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Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female (%) by country

Total number of female students of the official age group for lower secondary education who are enrolled in any level of education, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding female population. Divide the total number of female students in the official school age range for lower secondary education who are...

Countries reporting
134
Highest
99.9%
Austria
Lowest
30.5%
Chad
Median
94.1%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,040

What the numbers show

Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female (%) is currently reported for 134 countries. The highest value is 99.9% in Austria; the lowest is 30.5% in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 94.1%, and the mean is 87.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 212.1%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 27.0%).

Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Austria 99.9% 2018 up 1.9% flat
2 Estonia 99.9% 2018 up 3.7% flat
3 Lithuania 99.9% 2012 up 0.8% flat
4 Sri Lanka 99.9% 2018 up 6.6% rising
5 Argentina 99.9% 2016 up 0.7% rising
6 Bahrain 99.9% 2019 up 10.3% flat
7 Uruguay 99.8% 2016 up 8.8% rising
8 Azerbaijan 99.7% 2019 up 13.4% rising
9 Finland 99.7% 2017 up 0.9% flat
10 Portugal 99.6% 2017 — rising
11 Iceland 99.5% 2017 up 2.4% flat
12 Palestine 99.4% 2019 up 10.2% rising
13 Latvia 99.3% 2018 down 0.3% flat
14 Brunei 99.2% 2011 — rising
15 France 99.2% 2018 down 0.0% flat
16 Denmark 99.2% 2017 up 0.4% flat
17 Croatia 99.1% 2013 up 4.0% rising
18 Botswana 99.0% 2000 up 14.1% rising
19 Dominica 99.0% 2015 up 5.2% rising
20 Belgium 98.9% 2018 up 5.0% flat
21 New Zealand 98.9% 2018 up 1.1% flat
22 Malta 98.8% 2014 — rising
23 Costa Rica 98.8% 2019 up 8.1% rising
24 Norway 98.7% 2017 up 0.1% flat
25 Slovenia 98.7% 2018 down 0.3% flat
26 Switzerland 98.7% 2018 up 1.7% rising
27 Albania 98.7% 2019 up 4.5% rising
28 Spain 98.6% 2014 down 1.2% flat
29 Macao 98.6% 2019 up 17.8% flat
30 United States 98.5% 2014 down 0.5% flat
31 Namibia 98.4% 2007 up 12.1% rising
32 Georgia 98.4% 2014 down 1.3% rising
33 Czechia 98.4% 2018 up 7.4% flat
34 Egypt 98.4% 2019 up 19.1% rising
35 United Kingdom 98.1% 2015 down 1.6% flat
36 Netherlands 98.0% 2018 up 0.2% flat
37 Italy 97.9% 2018 — flat
38 Serbia 97.8% 2019 down 0.5% flat
39 Cyprus 97.8% 2016 down 2.1% rising
40 Uzbekistan 97.6% 2019 up 2.4% flat
41 Kyrgyzstan 97.5% 2019 up 5.3% rising
42 Australia 97.4% 2018 down 2.2% flat
43 South Korea 97.2% 2018 up 1.1% rising
44 United Arab Emirates 97.2% 2016 — rising
45 Ireland 97.2% 1998 up 1.7% flat
46 Eswatini 97.1% 2015 up 7.4% rising
47 Hong Kong 97.0% 2014 up 2.8% rising
48 Barbados 96.9% 2019 up 7.5% flat
49 Hungary 96.8% 2018 up 0.2% flat
50 Poland 96.8% 2018 up 3.9% flat
51 Ukraine 96.8% 2014 down 1.1% flat
52 Ecuador 96.7% 2018 up 25.9% rising
53 Peru 96.7% 2016 up 0.4% rising
54 Sweden 96.3% 2012 down 3.6% falling
55 Germany 96.2% 2018 down 1.2% flat
56 Mauritius 96.2% 2019 up 2.2% rising
57 Kuwait 96.2% 2015 down 2.2% rising
58 Tonga 95.9% 2015 up 16.8% flat
59 Vanuatu 95.5% 2015 up 16.2% rising
60 Greece 95.4% 2018 up 3.3% rising
61 Slovakia 95.2% 2018 up 1.5% flat
62 Luxembourg 94.9% 2018 down 3.2% rising
63 Colombia 94.6% 2018 down 0.1% flat
64 Aruba 94.6% 2009 up 3.7% rising
65 Kenya 94.4% 2006 up 8.3% rising
66 Dominican Republic 94.2% 2019 up 4.1% rising
67 Bhutan 94.2% 2018 up 26.2% rising
68 Chile 94.1% 2018 down 1.2% flat
69 Iran 93.6% 2017 up 6.4% rising
70 Liechtenstein 93.4% 2018 up 0.8% flat
71 Mexico 93.2% 2018 down 1.9% rising
72 Turkey 93.2% 2018 down 1.7% rising
