.5% 2019 down 12.6% flat
150 El Salvador 90.8% 2018 down 12.2% flat
151 Comoros, Union of the 88.8% 2018 up 8.5% rising
152 Guatemala 88.1% 2019 down 9.1% rising
153 Lao People's Democratic Republic 87.7% 2019 down 3.3% rising
154 Romania 87.2% 2018 down 12.7% flat
155 Moldova, Republic of 86.4% 2019 down 4.3% falling
156 Iraq 86.0% 2007 up 19.4% rising
157 Honduras 85.7% 2019 down 5.2% falling
158 Cayman Islands 85.4% 2018 down 6.0% falling
159 Mozambique, Republic of 85.3% 2017 up 7.4% rising
160 Jamaica 85.1% 2019 down 12.6% falling
161 Côte d'Ivoire 84.0% 2019 up 35.7% rising
162 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 83.0% 2019 up 16.3% rising
163 Puerto Rico 83.0% 2018 down 14.2% falling
164 Tanzania, United Republic of 82.4% 2019 down 0.7% rising
165 Bulgaria 81.0% 2018 down 15.1% flat
166 Burkina Faso 80.6% 2019 up 46.0% rising
167 Tuvalu 78.0% 2019 down 17.3% falling
168 Bahamas, The 77.9% 2018 down 18.6% falling
169 Jordan 77.0% 2019 down 15.3% falling
170 Senegal 76.7% 2019 up 14.7% rising
171 Yemen, Republic of 75.9% 2016 up 21.3% rising
172 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 75.5% 2015 up 36.3% rising
173 Pakistan 74.9% 2019 up 19.7% rising
174 Liberia 73.5% 2017 down 3.1% flat
175 Angola 73.2% 2011 up 78.6% rising
176 Afghanistan 72.8% 2018 up 11.8% rising
177 Syrian Arab Republic 70.9% 2013 down 26.6% rising
178 Nigeria 70.4% 2016 down 7.7% rising
179 Sudan 70.3% 2017 up 23.2% rising
180 Djibouti 69.3% 2020 up 38.1% rising
181 Guinea 66.8% 2014 up 34.4% rising
182 Mali 64.8% 2018 up 4.0% rising
183 Marshall Islands 64.7% 2019 down 33.1% falling
184 Eritrea, The State of 62.8% 2018 down 18.2% rising
185 Central African Republic 61.4% 2016 up 62.1% rising
186 Chad 55.9% 2019 up 12.2% rising
187 Niger 54.9% 2017 up 69.2% rising
188 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 52.0% 2015 down 21.7% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,500 data points, 1981–2020
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Total female enrollment in primary and lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the female population of official primary and lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.