73 Sao Tome and Principe 93.2% 2015 up 9.7% rising
74 Zimbabwe 92.9% 2012 up 17.3% rising
75 Oman 92.7% 2012 up 10.1% rising
76 Montenegro 92.7% 2019 — falling
77 Philippines 92.4% 2018 down 1.9% rising
78 Ghana 91.8% 2019 up 14.7% rising
79 Mongolia 91.4% 2008 up 16.1% rising
80 East Timor 91.4% 2019 up 26.6% rising
81 Tajikistan 91.0% 2011 up 18.3% rising
82 Qatar 90.9% 2019 down 6.5% rising
83 Romania 90.8% 2018 down 4.9% flat
84 Armenia 90.7% 2019 down 6.7% flat
85 Cuba 89.8% 2019 down 4.0% rising
86 Saint Lucia 89.6% 2019 down 1.9% rising
87 Nicaragua 89.2% 2010 up 26.3% rising
88 Belize 89.2% 2019 up 2.7% flat
89 Suriname 88.9% 2015 up 25.7% flat
90 Morocco 88.6% 2019 up 33.6% rising
91 Panama 88.4% 2017 up 2.4% rising
92 Malaysia 88.4% 2017 down 3.9% rising
93 Cape Verde 86.8% 2018 down 7.0% rising
94 South Africa 86.8% 2018 down 5.9% falling
95 Venezuela 86.8% 2017 down 9.1% rising
96 Lesotho 86.8% 2016 down 8.3% rising
97 Bulgaria 86.7% 2018 down 2.9% falling
98 Indonesia 86.5% 2018 up 9.4% rising
99 Bolivia 86.2% 2018 down 10.3% flat
100 Cambodia 85.9% 2015 up 212.1% volatile
101 Paraguay 85.0% 2012 up 2.0% rising
102 Puerto Rico 84.3% 2018 down 5.8% falling
103 Moldova 83.5% 2019 down 5.1% falling
104 Jamaica 83.0% 2019 down 13.6% falling
105 El Salvador 82.8% 2018 down 8.2% flat
106 Turks and Caicos Islands 82.8% 2018 down 15.9% falling
107 Malawi 81.9% 2019 up 3.9% rising
108 Cayman Islands 81.8% 2018 down 2.0% flat
109 Myanmar 80.2% 2018 up 37.1% rising
110 Mauritania 74.5% 2019 up 61.9% rising
111 Togo 72.3% 2017 up 41.5% rising
112 Laos 72.2% 2019 up 1.1% rising
113 Bahamas 71.3% 2018 down 24.8% falling
114 Jordan 70.4% 2019 down 22.9% falling
115 Honduras 69.0% 2019 up 2.3% flat
116 Burundi 68.8% 2019 up 13.9% volatile
117 Yemen 65.5% 2016 up 33.6% rising
118 British Virgin Islands 65.5% 2018 down 27.0% falling
119 Guatemala 64.7% 2018 down 3.2% rising
120 Iraq 61.9% 2007 up 58.1% rising
121 Syria 60.8% 2013 down 20.7% rising
122 Pakistan 59.9% 2016 up 80.7% rising
123 Eritrea 59.7% 2018 up 1.6% rising
124 Cameroon 59.6% 2016 — rising
125 Tunisia 57.4% 1985 up 25.5% rising
126 Burkina Faso 56.0% 2019 up 108.4% volatile
127 Mozambique 52.9% 2015 up 9.8% rising
129 Cote d'Ivoire 51.8% 2019 up 23.9% rising
130 Ethiopia 50.8% 2015 up 24.2% rising
131 Mali 43.7% 2018 up 14.5% rising
132 Guinea 40.2% 2014 up 34.5% rising
133 Central African Republic 33.6% 2012 — rising
134 Niger 30.9% 2017 up 83.3% volatile
135 Chad 30.5% 2019 — rising

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
180 places, 3,040 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of female students of the official age group for lower secondary education who are enrolled in any level of education, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding female population. Divide the total number of female students in the official school age range for lower secondary education who are enrolled in any level of education by the female population of the same age group and multiply the result by 100. The difference between the total NER and the adjusted NER provides a measure of the proportion of children in the official relevant school age group who are enrolled in levels of education below the one intended for their age. The difference between the total NER and the adjusted NER for lower secondary education is due to enrolment in pre-primary or primary education. The total NER should be based on total enrolment of the official relevant school age group in any level of education for all types of schools and education institutions, including public, private and all other institutions that provide organized educational programmes.